Hami Bahadori

Hami Bahadori is a Bahai citizen living in Tehran. He was arrested during the nationwide uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini.

The murder of Mahsa Amini triggered a country-wide uprising in September 2022 in Iran. The protests were initially sporadical around the country and against the mandatory hijab. But in a few days, dozens of cities in Iran became the scenes of clashes between protesters and security forces. The protesters' main demands were freedom of attire and the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. The focus of the protests on women led to international attention. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='43248'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Atiiiiish/status/1584135703025577987'> Hami Bahadori was arrested by the security forces at his home in Tehran and was transferred to Evin Prison. According to a source, during his arrest, the agents searched his home and confiscated some of his and his wife's personal belongings including the laptop, computer, camera, hard drive, photo album, and their books. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez, by the morality police in Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44468'> IPA sources report that three weeks after his arrest, the Intelligence Ministry agents called his wife Boshra Rasekhi, and summoned her. They threatened her and said if she doesn't come herself she will be arrested. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44881'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3GbtJkL'> IranWire reported that over a month after his arrest, Hami Bahadori is yet to be indicted. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43254'> <reference source=''> An IPA source reported that two months after his arrest, Hami Bahadori is being held in a small cell with several cellmates in Evin Prison without access to an attorney. According to the source, during this time, the judiciary and security authorities have refused to give a clear answer to his family about the reason for his arrest and the charges against him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47274'> An IPA source reported that Hami Bahadori was transferred from Evin Prison to Fashafuyeh Prison. He was denied family visits and access to an attorney during this time. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47276'> Hami Bahadori has been in Fashafuyeh Prison for four months without indictment. An IPA source said he is still being denied access to an attorney and despite his family's efforts, Judge Haji Moradi at the second branch of investigation at Evin court refuses to set bail for his temporary release. Judge Moradi told the family of this Bahai citizen that his case was sent to branch 15 of the revolutionary court. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48016'> After contracting the coronavirus and with the lack of sufficient medical care in prison, Hami Bahadori has become very weak. According to an IPA source, Mr. Bahadori has a cold, and due to physical weakness and lack of access to medical treatment, he is not doing well. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48983'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/dvspnj'> According to IranWire, his first trial session was held on March 5th and although Judge Salavati said he can have an attorney present, his attorney has not had access to the case. IranWire reported that Hami Bahadori has been charged with assembly and collusion to act against national security, propaganda against the state, and promotion of the Bahai religion. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49867'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/ridq'> IranWire reported that he and a number of other Bahai prisoners spent the Nowruz 2023 in Prison and were denied furlough. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50249'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-923/'> Hami Bahadori wrote an open letter from prison emphasizing the violation of his citizenship rights as a religious minority and wrote: > Be my voice and help me to execute justice. In a part of this letter published in HRANA, Bahadori listed some of the illegal behavior of the security and judicial institutions of the Islamic Republic during his detention and wrote: > Five months ago, the intelligence agents illegally raided our house without a search or arrest warrant. They confiscated our belongings including books, office documents, digital devices like laptops, computers, and even jewelry, and took me away without any legal warrant from the judge. They kept me in inhumane conditions, I was tortured physically and mentally, they kept me outside for hours in the cold, they didn't let me use the toilet when I needed it, and they tried to force me to divorce my wife. They threatened to execute me and forced me to answer their questions about the smallest details of my life. Hami Bahadori wrote in another part of this letter that he was forced to confess against himself under pressure: > They even put me in front of the camera and said that I was going to be executed and I should state my will, and then they recorded the video of my forced confession. In total, I was interrogated 17 times in about 80 days, and they focused on my Bahai faith. They did not allow me to have a lawyer of my choice for three months." This Bahai citizen has written in a part of his letter that the charges have not been clarified for a long time, and after the judicial branch issued the order of "amnesty and reduction of general punishment after which a number of political prisoners were released, Abolghasem Salvati told his lawyer that the reason Bahadori is Bahai, he will not be included in this order. The responsibility of the preliminary investigation of this case was carried out by the second investigation branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office headed by Mahmoud Hajimoradi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50393'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/41cOEMa'> All the political and religious prisoners of Greater Tehran Prison were transferred to Detention Center no. 6 of Evin prison. While announcing this news, IranWire wrote that the prisoners were transferred without prior notice and they were not given a chance to collect their personal belongings. According to IranWire, the families of the prisoners were informed of this action after their transfer. About 40 people were transferred to Evin prison, including Masoud Islaminasab, Parham Parvari, Hami Bahadori, Abbas Mirzaei, Mehdi Bahman, Mohammad Hawashemzadeh, Mehdi Meshkinnawaz, Ebrahim Ataei, Davood Razavi, Ehsan Ahya and Amir Ahya. