Human rights organizations have reported that Ms. Sabet has serious health conditions, recently underwent open heart surgery and is expected to continue serving a ten year prison sentence.
[8] In February 2009, she was charged with spying for Israel, propaganda against the Islamic Republic, insulting sacred sites, and establishment of an illegal administration.
[2][9] The group was represented by Shirin Ebadi during her trial,[5] who said that there was "not a shred of evidence" for the crimes which they were charged with.
[2] While in Evin, she developed tuberculosis[5] and osteoporosis, for which she was allowed a five-day furlough in October 2016 to pursue treatment.
[8] In 2011, Sabat was included in a series of Dutch postage stamps recognizing victims of human rights abuses in Iran.
[10] In 2016, the Baháʼí 7 were informed that their sentences had been reduced to ten years, in light of a 2013 penal code reform.
[7] A statement released after her arrest accused her and other detainees of "participating in groups to act against national security through teaching and preaching the Baha’i faith to children in kindergartens, [and] agitating against Islamic Sharia through holding coaching courses".