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…
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Baha’i Citizen Transferred to Prison to Serve One-Year Sentence
Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA, the Human Rights Activists’ News Agency in Iran, Sima Kiani, a Baha’i citizen residing in Shahr-e Rey, has been taken to prison to begin serving a…
Children’s Rights Activist Arrested and Transferred to Evin Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – Afshin Hayratian, children’s rights activist and former prisoner of conscience, was arrested on October 20, 2017 by security forces at his own house in Tehran. The Baha’i citizen has been…
Four Bahá’i Citizens Were Arrested in Kermanshah
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Kermanshah—Four Bahá’i residents of Kermanshah were detained by intelligence officials on December 2nd according to the “No to Harassment & Imprisonment of Bahá’i Compatriots” campaign. The detained residents, both…
Iran – Shadi Abedi, Baha’i Citizen Arrested in Birjand
Source: www.javanehha.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Following a massive wave of arrests and increasing pressure on the Baha’is of Iran, another Baha’i citizen has been arrested in Birjand. On Saturday, October 29, 2017, at 7:00…
Oppression of Baha’i Community Intensifies, Arrest of a Baha’i in Rasht
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency: On October 23, 2017, Nazila Khanipoor (Heravi), a Baha’i from Rasht in Northern Iran, was arrested at her home, by the order of the Attorney General…
Five Baha’i Citizens Convicted in Tehran; 25-Year Combined Sentences
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Thursday, October 12, 2017, five Baha’i citizens underwent trial at Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Moghiseh. In the presence…
Iranian Baha’i Singer Facing Prison Time After European Concert Tour
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org After being repeatedly interrogated while spending a month in solitary confinement, Iranian singer Behnam Rohani-Fard was released on 100 million tomans bail (approximately $30,156 USD) from Tehran’s Evin Prison on October 3, 2017. Rohani-Fard, a member of…
Behzad Zabihi, Arrested and Transferred to Sari Prison
Source: hamidrezataghipour Translation by Iran Press Watch Behzad Zabihi Mahforoujaki, a Bahá’í citizen residing in Sari, was arrested and transferred to Sari prison to serve his sentence. Based on a report by “Human Rights in Iran”,…
Baha’i Musician Arrested in Tehran
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Behnam Rouhanifard, an Iranian Baha’i and singer-composer from Tehran, has been arrested by security forces. According to a human rights watchdog in Iran, Mr. Rouhanifard was arrested on 03…
In the Last Two Days, at Least Six Baha’is Have Been Arrested in Iran
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch July 05, 2017 According to reports from Iran, at least six Baha’is have been arrested in Gorgan, Kashan and Shiraz in the last two days. In Kashan, two Baha’is,…
Prison Sentence for Four Baha’i Youths in Isfahan
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Judge Ravanmehr of the first branch of Revolutionary Court of Isfahan has issued a prison warrant for four Baha’i youths. The webpage of Human Rights in Iran, citing BahaiNews,…
A Century and a Half of Imprisonment; A look at the Conditions of 25 Bahá’í Prisoners in Tehran and Alborz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Bahá’ís in Iran are being deprived of basic human and civil rights due to their religious beliefs. Discrimination, othering, vengeance, prejudgment, hate-mongering, harassment and murder, as well…
Seven Baha’is Arrested in Bandar Abbas and Qeshm by Ministry of Intelligence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Seven Baha’i citizens were arrested on Tuesday18th of April in the cities of Bandar Abbas and Qeshm, by the Ministry of Intelligence. Those arrested are Mahnaz Jan-nesar,…
Eight Baha’is Arrested Without a Warrant by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and Denied Legal Counsel
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Seven Baha’i citizens were arrested by the Intelligence Ministry in Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island, southern Iran, on April 18, 2017, an informed source told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Mahnaz…
Five Bahá’í Citizens Were Arrested in Isfahan
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, five Baha’is named Ehsan Eshtiyagh, Enayat Naimi, Farzad Homayouni, Sohrab Naghipour and Soroush Pezeshki were arrested by the Isfahan province security forces. Per a BahaiNews…
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