Keyvan Nikayin

He is one of the Baha’i citizens who was arrested during the security forces attacks on Baha’i citizens in several Iranian towns and cities. He was later tried and condemned to prison

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19289'> At least 17 Bahai citizens were arrested by security forces in different cities. In the next years some of them were sentenced to prison by different courts. Sahba Farnoush, Nava Monjazeb, Negar Bagheri, Yavar Haghighat, Navid Aghdasi, Helia Moshtagh, Keyvan Nikayin, Zarin Agha Babaei, Adib Janmian, Vahid Karami, Parvin Nikayin, Yeganeh Agahi, Arshia Rohani, Sanaz Eshaghi, Nika Pakzadan, Farzaneh Daneshgari and Naghmeh Zabihian were arrested on this day </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='16063'> Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Isfahan, headed by judge Ravanmehr, tried and condemned, Zarin Agha Babie, Vahid Karami and Keyvan Nikayin, to six months suspended term and six months actual prison terms. According to Baha’i News “Forming and managing illegal meetings to propagate against the national security, membership and activism to spread heresy and the possession of illegal publications to provoke the thoughts and beliefs of Muslim believers” are some of the accusation brought against them. Also, in the verdict the Baha’i world headquarters in Israel has been mentioned, which played an important role in the verdict of the court </coverage-outsourcing>