Meeting with Negin Ghadyamian

"Meeting" is a short narrative about those whose lives are confined to a four-walled space called prison. In each segment of this series, we visit one of those who are referred to as 'political-prisoners' by human rights organizations. She holds a master's degree in Persian literature and is interested in books and reading, but is currently imprisoned in Evin on security charges. She has been accused of actions against national security, while her family claims that her only activity has been teaching at an online Baha'i university. Negin Ghadyamian, a 24-year-old resident of Tehran, was sentenced to five years in prison in absentia in June 2014 by Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Moghiseh. This sentence was communicated to her in February of the same year, and following her request for retrial, the case was sent to the appellate court, which confirmed the five-year prison sentence for this Baha'i citizen in August 2016. She was charged with membership in the Baha'i organization and teaching at the online Baha'i university. Negin Ghadyamian had previously been arrested in June 2011 along with 39 other Baha'i citizens in Tehran, Karaj, Shiraz, Isfahan, Sari, and Zahedan.