her residency was issued on the basis that the Court of Appeals changed aNer a series of she was the spouse of a Bahraini na.onal. formal postponements, and it became clear She was finishing her Master’s degree in that his deporta.on was inevitable, he Bahrain at the .me and was on the verge of submited a leter to the Minister of Interior undertaking a PhD. As a result, she was on 25 February 2016, asking him to delay the unable to con.nue her studies. The situa.on implementa.on of the forced deporta.on contributed to Mrs. Shakeri’s psychological ruling un.l the end of his son’s school year. a n d p h y s i c a l b r e a kd o w n ; s h e w a s His wife was s.ll receiving treatment in Iran; hospitalised several .mes for treatment, and therefore, Dr Jahromi was his son’s only upon her doctors’ insistence, she agreed to guardian in Bahrain. Concurrently, he met travel to Iran for treatment and to visit her with the president and vice-president of the family, aNer they made sure that she could Na.onal Ins.tu.on for Human Rights (NHRI) return to Bahrain before her residence visa and asked them to intervene on this mater. expired. ANer failing to receive any promises from the ANer receiving a court summons regarding Na.onal Ins.tu.on for Human Rights or any his now ‘illegal’ residence in Bahrain, Dr. reply from the Minister of Interior, Mrs. Jahromi addressed the Immigra.on and Shakeri had to risk her health and fly back to Passports Department on 16 April 2015, Bahrain on 6 April 2016. The same day, Dr. explaining that he does not have any other Jahromi’s appeal was denied. The next na.onali.es, and that he was ready to obtain morning, he received a call from the a Bahraini sponsor in order to get his life back Immigra.on Department requiring his in his country. Alterna.vely, he requested atendance. Dr. Jahromi and his wife met the that they issue him a temporary passport to vice president of the NHRI. He was told that facilitate his departure from the country. His the president of the NHRI was personally request was not taken into considera.on, following the mater and that jurists affiliated and the Lower Criminal Court ordered his with the NHRI were recommending that Dr. deporta.on on 14 May 2015. Dr Jahromi Jahromi’s atorney submit a request to delay appealed the decision. When the course of execu.on of the judgment. This request was 15 | Arbitrary Revoca.on of Na.onality in Bahrain - a Tool of Oppression