Iranian of the Day

chrr: Foad Khanjani, now 21, a follower of the Bahai faith, was first arrested on 1 March 2010. He was kept in a solitary cell for 25 days, where he was put under pressure for a televised interview, and was released on bail on 8 May 2010.

On 2 January 2011, Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court under Judge Moghisseh sentenced Khanjani on charges of "assembly and collusion with the intent to commit crimes against national security," and "participating in disruption of public order." Branch 54 of Tehran Appeals Court subsequently upheld Khanjani's sentence. Foad Khanjani turned himself in at Evin Prison on 17 January to commence serving his four year prison term.

Khanjani had been dismissed from the Isfahan Industrial Management Organization, where he was studying, because of his Bahai faith.

His father, Alaeddin Khanjani, was also arrested on 10 February 2010 and released on bail on 16 March 2010. His sister, Leva Khanjani Mobasher's two-year prison sentence was upheld by an appeals court in 2011. His grandfather, Jamaloddin Khanjani, one of the seven imprisoned Bahai leaders, is currently serving a 20-year prison term.