Maryam Eslami

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Bahá'í citizen

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First court hearing date: 2022-05-29
Trial court branch: شعبه ۱ دادگاه انقلاب شیراز
Preliminary charge: The accusations against these citizens include "collusion and assembly with the intent to commit a crime against the internal and external security of the country" and the issued sentences are subject to appeal. The court described the specifics of the accusations as their "presence and gathering in impoverished neighborhoods and outskirts of Shiraz, assembling in religious and tourist sacred places such as Shah Cheragh, Hafeziyeh, and Persepolis, under the pretext of discussing the water crisis and social damages, as well as advocating for the environment, are, in fact, an assembly and collusion to create intellectual and ideological insecurity in the Islamic community, given their false and deviant claims and dangerous ideology about the superiority of their misguided sect over all divine religions and surpassing them, particularly Islam, in order to create discord and attract Muslims, along with their methods and actions in executing the nefarious plans of their sect leaders."
Preliminary sentence: Two years of imprisonment and a ban on leaving the country, resulting in passport cancellation for two years, and daily reporting to the provincial intelligence office for two years.
Judge name: Mahmoud Sadati
Trial city: Shiraz