Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – A Baha’i couple living in Villashahr, Isfahan, have been taken into custody. Mojdeh Eghterafi and her husband, Hooshmand Talebi were arrested on Sunday, August 23rd,…
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Mehrdad Mousavi Kholanjani, Baha’i Citizen, Prison Sentence Upheld in Appeal Court
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA NEWS AGENCY – The Isfahan Court of Appeals upheld the six month prison sentence Mehrdad Mousavi, a Baha’i citizen living in Shahin-Shahr. Mr. Mousavi, in his initial hearing,…
Lengthy Prison Sentences for 30 Iranian Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Iran’s Baha’is have seen an increase in persecution during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly in Shiraz, the Baha’i International Community has reported. The group issued a statement about the increased pressures on Iran’s Baha’i community…
Baha’i Carpenter Arrested, Charged with Building Boxes for Prayer Books
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On May 2, at around 4pm, three groups of officers identifying themselves as Revolutionary Guards intelligence agents, simultaneously raided the homes of three Baha’i citizens living in Isfahan. The Baha’is were Shahzad…
More Baha’is Arrested in Iran
Source: iranwire.com Although the reasons for the arrests are not entirely clear, in many cases, they seem to have been carried out in retaliation for claims that Baha’is have led and spurred on the nationwide protests,…
11 Baha’is Were Arrested in Isfahan and Omidiyeh
Source: www.en-hrana.org Soroush Azadi is the tenth Baha’i citizen who was arrested in November 2019 by security forces in Baharestan in Isfahan. He was arrested on November 30, 2019. His whereabouts is still unknown. On the…
Fears for the Safety of Nine Baha’is Arrested in Isfahan
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On the morning of Friday, 9 December, security forces raided the homes of a number of Baha’is in Isfahan’s Baharestan suburb arresting them, searching their homes and removing personal belongings such as…
Search of Homes and Arrest of At Least Nine Baha’is in Baharestan, Isfahan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA– According to HRANA (the news agency of Human Rights Activists of Iran), on Friday, November 29, at least nine Baha’i citizens living in Baharestan, Isfahan, were arrested by…
Isfahan City Council Member Barred From Meetings For Six Months
Source: en.radiofarda.com A member of Isfahan’s city council in Iran has been barred from attending council meetings for six months, for a social media comment he posted in support of a defender of the embattled Baha’i…
Baha’i Kasra Teifouri Begins Serving Prison Sentence in Isfahan; Hamed Rezvani’s Fate Unknown
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – As reported by HRANA, the news agency for Human Rights Activists in Iran, on December 17, 2018, Mohammad Reza (Kasra) Teifouri, a Baha’i in Isfahan,…
Human Rights Violations in Iran: Four Baha’i Citizens in Isfahan Sentenced to Combined 10 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Last May, Branch 23 of the Appeals Court of Isfahan Province upheld the sentencing of four Baha’i citizens for combined total of 10 years imprisonment. …
Note of Saeed Dehghan, Lawyer for Baha’i Citizens in Isfahan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watcg HRANA News Agency – Four Baha’i residents of Isfahan were sentenced in May this year by the appeals court of Isfahan province to 10 years imprisonment. These citizens were arrested on Saturday by security…
Persecution of Baha’is Continues With 60 Arrests and Interrogations
Source: iranwire.com By KIAN SABETI Over the last few weeks, more than 60 Baha’is have been arrested and interrogated in cities across Iran, and four more were detained so that they could start serving prison sentences handed…
Eight Members Of Iran’s Baha’i Religious Minority Sentenced To Prison
Source: iran-hrm.com In a wave of persecution of Baha’is in Iran, eight members of Baha’i community in Isfahan, were sentenced to a total of 42 years behind bars.They had been arrested on September 23. According…
Authorities Continue Pursuit of Baha’i Citizens in Isfahan Province
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – On Sunday, September 23rd, Saham Armin became the eighth Baha’i citizen to be detained by Ministry of Intelligence forces after having his home searched in Baharestan, a city…
Raid on Home of Baha’i Citizen Anisa Motahar, Isfahan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – As reported by HRANA, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists group in Iran, on Monday April 30, 2018, the family home of…
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