{"id":1203,"date":"2010-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/sentences-reportedly-reduced-to-10-years\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:52:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:52:50","slug":"sentences-reportedly-reduced-to-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/sentences-reportedly-reduced-to-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentences reportedly reduced to 10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/friends%20in%20iran.jpg\" alt=\"Sentences reportedly reduced to 10 years\" \/><figcaption>The seven Baha&#8217;i leaders whose prison terms have been reduced to ten years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 20-year prison sentences of seven Baha\u2019i leaders in Iran have reportedly been reduced to 10 years, an Australian Baha\u2019i Community spokesperson, Tessa Scrine, said today.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Scrine said that lawyers for the seven were informed verbally about the sentence reduction on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defendants have completely and categorically denied charges of propaganda activities against the Islamic order and the establishment of an illegal administration, and other allegations,\u201d Ms Scrine said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJustice demands that they be released immediately and unconditionally,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Scrine said there has been widespread international condemnation of the imprisonment and conviction of the seven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAustralia is one of the governments which have protested,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOthers have included Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S.A. They have been joined by the European Union and the President of the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Australia, the diverse religious communities have protested via a statement issued by the Australian Partnership of Religious Organisations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternationally, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called for the release of the seven as have many other groups and countless individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The seven &#8211; Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Mahvash Sabet, Behrouz Tavakkoli, and Vahid Tizfahm &#8211; were all members of a national-level group that, with the Iranian government&#8217;s knowledge, helped see to the minimum spiritual needs of Iran&#8217;s 300,000-strong Baha&#8217;i community.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Kamalabadi and Mr Tavakkoli have siblings in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 20-year prison sentences of seven Baha\u2019i leaders in Iran have reportedly been reduced to 10 years, an Australian Baha\u2019i Community spokesperson, Tessa Scrine, said today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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