Enayat Naimi

Enayat Naimi (Enayatollah Naimi) is a Bahai citizen living in Isfahan. He was sentenced to prison in a joint case along with six other Bahai citizens. He was once again arrested by the Islamic Republic at the same time as the new round of widespread repression of Bahai citizens in 1401.

In 2022, the Islamic Republic started a new wave of crackdown on Baha’i citizens. The Islamic Republic arrested dozens of Baha’i citizens in different parts of the country or searched their houses. The prison sentences of some of the citizens who were previously sentenced went into effect, and agents attacked Roshan Kuh village and destroyed the houses of Baha’i villagers. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='24394'> Ehsan Eshtiagh, Soroush Pezeshki, and Enayat Naimi were arrested. They were incarcerated for three months. After release, they were sentenced to one year of suspended prison. However, Ehsan Eshtiagh and Soroush Pezeshki were arrested and transferred to Isfahan prison in order to serve the one-year prison term in 2011 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14065'> Ehsan Eshtiagh, Enayat Naimi, Farzad Homayouni, Masoud Mazidi, and Sohrab Naghipour were arrested. According to Bahai News, these citizens were arrested in Isfahan. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14281'> Baha'i News reported that all the arrested are still being detained in Intelligence ministry lockup. They are denied visitations and access to attorney </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36540'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/features/29224'> The first branch of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court sentenced each of the seven defendants in this case to five terms of imprisonment for the charge of "membership in illegal Bahai organizations with the intention of acting against national security". Sometime later, the 23rd branch of the Isfahan Court of Appeals reduced the sentence of Farzad Homayouni, Mohsen Mehrgani, and Manouchehr Rahmani to 20 months in prison, but five years in prison was confirmed for Sohrab Naghipour, Ehsan Eshtiagh, Soroush Mazidi, and Enayatollah Naimi verbatim. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24390'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/features/29224'> After the arrest of some of the defendants in this case to enforce their sentence, Saeed Dehghan, one of the lawyers of this case, wrote about the charge of "membership in organizations that disturb the security of the country" against Baha'i citizens: > Bahaism is a religion and not an organization that membership in it would be meaningful and subject to Articles 498 or 499 of the Islamic Penal Code. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51007'> He was possibly temporarily released on this date. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42334'> <reference source='https://cutt.ly/HV3if3b'> Enayat Naimi was arrested by the agents of the Isfahan Intelligence Department at his home. According to IranWire, after arresting him, the agents searched Mr. Naimi's house and workplace and confiscated some of his personal belongings, including his laptop and mobile phone. IranWire reported that the arrest of this Bahai citizen took place while he was not in good physical condition due to surgery in the past months. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42624'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-37359/'> According to HRANA, despite the fact that 16 days have passed since Enayat Naimi's arrest, his family is still unaware of his condition. According to this report, Mr. Naimi is imprisoned in Dastgerd prison in Isfahan. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42625'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Atiiiiish/status/1580791194614788097'> The user "Atish" who regularly publishes news of Bahai citizens on his Twitter page, wrote that Enayat Naimi's family accidentally learned that he has been admitted to a hospital in Isfahan for five days, while the responsible institutions refused to inform the family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51008'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3nzTDbK'> According to IranWire, the court hearing for Enayat Naimi's charges was held in Isfahan Revolutionary Court and after the hearing, this Bahai citizen was arrested. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51189'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41103/'> Enayat Naimi was sentenced to the sum of 15 years in prison and social restrictions. According to HRANA, the first branch of the Revolutionary Court of Isfahan, headed by Judge Morteza Barati, sentenced him to 10 years in prison on the charge of forming and managing an illegal group and five years in prison on the charge of dominating others in the form of anti-Sharia propaganda. By applying Article 134 of the IPC10 years from this sentence is applicable. The court also sentenced Enayat Naimi to a fine of 500 million Rials and 15 years of social deprivation as an additional punishment. According to this report, the "formation of Iran's Friends Network and connection with the Bahai organization in Israel" are mentioned as the basis for the accusations against Mr. Naimi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>