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Two Years Imprisonment for Three Bahai Social Activists in Yasooj
By IHRV | December 11, 2008
Human Rights Advocates in Iran- Three Bahai faithful social activists from the city of Yasooj, identified as Zolaykha Mosavi, Rohieh Yazdani and Ali-Asgar Ravan-Bakhsh, were sentenced to two years imprisonment during a court session held in the Revolutionary Court of the same city on November 18.
Last spring, Ms. Mosavi and Ms. Yazdani started a schooling session to train young children in proper social and family etiquette, upon approvals from the students’ parents.
Then, last August, the Ministry of Intelligence forced the classes to be suspended, and two teachers along with Mr. Ravan-Bakhsh (who is married to Ms. Mosavi), were summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence and subjected to questioning. Also, the residences of all three individuals were searched and, in the process, a number of religious books, pictures and personal effects were confiscated.
The court charged all three with activities against national security by holding anti-Islamic classes.
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