Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti The Islamic Republic’s authorities have continued to arrest members of the Baha’i religious minority throughout July and August. On July 29, Nahid Behrouzi was apprehended by Ministry of Intelligence agents on…
Ahvaz
Bahá’í Cemetery in Ahvaz Subjected to Arson
Source: www.hra-news.org The Bahá’í International Community has reported that the Bahá’í cemetery in Ahvaz has been subjected to arson and the destruction of trees. The systematic destruction of Bahá’í sites and cemeteries in various cities…
Baha’i Sepideh Rashidi Detained in Ahvaz by IRGC Intelligence
Source: www.en-hrana.org IRGC intelligence officials have detained Baha’i citizen Sepideh Rashidi (Derakhshan) in Ahvaz, subsequently transferring her to an undisclosed location. This action has significantly heightened her family’s concerns due to the absence of information…
Baha’i Citizen Sanaz Notghi Sentenced to 5 years and 8 Months in Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org Baha’i citizen Sanaz Notghi was sentenced to 5 years and 8 months in prison by the Ahvaz Revolutionary Court on a charge of “membership in an illegal Baha’i organization” and to eight months in…
Three Baha’is Were Sentenced to Three Years Imprisonment
Source: www.en-hrana.org Three Baha’i residents of Abadan and Ahvaz, Neda Sabeti (Azadi), Forough Farzaneh, and Noushin Afshar were each sentenced to a one-year prison term for the charge of “propaganda against the state” by the Revolutionary…
Mitra Badrnejad Sentenced to Imprisonment
Source: www.en-hrana.org Mitra Badrnejad, a Baha’i resident of Ahvaz, was sentenced to a one-year prison term by the Khuzestan Appeal’s Court. In October 2018, she was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Branch 2 of…
Two Baha’i Citizens Sentenced to Prison in Ahvaz
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, two Baha’i citizens in Ahvaz, Farajollah Bangaleh and Mitra Badrnejad,…
Statistical Increase in Sealing of Baha’i Businesses in Ahvaz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA–Continuing the shuttering of the businesses of Baha’is in Ahvaz who had closed their shops because of a religious holiday: it now has reached five by the last count,…
Sealing of Baha’i-Owned Businesses in Khorramshar and Ahvaz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The closure of Baha’i-owned businesses continues in Ahvaz and Khorramshar, in the Khuzestan province, where several Baha’i-owned businesses have been sealed by the law…
Three Baha’is Arrested in Abadan
Source: www.iranwire.com May 6, 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Ostanwire (of iranwire.com), on Sunday morning of May 6, 2018, agents of the Ministry of Information of Abadan City in southwest Iran performed an…
Bahá’í Citizen Arrested in Ahvaz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Mitra Badrnejad Zohdi, a Bahá’í citizen residing in the city of Ahvaz, had her home searched and was arrested by the Agents of the Ministry…
Burial Denied to a Baha’i in Ahvaz
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a “BahaiNews” report, a deceased Baha’i citizen was denied burial rights in the Baha’i cemetery in the city of Ahvaz for six days. Eventually the deceased…
Shamim Rouhani Transferred to Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a “BahaiNews” report, Shamim Rouhani, a Baha’i citizen residing in Ahwaz, was transferred to prison in order to start his prison sentence. Earlier, on Tuesday 5th November…
Two Months in the Morgue: One Facet of Campaign to Make Iranian Baha’is Invisible
Source: Baha’i World News Service 29 December 2014 GENEVA — The body of a Baha’i has been held in the morgue for nearly two months in the large, southern Iranian city of Ahvaz because local…
Shamim Ruhani Sentenced to One Year in Prison and Exile
Source: http://goo.gl/9046Kb HRANA News Agency – Shamim Ruhani, a Bahai from Ahvaz (a city in the delta of the Tigris and Euphrates), has been sentenced to one year in prison followed by banishment from the province…
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