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51948'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41579/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> The second session of the trial of Hami Bahadori was held in the 15th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Abolqasem Salavati. While publishing this news, HRANA wrote, quoting an informed source about the proceedings of the trial: > His lawyer was brought in half an hour after the start of the trial, and Judge Salavati dismissed most of Mr. Bahadori's defenses as lies." No evidence of the accusations was found in this citizen's laptop and phone, but his equipment was confiscated by the order of the prosecutor. At the end of the meeting, his temporary release was opposed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52389'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/4hmmchat'> He was sentenced to five years in prison by the 15th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Salavati for the charge of assembly and collusion, for the charge of propaganda against the system "under the guise of Bahai propaganda" to one year in prison, and as an additional punishment he was sentenced to two years of ban from leaving the country. While announcing this news, IranWire wrote that Judge Salavati voted to confiscate all the properties seized from Bahadori and his wife, such as an iMac, laptop, camera, three lenses, hard drive, internet modem, and gold. According to IranWire's report, in the previous session, Salavati seized the personal belongings of Mr. Bahadori's wife, despite announcing that he would return them, but in the last session, he ordered the seizure of all confiscated property. IranWire also wrote that the officers of Evin prison, before the prison phones were connected, transferred Hami Bahadori to branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court without informing the lawyer and the family, and Salavati notified him of the court's verdict immediately after the trial ended. According to this report, Judge Salavati did not agree to deposit the bail and directly ordered the enforcement of the sentence. By applying Article 134 of the Criminal Code, five years from this ruling will be applicable. Sometime later, Radio Farda reporter Pooyan Makari wrote on X that in the case of Hami Bahadori, matters such as being born in a Bahai family, studying at the Bahai University due to being deprived of formal education, working in companies managed by the followers of this religion, and marriage to another Baha'i citizen were considered by Judge Abolqasem Salavati to be the proof of his alleged crime. According to Mr. Makari, Saalvati emphasized during the court session that "an important point is the defendant's life path, which clearly "started" and continued with the teachings of the Bahai religion. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53217'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42576/'> The verdict of the primary court was confirmed by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal of Tehran Province, and by applying Article 134 of the Criminal Code, five years of imprisonment will apply to him. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote that the judicial system of the Islamic Republic first tried to link Bahadori's charges to the nationwide protests of 2022, but in the end, his activities in the Bahai community were cited as an basis of his charges. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53218'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/4ah7rjaw'> Despite his illness, he was denied proper medical care and a transfer to the hospital. According to Radio Zamaneh, Hami Bahadori suffers from several diseases, including skin fungus, severe hemorrhoids and knee problems, migraine headaches, toothache, and nervous tension caused by the interrogation period. According to this report, the prison officials have repeatedly refused medical treatment outside the prison for various reasons, such as "missing medical prescription or letter". According to Zamaneh sources, Hami was told that the dentist must confirm the necessity of sending him to a dentist outside the prison, "but when the dentist comes, they do not call on Hami and instead write in his file that he did not show up." According to this source, after three months of follow-up, only some ointment was given to Mr. Bahadori for the treatment of skin fungus. According to this report, the prison authorities had promised to send him to the hospital in recent days, but they still refused to send him to the hospital: > Last week, they disconnected Hami's phone for three days and told him that it was the order of the interrogator. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53321'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-45188/'> Despite his poor physical condition, he was denied medical treatment. HRANA wrote that despite the physical problems and numerous illnesses of Hami Bahadori, during the last few months, he has been repeatedly denied transfer to the hospital by the order of Hedayat Farzadi, the warden of Evin Prison, for various reasons, including the lack of soldiers or cars and his opposition to wearing prison uniforms. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>