Nazar-Abad – Mrs. Zohreh Laghai, the owner of Misagh Optician, whose business was shut down in the month of Day, 1387 (Dec., 2008), along with four other optician’s shops owned by Baha’is in Nazar-Abad (near…
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Subpoenas for five Baha’is
Shiraz – Mr. Afshin Ehsanian, Mr. Fraham (Hadi) Masoumi, and Mrs. Haleh Hushmandi, who were among the 54 youth arrested on 29 Urdibehesht 1387 (19 May 2006) for teaching disadvantaged children, along with Mr. Vahdat…
Temporary release of Mr. Sasan Taqva
Mr. Sasan Taqva of Shiraz, who had been temporarily released on 15 Mehr 1388 (7 Oct. 2009), returned to prison on 27 Mehr 1377 (19 Oct. 2009). Mr. Taqva, Mrs. Raha Sabet, and Haleh Rouhi…
Search of the House of a Baha’i in Babol
According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], based on reports from the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, on Wednesday the 29th of Mehr [21 Oct.], Intelligence Office agents of the city…
Two Baha'is Arrested in Mashhad
Two Baha’is were arrested by Security Forces agents in Mashhad and have been detained at an unknown location. According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran,…
Theft at the Baha’i cemetery in Sangsar
According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], based on reports from the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, unidentified persons took one of the two large water tanks at the Baha’i cemetery…
Court order for the arrest and imprisonment of a Baha’i woman in Semnan
According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], based on reports from the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Mrs. Manizheh Manzavian, a Baha’i in Semnan, who was arrested and detained during the…
Kidnapping and Torture of a Baha’i in Shiraz
A Baha’i has been kidnapped, persecuted, and tortured by unknown individuals in Shiraz. According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], based on reports from the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Mr.…

Iran to try seven detained Baha'is soon
Editor’s note: The story of these seven Baha’is has been in the news ever since their arrest in May 2008 and closely followed by many Baha’is and humanitarian organizations around the world. The last scheduled…
Baha'i Arrested by Security Forces in Yasuj
According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], based on reports from the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, at around 11 AM on the 9th of Aban, 1388 [Oct. 31, 2009] officers…
EU Joins Canada to Co-sponsor Resolution on Iran at the UN
(CBNS) A Canadian-led resolution condemning Iran for its human rights record is being put forward this week at the United Nations. Strong resolutions passed last week in the European Union (EU) Parliament and in the…
Temporary Release of Mr. Sasan Taqva in Shiraz
The temporary release of Mr. Sasan Taqva from Shiraz Prison on 15 Mehr 1388 (7 Oct., 2009) has been extended. The date of his return to the Prison is not known at the present time.…
Temporary Release of Two Baha'is in Yasuj
A temporary release was granted to Mr. Askar Ravanbakhsh and Mrs. Ruhiyyih Yazdani (Baqai) from Yasuj, who were originally arrested during Aban 1387 (Oct. 2008). For Mr. Ravanbakhsh, the release was from 14 to 16…
Peyman Kashfi Arrested in Tehran
Mr. Peyman Kashfi was arrested in Tehran on 27 Mehr, 1388 (19 Oct., 2009). Mr Kashfi received an order on 26 Mehr, 1388 (18 Oct., 2009), to present himself to the Revolutionary Court on 27…
Three Baha’i students expelled from Semnan University
Although they had only attended one week of classes at the university, Ms. Mojdeh Nourani, Ms. Farahnaz Felfeli, and Mr. Aradalan Tebianian, who had passed the national university entrance examination in 1388 (2009), were expelled…

International Religious Freedom Report 2009
The situation of the Baha’is of Iran dominates the 2009 report on international religious freedom on Iran issued by the U.S. Department of State, with more than 100 references. Editor’s Note: The report is long…