• <coverage-outsourcing id='15710'> According to IPA, despite being accepted into one of the branches of the Computer Science field at Tehran University, after the cultural revolution, he was kicked out of the university because of his Baha’i faith </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='2439'> He was arrested in Turkman Port and was sentenced to six years in prison on charges of membership in the Baha'i community </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15711'> After marrying Mojdeh Zohouri he studied at, and graduated from, the Baha’i Free Institute in the fields of psychology and education. An informed source told IPA, “Mr. Fahandej, in this year, became a member of the Baha’i leaders group of Gorgan and stayed in this group that oversaw Baha’i affairs until it stopped functioning in 2009. After the increase of pressure, the Iranian regime, in its efforts to close down the groups that provided services to the Baha’i community, close this organization, as well. But, Mr. Fahandej continued consulting citizens because of his lengthy and vast experience and his studies in psychology” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='11355'> Thirty-two Baha’i citizens, residing in different cities of the Golestan province, were arrested and placed on under pressure to accept the charges against them,beginning in September, during a year-long project called, ‘socializing with muslims and propagating for Bahaism.’The names of those arrested are as follows: Sheida Ghodousi, Pouneh Sanaei, Farahnaz Tebyanian, Farahmand Sanaei, Kamal Kashani, Behnam Hassani, Soudabeh Mehdinejad, Hana Aghighian, Shiva Rohani, Mitra Nouri, Nazi Tahghighi, Parivash Shojaei, Maryam Dehghan, Tina Mohebati, Payam Markazi, Foad Fahandezh, Siamak Sadri, Mona Amri, Roufia Pakzadan, Mozhdeh Zohouri, Parisa Shahidi, Houshmand Dehghan, Farhad Fahandezh, in Gorgan; Shahnam Jazbani, Shohreh Samimi, Navid Moalem, Kamelia Bidelian in Minoodasht; Bita Hedayati, Hana Koushk Baghi, Vesagh Sanaei, Farhad Eghbali, Kourosh Ziari in the city of Gonbad Kavous </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='11362'> According to a report by Justice For Iran, the arrested had no access to attorneys or legal counsel during the time of their arrest and because of the ambiance that was created by the security forces, the recourse of some families to lawyers was ineffective and left unanswered. Security agents had told one of the lawyers in Gorgan, “their verdict has been issued beforehand, why do you want to take on their case?” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='1691'> He was arrested alongside a number of other Baha'i citizens in Gorgan </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='2443'> Payam Markazi, Farhad Fahandezh, Siamak Sadri, Foad Fahandezh, Farmand Sanai, Kamal Kashani and Kourosh Ziari , a Baha'i citizen, were arrested in Gonbade Kavoos and transferred to ward 209 in Evin Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15713'> According to IPA, he was transferred from ward 209 to ward 350 of Evin prison after 15 days. Then he was transferred to Rejaei Shahr prison after a few days </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='2444'> His trial was held along with six other Baha'i citizens imprisoned in Rajaee Shahr Prison, on charges of establishing and running an illegal organization, membership in an illegal organization and propaganda against the state. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='11372'> Along with seven other arrested Baha’is in Golestan province, he was tried, in an eight minute court hearing, headed by judge Moghiseh, and sentenced to 45 years incarceration collectively. According to the court’s verdict Farhad Fahandej was sentenced to 10 years prison, Payam Markazi, Foad Fahandej, Siamak Sadri, and Kourosh Ziari, Kamal Kashani and Farahmand Sanei were,each, condemned to five years incarceration for the charge of “propagating against the state”, “establishing and organizing illegal organizations” and “membership in illegal Baha’i organizations”. Farhad Eghbali, who had been released on bail due to his heart disease was tried with these seven individuals and sentenced to five years incarceration </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='11348'> Ten Human Rights organizations, in a collective letter, asked the European leaders to demand from Islamic Republic of Iran the suspension of the verdicts against the 32 Baha’i citizens of Golestan, and to open an inquiry by an independent investigator into the torture and abuse that they prisoners suffered during their interrogation </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12039'> In a letter to Asma Jahangir, he and 19 other prisoners of Rajayi Shahr expressed their concerns about Saeed Shirzad's conditions. The letter is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of Saeed Shirzad's page </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29969'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24175/'> He came on leave after Coronavirus outbreaks in Iran's several prisons </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>