این فعال اجتماعی در تاریخ 20 آبان 1404، پس از هجوم نیروهای امنیتی به منزل مادرش در تهران، بازداشت و به زندان اوین منتقل شد. پس از تعطیلی بند 8 اوین، او به سالن یک بند 7 این زندان منتقل شده است. گزارش ها حاکی از آن است که مقامات قضایی تاکنون با آزادی موقت او با قرار وثیقه موافقت نکرده اند. همچنین اعلام شده که او از حق انتخاب وکیل محروم شده و دادگاه انقلاب تنها وکیل تسخیری مورد تأیید خود را برای رسیدگی به پرونده او می پذیرد. پرونده او در شعبه 26 دادگاه انقلاب تهران در حال رسیدگی است.
UUID:
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Short link: https://sml.yt/7sozl
Date: 2026-08-02
City: Tehran
Province: Tehran
Country: Iran
Health Status: Unknown
Status: Enforced disappearance
Raid by guard forces on Ward 7 of Evin Prison; six political prisoners transferred to an unknown location.
A social activist was arrested on 11 November 2025, following a raid by security forces at her mother's home in Tehran, and was subsequently transferred to Evin Prison. After the closure of Ward 8 in Evin, she was moved to Hall 1 of Ward 7. Reports indicate that judicial authorities have not yet agreed to her temporary release on bail. It has also been stated that she has been denied the right to choose her own lawyer, with the Revolutionary Court only accepting a court-appointed lawyer for her case. Her case is currently being processed in Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
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History:
Event: Sentence issued صدور و ابلاغ حکم
According to the issued verdict, Afshin Heyratian has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the charge of "forming an illegal group," 11 years for "propaganda activities against the sacred law of Islam," six years for "assembly and collusion," and a fine of 330 million tomans. Additionally, for the charge of "acquiring illicit property" related to receiving an amount of one thousand dollars, he has been sentenced to two years in prison and a fine equivalent to twice the received amount, totaling two thousand dollars.
According to the law on the aggregation of sentences (Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code), the most severe punishment, which is 12 years of imprisonment, will be enforceable.
Afshin Heyratian, a children's rights activist and Baha'i citizen imprisoned in Evin Prison, has been sentenced by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court to a total of 31 years in prison and a fine. According to the issued verdict, if the decision is upheld in the appeal stage, 12 years of imprisonment will be enforceable as the most severe punishment.
More than seven months after being detained, they are still held in Evin Prison and have been denied temporary release on bail.
On Tuesday, 20th Aban 1404 (11th November 2025), Mr Afshin Heyratian, a Baha’i citizen residing in Tehran, was arrested by security forces at his mother's home and transferred to an undisclosed location.
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