HRANA News Agency – Following an objection by the Chief Justice of Fars Province to the acquittal of 26 Baha’i citizens residing in Shiraz, the Supreme Court has referred their case to a parallel court branch for reconsideration. These citizens have now been summoned to Branch 2 of the Fars Province Court of Appeals.

Based on information obtained by HRANA, the following individuals received official summonses to appear before Branch 2 of the Fars Province Court of Appeals:
Parisa Rouhi-Zadegan, Esmaeil Roosta, Bahareh Norouzi, Behnam Azizpour, Samareh Ashnaei, Ramin Shirvani, Rezvan Yazdani, Soroush Aghaei Saghadi, Saeed Hasani, Shadi Sadegh Aghdam, Shamim Akhlaqi, Sahba Farahbakhsh, Sahba Moslehi, Ahdiyeh Enayati, Farbod Shadman, Farzad Shadman, Lala Salehi, Mojgan Gholampour Saadi, Marjan Gholampour, Maryam Eslami Mahdiabadi, Mahyar Sefidi Miyandoab, Nabil Tahzib, Nasim Kashani Nejad, Noushin Zenhari, Vargha Kaviani, and Yekta Fahandezh Saadi. They have been instructed to appear before the court July 1.

The source added that recently, Seyed Kazem Mousavi, Chief Justice of Fars Province, filed an objection to the acquittal under Article 477 of the Criminal Procedure Code. As a result, Branch 1 of the Supreme Court referred the case again to a parallel court—this time Branch 2 of the Fars Province Court of Appeals.

In June 2022, these Baha’i citizens had initially been sentenced by Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court to a total of 85 years in prison, exile, and travel bans. That verdict was upheld in full by Branch 37 of the Fars Province Court of Appeals.

Parisa Rouhi-Zadegan and Nasim Kashani Nejad served prison terms in 2022 in connection with this case.

The case was originally opened in 2016, and some of the individuals were detained at that time.

Additionally, Yekta Fahandezh Saadi was arrested in December 2023 in a separate case by security forces and released on bail after about five months. She has previously been arrested and sentenced due to her activities.