On February 25, 2025 the Baha’i Organization’s Representative Office in Qatar issued a news release titled “The Unjust One-Month Imprisonment of a Qatari Baha’i Ends: His Case Must Now Be Cleared.” This news follows the arrest of “Rumi Rouhani,” President of the National Baha’i Assembly of Qatar and Director of the MENA (International Chamber of Commerce) and ICC QATAR WBO (World Trade Organization National Committee in Qatar), at the country’s airport on January 25 , 2025.
Rouhani, who was sentenced to one month in prison and a fine of $27,000 by a Qatari court in 2022 for economic crimes, was arrested at the airport to be handed over to the judicial authorities and executed. Immediately after this arrest, widespread pressure was exerted on Qatar by the Baha’i Organization, allied media, and international legal institutions to release him.
However, Qatar resisted these pressures and kept Rouhani in prison until the end of his one-month imprisonment.
Now, the Baha’i Faith, which has failed to achieve its demand for the illegal release of this criminal, has asked Qatar to clear his criminal record and not register any criminal record against him.
This action by the Baha’i Faith shows that this sect, despite its claims of respecting the laws of countries, always defends the illegal actions of its followers and uses its influence in international organizations and the media to pressure governments. This approach reveals the duplicitous and excessive nature of the Baha’i Faith.
