Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “Iranwire”, at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday 30 April 2023, Hoshidar Zarei, the former champion and well-known Judo trainer of the Fars Province, was intercepted by 30…
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Enayatollah Naeimi Arrested After Court Hearing
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA, Human Rights Activists News Agency- On May 6, 2023, Baha’is Citizen Enayatollah Naeimi was arrested and taken to an undisclosed location after a court hearing held by the Isfahan Revolutionary Court. The…
Iran Arrests Another Baha’i Community Leader
Source: www.iranintl.com Afif Naimi, one of the former leaders of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i community, was arrested by security forces on Saturday. Baha’i activists say Naimi was spending a holiday with his family and relatives in…
Back to Evin: Baha’i Children’s Activist Prison Leave Ends
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Children’s rights activist and Baha’i citizen Samin Ehsani, 37, is returning to Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison after five days of leave during the Nowruz new year holiday period. Ehsani has been in…
“You Will Not Be Admitted to University … You are Baha’is!”
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On May 22, 2011, in a coordinated and simultaneous operation, agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence raided the homes of 39 Baha’i citizens connected with the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education…
Baha’i Citizen Nahaleh Shahidi Yazdi Arrested
Source: www.en-hrana.org On March 28, 2023, security forces arrested Baha’i citizen Nahaleh Shahidi Yazdi on her way from Karaj to Kerman and took her to an undisclosed location. According to HRANA, the news agency of…
Whereabouts Of Iranian Baha’i Unknown Three Weeks After Arrest
Source: iranwire.com A member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority has been detained in an unknown location since his arrest three weeks ago, his family says. Nabil Moghefi, a 24-year-old resident of the northern city of…
Baha’i Couple Arrested In Iran, Faces Security-Related Charges
Source: iranwire.com Iranian judicial officials have charged a Baha’i couple with “acting against national security” and “communicating with enemy governments,” amid an intensified crackdown on members of the religious minority. Pouya Amri and his wife Nafisa…
Baha’i Citizen Sepehr Ziaei Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Baha’i citizen Sepehr Ziaei to five years and banned him from leaving the country for two years. The court also ordered the seizure of some of his belongings. According…
Stepped-Up Crackdown On Iranian Baha’is: Who Are The Latest Victims?
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Iranian intelligence and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces have arrested dozens of Baha’i citizens over the past four months. The real number of detainees is not available as security forces have…
Jailed Iranian Baha’i Held Incommunicado For Past Month
Source: iranwire.com Pouya Sarraf, a jailed member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority, has not contacted his family for the past month, raising concerns about his health. The family has received no news about the prisoner…
Increasing Pressure and Continuing Arrest of Baha’is; Isfahan Orchestra Musician Arrested
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Concurrent with the widespread arrest of citizens in connection with nationwide protests in Iran, the pressure on Baha’i citizens and their arrests has intensified. In the latest incident, a…
No Charge, But Still Imprisoned: Concerns Raised Over Baha’i Man Jailed In Iran
Source: iranwire.com Five weeks after the arrest of Faraz Haghighatjo, a member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority, his relatives still don’t know what he is being accused of. The prosecutor in charge of Haghighatjo’s case…
Baha’i Musician Arrested In Iran, Whereabouts Unknown
Source: iranwire.com Iranian authorities have arrested a 28-year-old Baha’i musician, IranWire reports, amid an intensified crackdown on members of the persecuted religious minority. Armed forces raided Elmira Rahmani’s house in the central city of Isfahan on…
Baha’i Citizen Nabil Movafaghi Arrested
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Thursday, January 12, security forces arrested Baha’i citizen Nabil Movafaghi, a resident of Sari, at his relatives’ house in Gonbad-e Kavus, Golestan Province. The agents searched the house, confiscated some of his belongings,…
Iranian Baha’i Violently Arrested, Taken To Unknown Location
Source: iranwire.com Iranian authorities have arrested a member of the country’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority in the northern city of Qaemshahr, IranWire has learnt, amid an intensified crackdown on the faith. The news about Matin Gorji’s…
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