Anisa Samieian

Anisa Samieian is a Baha'i citizen living in Rasht. She and her husband were sentenced to prison in 2023 by the Rasht Revolutionary Court.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='52924'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-38216/'> According to HRANA, the family home of a Bahai couple named Vesal Momtazi and Anisa Samieian was searched by the security forces and some of their personal belongings were confiscated. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52927'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/news-1/118015'> Vesal Momtazi was arrested by the security forces. While announcing this news, IranWire wrote that his wife Anisa Samieian was also interrogated on two occasions. According to this report, Mr. Momtazi was released on bail after a few days. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52929'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41907/'> Vesal Momtazi and Anisa Samieian, a Bahai couple, were sentenced to a total of 9 years and 6 months in prison. According to the verdict issued by the third branch of the Rasht Revolutionary Court headed by Mehdi Rasekhi, Mrs. Samiyan was sentenced to seven months and 16 days for the charge of "propaganda against the state" and three years, six months and one day in prison for the charge of "educational activity and deviant propaganda contrary to the Holy Sharia of Islam". Mr. Momtazi was sentenced to seven months and 16 days for the charge of "propaganda against the state", one year and three months for the charge of "insulting the leader", and three years and six months and one day and a fine of 380 million rials for the charge of "insulting the holy law of Islam". According to HRANA's report, each of these citizens has been sentenced to 10 years and one day of deprivation of social rights. The legal basis for issuing fines and deprivation of social rights is not clear for Atlas. With the application of Article 134 of the Criminal Code, at least three years, six months and one day in prison is applicable for each. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>