Movement Restrictions with Electronic Ankle Monitoring; Tahereh Nowrouzi’s Sentence Enforced

Source: www.hra-news.org

Translation by Iran Press Watch

HRANA News Agency – Today, Saturday, the sentence of Tahereh Nowrouzi, a Baha’i citizen residing in Shiraz, was enforced. She will serve her sentence with movement restrictions outside the prison under the supervision of an electronic ankle monitor.

Based on information received by HRANA, this Baha’i citizen has been sentenced to one year of restricted movement outside the prison under electronic monitoring. The sentence was enforced today, Saturday, March 1, after she appeared at the Shiraz Prosecutor’s Office for the execution of sentences.

A close associate of Nowrouzi told HRANA regarding her sentence: “Tahereh is the mother of two young children, and due to her husband’s job in another city, the movement restrictions imposed on her will also create challenges for her children.”

A while ago, Branch 37 of the Fars Province Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s ruling against Mrs. Nowrouzi. She was previously sentenced by Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Mahmoud Sadati, to one year in prison with movement restrictions outside the prison for the charge of “propaganda against the regime.”

Tahereh Nowrouzi was arrested by security forces in Shiraz on June 9, 2024, and was transferred to the Intelligence Ministry’s detention center, known as Plaque 100. She was eventually released on bail of 2 billion tomans on June 20, 2024.

The Baha’i faith is not recognized as a legitimate religion by Iranian authorities, leading to systematic and longstanding violations of the rights of Baha’is in the country. This includes the denial of their fundamental right to practice their religion, which constitutes a clear breach of both Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The United Nations covenant holds that every person has the right to freedom of religion, freedom of converting religion, as well as freedom of expression, individually or collectively; openly or secretly.