HRANA – Sima Septo and Nahid Falahati, Baha’i residents of Shiraz, were arrested at their homes by security forces on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, and taken to an undisclosed location.

According to HRANA, Sima Septo and Nahid Falahati have been arrested. According to information received by HRANA, on Tuesday, June 23, security forces raided the homes of these two Baha’i citizens and arrested them. However, the agency responsible for their arrests has not yet been identified.

No information has so far been obtained regarding the reasons for their arrests or their place of detention.

Over the past decade, the Baha’i community in Iran has been subjected to more security and judicial persecution than any other religious minority. A review of HRA’s annual reports shows that, over the past three years, an average of 72 percent of reports concerning religious minorities have been related to violations of the rights of Baha’i citizens.