Shamim Etehadi

Shamim Etehadi

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='2331'> He was arrested for the first time alongside three other Baha'i youth while hiking in a mountainous area outside of Yazd </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='2332'> He was released on bail along with the other detainees </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='2333'> He was tried in Yazd's Revolutionary Court and sentenced to 91 days in prison on the charge of "Propaganda against the system". </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='2334'> He was arrested in his home by security forces due to a short film he sent to the MANOTO Network, documenting the destruction of Yazd's Baha'i Cemetery. Security forces inspected his home and personal belongings and confiscated a number of items including books, computers, and family videos </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='2335'> The defendant was released but instructed to identify himself to the Intelligence Ministry in two days </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='2336'> He was arrested upon visiting the Yazd Province Intelligence Ministry Office. He was initially taken to the Yazd Intelligence Ministry Office's lock-up and then transferred to Yazd Prison's Public Ward. Ettehadi was ultimately transferred to Yazd Prison's Political Prisoner Ward after his family's pursuit of his case </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='2337'> He was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison, 75 lashes, and a 400 million toman fine by Yazd's Revolutionary Court. Two years of his sentence were due to his filming of the ruined Baha'i cemetery of Yazd, five years due to "Insulting Islam", three months for "Propaganda against the system", and 75 lashes for "Insulting and officer". Following complaints filed by his attorneys, the defendant's case was sent to the Yazd Province Appeals Court </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='2338'> It was reported that he was sentenced to three years in prison, 74 lashes, two years' ban on leaving the country, and 4 million tomans fine </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='5028'> Two years into the defendant's incarceration, Yazd Prison authorities refuse to grant him the right to furlough. </coverage-outsourcing>