Shiraz City Council Member Who Supported Two Baha'is Imprisoned Again
The wife of Mehdi Hajati, a member of the Shiraz City Council, announced his arrest to serve his prison sentence.
Zohreh Rastegar wrote in a message on her Twitter on Sunday, June 3, that officers arrived at their home an hour ago and transferred her husband to prison to serve his one-year prison sentence.
According to him, the final verdict against Mr. Hajati was sent to him via text message on Saturday and was carried out the next day.
In October of last year, he wrote on his account about his efforts to free two Baha'i citizens: "I have spent the past ten days knocking on every door to release two detained Baha'i friends, and I have not achieved any results. Our generation is obligated to spare no effort in reforming judicial procedures and other matters that endanger social justice as long as it stands against foreign enemies."
After this tweet, he was detained for a while, and after his release, he was not allowed to attend the council for a while.
An hour ago, officers arrived at our house and transferred my wife #Mehdi_Hajati to prison to carry out her one-year prison sentence. Yesterday we received a text message stating that the sentence had been issued, and it was carried out today. @MehdiHajati pic.twitter.com/GD36PbPHcT
— Zohreh Rastegari (@RastegariZohreh) June 2, 2019
In February of last year, the head of the Shiraz City Council's Civil Rights Commission told ILNA News Agency that with the "completion of the investigation phase of the case," the restriction on Mr. Hajati's presence in the council was lifted.
Details of the sentence imposed on him have not been released.
Source: Voice of America
