IranWire:

An Iranian appeals court has upheld a 25-year prison sentence for a Baha’i woman, while a lower court has sentenced another Baha’i citizen to five years in prison.

Branch 37 of the Fars Province Appeals Court upheld the sentence and other penalties for Rouya Sabet, a Baha’i citizen from Shiraz, the HRANA news agency reported on Wednesday.

A lower court had convicted Sabet of “cooperating with Israeli citizens and institutions,” “forming a group to act against national security,” and “propaganda for a sect contrary to Islamic law.”

The appeals court sentenced her to 10 years for each of the first two charges and five years for the third.

She was also given a two-year travel ban with passport cancellation, five years of social rights deprivation, and a ban on social media activity.

Under Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, Sabet will serve 10 years, the harshest of the sentences.

Sabet, who resides in the United Arab Emirates, was arrested last year by Revolutionary Guard intelligence officers during a visit to Shiraz.

She was released from Adel Abad Prison after about five months on bail.

Separately, Branch 4 of the Karaj Revolutionary Court sentenced Nahid Behroozi to five years in prison for conducting “deviant educational or propaganda activities contrary to Islamic law.”

The court also banned her from social rights for 10 years and ordered the confiscation of her seized property, including electronic devices and religious books.

Behroozi was arrested last year in Karaj by intelligence agents who searched her home before taking her to a detention center. She was later released on bail.

The sentences come as a senior official at Iran's Islamic Development Organization announced that 93,000 seminary students nationwide have been enrolled in anit-Baha’i training courses.

Saeed Rousta Azad said, "We have extensive content about sects such as Bahaism, Wahhabism, the Hojjatieh society and even emerging topics like Ahmad al-Hassan," Rousta Azad said.

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