List of Bahá'í Prisoners (as of 30 August 2013)

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1 62 rs. Sholeh Afshari 15-ay-12 Vila Shahr, Najafabad (Isfahan) 73 r. Sina Aghdasizadeh 11-Jul-12 ashhad (Razavi 19 r. Farhad Amri 1-Jan-11 ashhad suburb (Razavi 63 rs. Atiyeh Anvari 20-ay-12 Isfahan (Isfahan) 48 s. Nadia Asadian (Abdu l- 23-Oct-11 or 24-Oct- Rasht (Gilan) Hamidi) r. Saeed Azimi 1) 29-ay-12 Nashtarood (azandaran) 30 r. ahmoud Badavam 22-ay-11 Tehran (Tehran) 1) Evin; 2) Gohardasht 47 rs. Sousan Badavam (Farhangi) 23-Oct-11 or 24-Oct- 11 Rasht (Gilan) BIHE Lecturer 27-Sep-11 4 years d h 9 r. Alibakhsh Bazrafkan 31-Oct-09 Yasouj (Kohgiluye and Boyer-Ahmad) Yasouj 58 as of 7- Dec-09 At least 1 7-Dec years and 5 years of internal exile Plotting overthrow, acting against national security and propaganda against the regime 41 r. Emamgholi Behamin 24-Aug-11 Kata (Kohgiluyeh Boyer Ahmad) 56 r. Shahram Chiniyan iandoab 1) 01-ar-09; 2) 15-Jan-12 Hassanabad (Tehran) Evin; 2) Karaj: Rajaieshahr 1) (around 27) 1) 03-ar years 1 of 10

2 44 r. Hassanali Delavarmanesh 4-Sep-11 Kata (Kohgiluyeh Boyer Ahmad) Yasouj 40 s. Samin Ehsani 17-Aug-11 Tehran (Tehran) 10-Sep r. Erfan Ehsani 1) shortly before 26- Jan-12; 17 rs. Sima Eshraghi (Aghdaszadeh) 1) 06-Aug-05; 2) 26-Jan- 09; 3) 24-Oct-10 Sangsar (Semnan) Semnan 1)1 day after arrest; 2) 06- ashhad (Razavi 75 r. Hamid Eslami 14-Jul-12 Shiraz (Fars) Adelabad 20-Sep-12 ashhad 2 1) ; 1) 25-Oct-09; 2) 2) 12-ay 09; Appeal 1 year s 5 years ; 2) upheld on appeal; 3)5 108 r. Shamim Ettehadi 1) ; 2)19-ar-2013 Yazd (Yazd) 25; 26 (23- Apr-12) 89 r. Farhad Fahandej 17-Oct-12 Gorgan (Golestan) Gorgan; Rajaieshahr/ Karaj S ; 2)? 1) ) 91 days, suspended for 3 years; 2) 5 years under ta'zir law+ 75 lashes and 2 Propagation against the Islamic Republic regime 10 years Forming and managing illegal Bahá í administration, membership in illegal Bahá í administration and propaganda against the regime 98 r. Foad Fahandej 18-Nov-12 Gorgan (Golestan) Gorgan; Evin 22-Nov- 12?/ Rajaieshahr? 5 years 2 of 10

3 67 r. Adel Fanaiyan 1) 18-ay-05; 2) 04-Jan 09; 3) 14-Nov-10; 4) 10-Jun r. Faramarz (Omid) Firouzian 1) Jan-12; 2) 16-Jan Dr. Dr. Foad oghaddam 1) 22-ay-11; 2) late Jan rs. Saideh Foroughi 6-Jul-11 (Negari) 12 rs. Nahid Ghadiri 1) 04-Aug-05; 2) 16-ar-10 Semnan (Semnan) Semnan 39 (12 Apr 06); 45; (b. 1956/57) 1) 20-ay-05; 1)12 Apr 06; 2) 04-Jan- 1) 6 months' 2) 4-Jan-09; 2) 09; 3) 08-Oct-11 ; 2-Jul-09 2) 6 years' (completed term); 3) 27- Nov-10 Semnan Semnan 1) Jan-12 ay years' reduced to 1 year Isfahan (Isfahan) ashhad (Razavi- ashhad (Razavi Gohardasht reported Jan 2013 BIHE collaborator 25-Jun Jun-12; ~9-Jul-12 5 years' ashhad 40s 1) 21-Aug-05; 1) 25-Oct-09; 2) Appeal 51 r. Shahnam Golshani 30-Jan-12 Shiraz (Fars) Owner of market rates esghal Web site 94 r. Behnam Hassani 17-Oct-12 Gorgan (Golestan) 81 r. Payman Hejabian 25-Aug-12 Karaj (Alborz) Karaj 1 year s 76 rs. Faran Hesami (Rahimian) 1) 14-Sep-11; 2) 15-Jul-12 Tehran (Tehran) 1) Evin BIHE- Psychology Faculty, Lecturer 1) 5 years ; upheld on appeal; 2) 5 years 29-Nov-11 9-ay-12 4 years' 14 r. Afshin Heyratian 3-Jun-10 Tehran (Tehran) Evin 21-Jun-10 4 years 2) embership in a group; forming and mobilizing a group with intent to disturb the national security; propaganda against the sacred regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the interest of anti-regime groups and organizations by promoting the teachings and ideologies of the sect of Bahaism through publishing pamphlets and materials and producing and distributing announcements containing administrative information on the sect of Bahaism and opposing the sacred regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 1) Propaganda against the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Propaganda against the regime, activity against national security, and insulting the President a. Conspiracy and assembly with the intention to act against the national security by membership in perverse Bahaist sect as the primary director of the Department of Psychology at the illegal Bahaist university under the direction of the House of Justice; b. 59 r. ohammad Hosein Nakhaei 13-ay-12 Birjand (South Birjand Central Prison b. 1927/28; over ohammad Hossein Nakhai Birjand 22-Apr r. Afshin Ighani 1) 18-ay-05; 2) 05-Jan-10; 3) Sep r. Shahram Jazbani 17-Oct-12 Gorgan (Golestan) Semnan (Semnan) Semnan 1) 28; 37 (5 ay 10) Shop owner 1) 20-ay-05; 2) 28-Feb ay-10; 4 years' 3 months' 1 day's 1- Formation of a group and membership in illegal groups and assemblies with the intention of disturbing national security; 2- Actions against national security through propaganda against the regime [and in support of anti-regime groups], i.e., propaganda 3 of 10

4 2 rs. Fariba Kamalabadi Taefi 8 r. ohammad Reza Kandi 1) 26-Jul-05; 2) 14-ay-08 1) 09-Apr-08; 2) 19 or 25-Apr-09 1) ashhad; 2) Tehran (Tehran) ahforouzak (azandaran) 1) ashhad; Tehran (Evin); Gohardasht 9-Aug- 10; Shahre Ray; 3-ay- 11; Evin 18-ay-11; 2) 46 3 Homemaker 1) 19-Sep-05 Trial ended 14-Jun years b. 1954/55 Self-employed 1) 13-Apr Dec-08 1) 7 months Posing a threat to the holy regime of the Islamic Republic by teaching Bahaist ideas through communication with the usurper country of Israel 91 r. Kamal Kashani 17-Oct-12 Gorgan (Golestan) Gorgan; Rajaieshahr/ Karaj 49 s. Shiva Kashaninejad (Samiian) 23-Oct-11 or 24-Oct- Rasht (Gilan) r. Peyman Kashfi 1) 19-Oct-09; 2) 13-Feb-11 Tehran (Tehran) Evin 1) Nov/Dec s. Noushin Khadem 22-ay-11 Tehran (Tehran) 1) Evin; S BIHE 2) Gohardasht?or Evin Administration office 103 rs. Nadia Khalili 15-Dec-12 ehrshahr, Karaj (Alborz) 66 r. Faran Khan Yaghma 9-Jun-12 Sari (azandaran) Sari 3 r. Jamaloddin Khanjani 1) 