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Haleh Rouhi Jahromi,29 jaar, Raha Sabet Sarvestani, 32 jaar and Sasan Taqva, 33 jaar,
all Baha'i s, have been detained by the Ministry of Intelligence in Shiraz since 19 November 2007.
They belong to the group of 54 Baha'is who were arrested in May 2006.
August last year they were tried by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz, on which trial they were each sentenced to three years' imprisonment for "organizing illegal groups" and to an additional one year's imprisonment for "propaganda on behalf of groups that are opposed to the Islamic system". The 51 other Baha'is were sentenced to 4 and 8 months suspended prison sentences.
The three appealed against their convictions and sentences. November 19, 2007, they were told to go to the Office of the Ministry of Intelligence in Shiraz to retrieve items that had been confiscated from them when they were first arrested.
They did not return home.
Amnesty International calls for their immediate release.


According to Tehran Times Iran wants to bar British theater troupes from participating in the Fajr International Theater Festival and other Iranian cultural events in retaliation for the recent actions of the British Embassy in Tehran.
An Iranian theatergroup led by actor Azim Musavi had been scheduled to give a series of performances in London in the forthcoming weeks, but the British Embassy took measures to create obstacles for the troupe.
The troupe’s members had to be fingerprinted and they had to provide the deeds to their properties as security and to provide financial statements and lists of their properties.
Center for Dramatic Arts Director Hossein Parsaii told the Mehr News Agency that despite all the letters and explanations sent to them, they did not revise their behavior and that the organizers of the Fajr Theater Festival have been asked to take reciprocal measures against British theater troupes to in practice prevent them from participating in the Fajr festival and any other Iranian cultural events.

In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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