Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Hooman Khoshnam, a Baha’i resident of Karaj, became the sixth Baha’i citizen to be arrested by Ministry of Intelligence security forces in the city on September 25th, 2018.…
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Baha’i Arrests Persist in Karaj
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Iranian authorities continued in their raid of the Iranian Baha’i community with the arrest of another Baha’i resident of Karaj, a northwest suburb of Tehran, on Sunday, September 16th,…
Mass Arrests of Baha’is in Shiraz
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti A judge has told the families of three Baha’is arrested 10 days ago to expect heavy sentences, but has failed to provide any further information about their cases. On August 17,…
Baha’is In Iran ‘Face New Wave of Arrests,’ Says Baha’i International Community
Source: www.rferl.org The Baha’i International Community (BIC) says Baha’is in Iran are facing a new wave of arrests and raids on their homes across different cities in the country. The community said in a May 25…
Following Recent Arrests, U.S. Senate Condemns Persecution of Baha’is in Iran
Source: publicaffairs.bahai.us December 22, 2017 Contact: James Samimi Farr Phone: (202) 833-8990, Email: [email protected] WASHINGTON — Last night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Senate Resolution 139, condemning the Iranian government’s state-sponsored persecution of its Baha’i minority as well as its…
Ominous Wave of Yemen Arrests Raises Alarm
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — Orders for the arrest of at least 25 Baha’is have been issued by certain authorities in Sana’a who are harassing the Yemeni Baha’is and pressuring them to recant their faith.…
Mass arrests of Baha’is in Yazd
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Seven citizens were arrested in Yazd because of their belief in the Baha’i Faith. According to the report from the Website of Human Rights in Iran, quoting BahaiNews, Farzad…
U.S. Slams Iran for Arrests of Baha’i Leaders 8 Years Ago
Source: www.cnn.com By Joe Sterling, CNN Adherents of the Baha’i religion can be found worldwide. Here is the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois. (CNN)–The United States condemned the 2008 arrests of Baha’i leaders…
New Arrests in Rasht Aim to Deepen the Economic Isolation of the Baha’is
Source: BahaiNews1 Security forces in Rasht, a city on Iran’s Caspian coast, have arrested four Bahais and three other citizens who had associated with the Bahais. On May 26, they arrested Mr. Foad Yazdani and Mr. Peyman…
Two Fresh Arrests in Yazd
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily HRANA – Security forces in Yazd have searched the home of the Bagheri family, for the third time in the past year. According to HRANA Press, the news portal of Human…
Authorities Target Baha’is in New Arrests
Source: en.iranwire.com Friday 27, 2015 By Natasha Schmidt, Kian Sabeti Intelligence Ministry agents raided a number of Baha’i homes in Tehran, Isfahan and Kerman and arrested 16 Baha’i citizens on February 16 and 17.…
Widespread Raids and Arrests of Baha’is by Security Forces in Tehran
Source: Population of Combat against Educational Discrimination (P.C.E.D.) Translation by Iran Press Watch On the 16th of February 2015, security forces raided and searched Baha’i citizens’ residences in Tehran. After the raid and search, five…
Two Arrests in Shiraz
Source: hra-news, http://tinyurl.com/mznz2g7, http://tinyurl.com/kn9wn6p Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-25s On the morning of September 1, security forces arrested Mr. Shahram Mansour at his home, and transferred him to the Ministry of Intelligence’s Facility 100 in Shiraz. They also…
Increase in Arrests Highlights Continuing Persecution of Baha’is in Iran
Source: Bahai World News Service, http://news.bahai.org/story/1015 19 August 2014 GENEVA — The arrest last week of five Baha’is in Tehran signals a rising tide of detainments and imprisonments of Baha’is in Iran in recent months. Since June,…
Six Arrests in Tehran
Source: Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-23Q Babak Mobasher and his father-in-law Alaeddin Khanjani were arrested around 6 a.m. today when agents from the Ministry of Intelligence raided their home [which is apparently located in Tehran ~Sen]. Alaeddin…
Baha’i Arrests in Tabriz Claims a Fifth Target
Source: https://www.facebook.com/Iran.ARAM Shabnam Issa Khani, a mother of two was arrested on Saturday, July 12 in Tabriz without prior notice. Following an intensive search of her residence, the representatives of Ministry of Intelligence confiscated various personal…
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