{"id":1141,"date":"2008-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/confidential-report-confirms-innocence\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:49:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:49:03","slug":"confidential-report-confirms-innocence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/confidential-report-confirms-innocence\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidential report confirms innocence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/Haleh%20Rouhi.JPG\" alt=\"Confidential report confirms innocence\" \/><figcaption>Haleh Rouhi, one of the three innocent Baha&#8217;is imprisoned in Shiraz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A confidential report by a Government-appointed investigator in Iran has confirmed the innocence of three Baha\u2019is who remain in prison there, a spokesperson for the Australian Baha\u2019i community, Tessa Scrine, said today.<\/p>\n<p>The three prisoners were among 53 Baha\u2019is whose arrests in 2006 prompted an international outcry by governments and coverage by the world\u2019s media.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2007, four-year sentences were handed out to Haleh Rouhi, 29, Raha Sabet, 33, and Sasan Taqva, 32.<\/p>\n<p>The other arrested Baha\u2019is received a one-year suspended sentence and were ordered to undergo \u201cre-education\u201d classes.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Scrine said the confidential report dated June 2008 has contradicted Government claims that the Baha\u2019is were involved in \u201canti regime propaganda\u201d or \u201cthe illegal teaching of the Baha\u2019i Faith\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is extremely unjust that three people remain locked up when an internal investigation by the authorities has shown they were innocent,\u201d Ms Scrine said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Approval<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ms Scrine said that a group of 53 young Baha&#8217;is and some Muslim friends had been involved since 2004, with the full knowledge and approval of the Shiraz city council, in projects to promote literacy, hygiene and morality among underprivileged children and youth in poor neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>The confidential report, published by the Human Rights Activists of Iran on 23 October, confirmed that the group was involved only in humanitarian activities.<\/p>\n<p>A retired police colonel told the investigator: &#8220;The activities of these classes were writing, drawing, and teaching hygiene and moral values, and there was no mention of religious or political matters. 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