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Iranwire – The Court of Appeals in Khorasan Razavi province has upheld the 10-year and 9-month prison sentence for Sanaz Tafazoli, a Baha’i citizen currently detained in Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad.
Reports indicate that the Court of Appeal for Tafazoli’s case proceeded without notifying the defendant or her lawyer.
The First Branch of the Revolutionary Court in the north-eastern city of Mashhad originally sentenced Sanaz Tafazoli on July 15 on charges of “collusion against security, leading a group with the intent to disrupt national security, and engaging in propaganda” against the Islamic Republic.
Tafazoli, 46, had been accused of “engaging in humanitarian and social endeavors as a Baha’i, as well as having pamphlets and literature pertaining to the Baha’i faith at her residence.”
Under the application of Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, a strict punishment of six years and six months imprisonment can be enforced.
She was arrested on November 22, 2022, in Mashhad and has been detained in Vakil Abad prison for over 10 months.
Meanwhile, on the morning of October 5, two Baha’i citizens, Iman Rashidi and Ahmad Jafari Naimi, were apprehended by Ministry of Intelligence agents in central Yazd and taken to an undisclosed location.
According to a reliable source, at 10am that morning, around 14 security agents entered Iman Rashidi’s house. They conducted a search, seized religious books, a laptop, and a mobile phone, and subsequently detained him.
On the same day, agents from the Yazd Intelligence Department arrived at Ahmad Jafari Naimi’s workplace, arrested him, and transported him to an undisclosed destination. The mobile phone of this Baha’i citizen was also confiscated.