25-Sep-07; 1) Isfahan (Isfahan); 1) Isfahan; 2) 14-ay-08 2) Tehran (Tehran) 2) Evin; Gohardasht 9- BIHE Lecturer 20-Dec-12 if released 15-Jun Sep-11 5 months' temporary detention 4 years 4 years 2) 76; b W Businessman 1) 01-Oct- 07 Trial ended 14-Jun years Aug r. Foad Khanjani 27-Apr-10 Tehran (Tehran) Evin S 8-ay-10 4 years' Semnan 35 r. Behfar Khanjani 1) 05-Jan-10; 2) 21-Jun-11 ashhad (Razavi 36 (b.1975/ 76) Farmer and animal husbandry 1) 02-ar-10 1) 17 Jan 07; 26 Sep 07; 2) 04-ay-10; 6- Feb-12 appeal denied 4 years "embership in an anti-islamic group and propaganda against the regime" outside the country. 1-Forming groups and membership in groups and assemblies with intention to disturb the national security; 2-Activity against national security through propaganda against the regime; 3-Use, possession, and distribution of 63 illegal compact discs containing appalling and offensive material. 78 r. Navid Khanjani 1) 02-ar-10; 2) 22-Aug rs. Leva Khanjani (obasher) 1) 3-Jan-10; 2) 25-Aug r. Vahed Kholousi 1) 23-Aug-11; 2) 22-Aug-12 1) Isfahan (Isfahan); 2) Tabriz (East Azerbaijan); Evin; 10- Sep-12 Gohardasht Nikbakht detention center in Isfahan; 3-ar- 10 (Evin) 22 (b. 1987) S Human Rights Activist; Expelled Student 3-Apr Dec-10; 10-Aug-11 verdict upheld 12 years' + 5 million rial (~US$500) fine Tehran (Tehran) Evin 23 Homemaker 1-ar-10 2 years' 1) Tehran (Tehran); Evin 2) Tabriz (East Azerbaijan) 1) 5 years' for engaging in human rights activities, another 5 for illegal assembly (in support of university students deprived of higher education), and additional 2 years for disturbance of the general public s opinion. He is also required to pay a fine of five hundred thousand túmán (~ 500 USD). 2) Involvement in subversive political activities 2) Involvement in subversive political activities against the regime through providing assistance to the earthquake victims later changed to distributing contaminated food" 112 s. Nika Kholousi ashhad ashhad 16-ay-13 6 years 113 Nava Kholousi ashhad ashhad 16-ay years 4 of 10

5 21 r. Badiollah Lohrasb 21-Feb-11 otel Ghou (Salman Shahr, azandaran) 26 s. Sara ahboubi 1) 24-Jun-10; 2) 9-Apr-11 Sari (azandaran) Sari 1) r. Vesal ahboubi 25-Apr-11 Sari (azandaran) S Student 114 ahsa ahdavi ashhad ashhad 8 onths 102 s. Neda ajidi with her infant 17-Dec-12 Sangsar (Semnan) Semnan 6 months' 57 s. Negar alekzadeh 2-Apr-12 ashhad (Razavi 97 r. Payam arkazi 18-Nov-12 Gorgan (Golestan) Gorgan; Evin 22-Nov- 12?/ Rajaieshahr? 