d interceptions; Representatives of the Baha'i community: two cousins were accused of involvement in the killing of three Besij members.
Representatives of the Baha'i community reported that two Baha'i cousins in Iran were sentenced to heavy prison sentences in connection with a daily protest.
According to the World Baha'i Community, the Revolutionary Court in Kerman sentenced the 30-year-old Paganit Naimi to 12 and a half years and the 29-year-old Barna Naimi to eight years in prison.
According to this report, two cousins, who were arrested about two months apart, are accused of acting against national security and are involved in the killing of three Basij members in the city of Kerman.
Simon Fahandej, representative of the world Baha'i community to the United Nations in Geneva, said: “It is deeply shameful that these two innocent people were sentenced to such long prison terms; The ruling that actually robs them of their youth and many years of their lives."
He told Agence France-Presse that "not even the slightest evidence" had been presented to prove the "baseless" accusations of these two men.