IranWire has learned that 26 Baha’i citizens residing in Shiraz, who have faced continuous judicial persecution since their initial arrests and security cases in 2016, have been summoned once again to Branch 2 of the Fars Province Court of Appeals. The hearing has been scheduled for July 27.
The 26 summoned Baha’i citizens are:
Parisa Rouhizadegan, Esmaeil Rousta, Bahareh Norouzi, Behnam Azizpour, Samareh Ashenaee, Ramin Shirvani, Rezvan Yazdani, Soroush Ighani Soghhadi, Saeid Hasani, Shadi Sadegh-Aghdam, Shamim Akhlaghi, Sahba Farahbakhsh, Sahba Moslehi, Ahdieh Enayati, Farbod Shadman, Farzad Shadman, Lala Salehi, Mojgan Gholampour Saedi, Marjan Gholampour, Maryam Eslami Mahdiabadi, Mahyar Sefidi Miandoab, Nabil Tahzib, Nasim Kashaninejad, Nooshin Zenhari, Vargha Kaviani, and Yekta Fahandej Saedi.
They face various state-level charges, including:
“Propaganda against the regime,”“Assembly and collusion against national security,”“Establishing groups and membership in hostile organizations,”“Communication with hostile governments”
