News Center- The prison sentences given to nine Baha’i citizens have been upheld. After the court decision, nine people were arrested and sent to the Karaj Central Prison in Iran.

They have been banned from politics

Recently, the 12th branch of the Alborz Provincial Court of Appeal sentenced Kamyar Habibi and Saman Ostowar to five years in prison, Ramleh Tirgarnezhad, Elham Sharqi Arani to three years in prison, as well as Nakissa Sadeghi, Mahsa Tirgar Behnmiri, Sadaf Sheikhzadeh, Negin Rezaei and Shahrazad Mastori were sentenced to two years and one month in prison.

For additional punishment, each of these citizens were fined, banned from leaving the country, and deprived of the right to join political, cultural, and social parties and groups.

The charges against these citizens are “acting against national security through the participation and formation of a group of individuals with the intention of disrupting the country's security through promoting the Baha'i faith among children and teenagers”, “propaganda against the holy Islamic law through the education” and “Insult and propaganda activity against the holy law of Islam”.

Last year, many supporters of the Baha'i faith were arrested in Iran on charges of “Spying against the country”.