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  • Last month, when authorities at Rajai Shahr Prison announced that inmates should cut off their contact with Mahvash and Fariba, fellow prisoners refused and continued to seek them out.

    Free Iran's Bahai Seven Roxana Saberi 2011

  • I have heard that Rajai Shahr Prison, where Mahvash Sabet sits today, is even worse than Evin Prison.

    Free Iran's Bahai Seven Roxana Saberi 2011

  • Now, Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naimi, Saeid Rezaie, Mahvash Sabet, Behrouz Tavakkoli and Vahid Tizfahm have been told that their original 20-year sentences have been reinstated, with prosecutors having claimed that the reduced penalties violated Sharia law.

    Remember Iran Kishan Manocha 2011

  • He was also an attorney for my two Baha'i cellmates, Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Sabet, who are each serving 20-year prison sentences for various unsubstantiated charges including espionage.

    Who Are Iran's Political Prisoners? Roxana Saberi 2011

  • March 5 marked the third anniversary of the arrest of Mahvash Sabet, one of my former cellmates in Iran's Evin Prison.

    Free Iran's Bahai Seven Roxana Saberi 2011

  • In 2008, Iranian authorities detained Mahvash and six fellow Iranian leaders of the Bahai faith, the country's largest non-Muslim religious minority.

    Free Iran's Bahai Seven Roxana Saberi 2011

  • I am not surprised to hear this, remembering the generosity and compassion that Mahvash and Fariba showed their cellmates at Evin Prison.

    Free Iran's Bahai Seven Roxana Saberi 2011

  • At first I was in solitary confinement for two weeks and then I was taken out of solitary confinement and put in another cell where there were two women, Mahvash and Fariba - they are two of the seven leaders of the minority Baha'i community.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Mahvash had been in solitary confinement for six months and I had been going crazy after two weeks.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Laal disagreed as Mahvash quoted examples of parents of friends who listen to Laal's music.

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2009

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