107 r. Sahand asoumian 6-ar-13 Babolsar (azandaran) 93 r. Navid oallemi 17-Oct-12 Gorgan (Golestan) 58 r. Shahram okhtari 24-Apr-12 Birjand (South 100 r. Behnam omtazi 11-Dec-12 Ghazvin (Ghazvin) 54 s. Semitra omtazian 5-Feb-12 Shiraz (Fars) inistry of Intelligence detention centre to Adelabad prison 20-ar r. esbah onghate 18-ar-11 Tehran (Tehran) 28 r. Kamran ortezaie 22-ay-11 Tehran (Tehran) 1) Evin; 2) Gohardasht 6 months' 5 months' temporary detention D BIHE Director 25-Sep-11; 17-Oct-11 5 years 33 r. Amanollah ostaghim 22-ay-11 Shiraz (Fars) Evin BIHE collaborator before 25-Jul Jun r. Davar Nabilzadeh 1) 19-Aug-05; ashhad (Razavi ashhad id 40s 3 1) 28-Sep-05 1) 25-Oct-09; 2) 2) 13-Jul-10 Appeal 4 r. Afif Naimi 14-ay-08 Tehran (Tehran) Evin; Gohardasht 9-Aug years 5 years ; 2) 47 2 Industrialist Trial ended 14-Jun years Co-organizing junior youth exhibit outside the country. 5 of 10

6 70 r. Adel Naimi 10-Jul-12 Tehran (Tehran) 24-Apr-13 9 months' temporary detention 104 r. Shahin Negari Namaghi 1) ; 2) 13 Jan 13 Tehran (Tehran) Gohardasht BIHE collaborator 29-Jun-11 4 years' 83 rs. Zohreh Nikayin (Tebyanian) 1) 12-ar-11; 2) 22-Sep-12 Semnan (Semnan) 30 (21 Aug 11) 3-Apr Dec-11 sentenced; appeal 23 months' reduced on appeal from 7 years' 1-Forming illegal administrative groups known as moral education classes with intent to attract uslims and to promote the ideologies of the perverse sect of Bahaism, and being present among uslims; 2-embership in groups and illegal organizations, including the Ruhi institute, organizing gatherings, science and technology [sic], and Nineteen Day Feasts for the purpose of propaganda [against] the sacred regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran and in the interest of Bahaism; 3. Propaganda against the sacred regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the interest of anti-regime groups through receiving messages and instructions issued by the House of Justice, and "implementation of such instructions" 65 s. Jinous Nourani 1) 18-ay-05; 2) 12-ar-11; 3) late ay rs. ona Pour Pir Ali 15-ay-12 Najafabad (Isfahan) Semnan (Semnan) Semnan 1) 22 1) 20-ay-05; 2) 03-Apr-11 1) 10-Sep-06; 2) 26- Nov-11 1) 91 days; 2) 1 year's 115 rs. Jinous Rahimi 1) ; 2)01-Aug-13 Tehran (Tehran) Evin 1) Aug-13 1 year under Ta'zir law 43 r. Kamran Rahimian 14-Sep-11 Tehran (Tehran) Gohardasht around 5-Jan r. Kayvan Rahimian 1) 06-ar-05; 2) 14-Sep-11; 3) 30-Sep r. Adnan Rahmatpanah 12-Dec-12 Shiraz (Fars) Tehran (Tehran) W BIHE Lecturer- Psychology Faculty BIHE Lecturer 4 years' 16-ar-05; Jun-12 Sep-11 5 years + 97,877,000 rial fine (~US$8,000) Using falsely obtained degrees, illegal counselling, running illegal classes, defrauding the public Assembly and collusion with intent to commit acts of crime against national security, membership in the perverse sect of Bahaism, and earning illegal income (last charge dismissed). 6 of 10

