Sarmad Shadabi

Sarmad Shadabi

He is one of the Bahai citizens who have been denied of higher education. In 2015 he asked the education authorities to review his case and he was arrested and convicted because of it. He had previously written a letter to the Article 90 Committee at the parliament about the violation of the rights of Bahai citizens.

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='5488'> Tara Houshmand, Rouhiyeh Safajou, and Sarmad Shadabi, in their demand to the right of pursuing their education in the University, took their complaint to legal authorities, and were arrested by Intelligence ministry agents in their homes and taken to Evin prison. Sarmad Shadabi was arrested before entering the her college, the Azad University, Roud-e Hen, by Intelligence ministry agents. The agents took her to her home in Tehran and after a thorough search of her home, confiscated her cell phone, laptop and religious books </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='5602'> Tara Houshmand and Rouhiyeh Safajou by posting 50 million Toman bail, Sarmad Shadabi by posting 200 million Toman bail were released from Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19801'> Tara Houshmand, Rouhiyeh Safajou and Sarmad Shadabi, were summoned to the court, a total of, six times, but only two hearings were held. After the fourth summons, because of judge Moghiseh’s absence, a different judge heard the case, and summoned the interrogators to explain the arrest of these three Baha’i citizens, but, upon his return, judge Moghiseh annulled this summoning of the interrogators </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='19802'> Tara Houshmand, Rouhiyeh Safajou and Sarmad Shadabi were arrested because of their efforts to study at the University. They were charged with and tried, for the last time, for “acting against national security through membership in the heretic sect of Bahaism (Article 499)” and “publication of falsehoods (Article 698)” at branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, with judge Moghiseh presiding. Judge Moghiseh condemned these three individuals to five years incarceration </coverage-outsourcing>