Source: iranwire.com
According to a report received by IranWire, security and intelligence forces on November 2 stormed the workplace of Pouya Sarraf in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran. They seized his personal computer and mobile phones.
Security forces also searched Sarraf’s house and confiscated some of his wife’s books.
Sarraf’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Baha’is number some 300,000 in Iran and have an estimated 5 million followers worldwide.
Shia Islam is the state religion in Iran, but the constitution recognizes a number of minority faiths, including Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism, but not the Baha’i faith.
Since the Islamic Republic of Iran was established in 1979, hundreds of Baha’is have been arrested and jailed for their beliefs. At least 200 have been executed, or were arrested and never heard from again.
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November 7, 2022 11:48 am
Even amid the widespread challenges to Iran’s policy of exclusion of members of its citizenry from the fair and equal participation its public life, the government of Iran continues to harass and imprison the innocent followers of Baha’u’llah whose religion commands them to obey the laws of the countries in which they reside and to work for the betterment of society and humanity as a whole. We pray that Iran may become wise and just so that its people may strive to give benefit to the world of humanity.