7 46 r. Didar Raoufi 1) 14-Jan-09 2) 16-Oct-11 Tehran (Tehran) Evin 11-ar Feb-11 3 years 42 r. Janali Rasteh 24-Aug-11 Kata (Kohgiluyeh Boyer Ahmad) 37 rs. Jila Rezvani (Ghanei) 6-Jul-11 ashhad (Razavi- 111 Elham Rouzbehi + 1 infant 1)12-ar-11 ; 2)27-Apr-13 Semnan Isfahan 29 (17 Dec 11) ar/ early Apr-11 Nov/Dec 11; 17 Dec 11 (signed 25-Jan-12) 2 years' Collusion and assembly against national security, to 2.5 years, and on propaganda against the regime, to 6 months, totaling 3 years 18 r. Feizollah Rowshan 1) 01-Nov-06; 2) 18-Nov-07; 3) 06-Dec-08; 4) 15-Jan r. Siamak Sadri 18-Nov-12 Gorgan (Golestan); Rajaieshahr 23 r. Afshin Safaieyan 27-Feb-11 Nasim Shahr, Saveh suburb (arkazi) Sari (azandaran) Sari 61 3 Builder 1) 01-Jan-07; 2) 30-Apr-08; 3) 20-ay-09; Gorgan; Evin 22-Nov-12 1) 24-Apr-07; 19-Aug- 07; 2) Obtained conditional release; began exile 26 Jul-08 in Damghan 1 year s and 4 years internal exile to Damghan. Ordered to go to Bijar. Remaining internal exile changed to additional 6 months in Sari. 5 months' temporary detention 7 of 10

8 69 r. Azizollah Samandari 1) 14-Jan-09; 2) 07-Jul-12 Tehran (Tehran) 1) Evin; 2) Karaj: Rajaieshahr Businessman 1) 11-ar-09 1) 2) 04-Oct-11 5 years' An active member of the perverse Bahaist sect with the intention to act against the national security 90 r. Farahmand Sanaie 17-Oct-12 Gorgan (Golestan) Gorgan; Evin 22-Nov-12 5 months' temporary detention 106 r. Vousagh Sanaie 20-Jan-13 Gonbad (Golestan) 32 r. Farhad Sedghi 22-ay-11 Karaj (Alborz) 1) Evin; 2) Gohardasht 39 r. Hajir Septo 11-Jul-11 Kata (Kohgiluye and Yasouj Boyer-Ahmad) 95 r. Afshin Seyyed-Ahmad 8-Nov-12 Tehran (Tehran) BIHE Lecturer 20-Sep-11 4 years 22-ay-11 outside the country. 20 r. Shahin Shafaie 5-Feb-11 Ghaemshahr (azandaran) 10 r. Ighan Shahidi 1) 03-ar-10 Kermanshah (Kermanshah) 86 r. Farzin Shahriari 1) late Oct-12 Tehran (Tehran) Evin oved to: Evin; then to Gohardasht a few days later S Human Rights Activist/; Expelled 1) ; 5 years 87 r. Ramin Shahriari 1) late Oct-12 Tehran (Tehran) Evin 1 rs. ahvash Shahriari Sabet 5-ar-08 ashhad (Razavi 1) ashhad; Evin; Gohardasht 9-Aug-10; Shahre Ray 3-ay-11; Evin 18-ay-11; Currently: Tehran (Evin) 56 Homemaker/ former teacher Trial ended 14-Jun years 8 of 10

9 85 r. Adib Shoaie 1) 06-Oct-12 ashhad (Razavi 34 r. Riaz Sobhani 14-Jun-11 Tehran (Tehran) 1) Evin; 2) Gohardasht 60 r. Afrasiyab Sobhani 1) 1983; 2) 14-ay r. Shahrokh Taef 1) 06-ar-05; 2) 14-Jan-09; 3) Jan-12 BIHE 4 years Semnan Semnan Shop owner 20-ay-12 1) 2) 21-Aug-12 1) Tehran (Tehran); 2) Tehran 3) Tehran 36 s. Sanaz Tafazoli 27-Jun-11 ashhad (Razavi 71 r. Khashayar Tafazzoli 11-Jul-12 ashhad (Razavi 72 r. Shayan Tafazzoli 1) 17 Feb-12; 2) 11-Jul r. Taherverdi Taher 1) Eskandarian 2) 04- Jan- 09; 3) 23-Jun-12 1) 2) Evin 53 r. Payam Taslimi 3-Feb-12 Shiraz (Fars) inistry of Intelligence detention centre to Adelabad prison 20-ar r. Behrouz Azizi Tavakkoli 1) 26-Jul-05; 2) 14-ay-08 1) 56; 2) 60 Shop owner 1) 06-Jun-05; 2) 13-Feb-11; 16-Jan- 2) 17-ar-09; 12 appeal ashhad (Razavi Semnan (Semnan) Semnan 1) 2) 2-Jul-09 1) ashhad; 2) Tehran (Tehran) 1) ashhad; 2) Evin; Gohardasht 9- Aug-10 5 r. Saeid Rezaie Tazangi 14-ay-08 Tehran (Tehran) Evin; Gohardasht 9-Aug r. Pooya Tebyanian 1) 08-ar-09; 2) 12-ar-11 7 r. Vahid Tizfahm 14-ay-08 Tehran (Tehran) 1) Evin; Gohardasht 9- Aug s. Taraneh Torabi (Ehsani) 1) 12-ar-11; and infant child 2) 22-Sep-12 ~45 10-Sep-06; 04- Jan -09 (Appeal court); 1 year s under ta'zir law 4 years' sentence upheld 6 months' 1) 6 months' ; 2) 3 years' 2) 57 2 Lecturer 1) 15-Nov-05 Trial ended 14-Jun years 50 3 Engineer Trial ended 14-Jun years Semnan (Semnan) Semnan 24 1) 29-Apr-10; 2) 3 Apr- 1) 15-Apr-09*; 31- ay-09; 29-Apr-10; 2) 11;...latest) Apr-12; 12 or 16- Jun-11 ay-12 1)2.5 reduced to 2 on appeal; 2) 6.5 years' 36 1 Optometrist Trial ended 14-Jun years Sangsar (Semnan) 1 3-Apr-11 5 years and 10 months was commuted to 2.5 years on appeal outside the country. Propaganda against the regime; Acquitted-membership in Bahá í administrative institutions. 1) Activities against and membership in illegal groups and assemblies ; 2) 1 year for propaganda against the regime of the Islamic Republic and to 5.5 years for membership in illegal groups in the preliminary court in Simnán (Semnan) 9 of 10

10 74 r. Rahman Vafaie 14-Jul-12 Shiraz (Fars) Adelabad 20-Sep-12 9 months' 16 r. Jalayer Vahdat 1) 04-Aug-05; 2) 26-Jan-09; 3) 24-Oct-10 ashhad (Razavi 79 r. Shayan Vahdati 22-Aug-12 Tabriz (East Azerbaijan) About 40 S 1) 28-Aug-05; 1) 25-Oct-09; 2) 2) 12-ay-09; Appeal 5 years ; 2) upheld on appeal Involvement in subversive political activities against the regime through providing assistance to the earthquake victims later changed to distributing contaminated food" 11 s. Rozita Vaseghi 1) 04-Aug-05; 2) 16-ar-10 ashhad (Razavi ashhad - Vakilabad Prison 55 s. Naghmeh Zabihian 17-Feb-12 ashhad (Razavi 110 Babak Zeinali 15-Apr-13 Bandar-Abbas Bandar-Abbas 40s S 1) 21-Aug-05; 1) 25-Oct-09; 2) Appeal - 20-Dec ) 5 years ; upheld and 2 years 6 months' 99 r. Kourosh Ziari 20-Nov-12 Gonbad (Golestan) Gonbadeh Kavous; Evin 31 r. Ramin Zibaie 22-ay-11 Karaj (Alborz) 22 N 12?/ 1) Evin; 2) Gohardasht BIHE Director & Lecturer 5 months' t 4 years outside the country. Summary of Bahá ís in Iran from August 2004 to 01 September Bahá ís have been since August Bahá ís are currently imprisoned in Iran. 289 Bahá ís have been and released on bail and are awaiting trial. 43 Bahá ís have been and released without bail (or unknown if released on bail). 150 Bahá ís have been tried and sentenced and are free pending appeal or summons to begin serving their sentences. 60 Bahá ís have been tried and sentenced and have completed their prison terms. 18 Bahá ís have had charges cleared in their original trials or have had their verdicts overturned on appeal. 10 Bahá ís have served their prison sentences and have begun their terms of exile (not cumulative). 5 Bahá ís have been and released (unknown if on bail). 8 Bahá ís have been tried and sentenced to pay a fine, not. 10 of 10