Source: iranwire.com According to the news, on Tuesday, October 10, security agents raided the house of a Baha’i citizen in Mashhad named “Amin Sharifi” and after searching the house and confiscating some personal and work items,…
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Baha’is Citizen Enayatollah Naeimi Arrested
Source: www.en-hrana.org Last Wednesday, September 28, security forces arrested Baha’is citizen Enayatollah Naeimi in Isfahan. The agents searched his house, workplace and garden in the Isfahan suburbs. Enayatollah is a brother of Afif Neimi who was a…
Payam Vali and Sepehr Ziaei, Baha’i Citizens, Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Two Baha’i citizens were arrested by the security forces on Saturday, September 24, 2022, and taken to an unknown location. Sepehr Ziaei was arrested at his…
Baha’i “Open Cases”
Source: www.aasoo.org Translation by Iran Press Watch What you will read is the result of several hours of conversation with three people – Morteza, Pejman and Maryam. All three, who are not Bahá’ís, have Bahá’í friends…
Baha’i Citizen Kamyar Habibi Arrested
Source: humanrightsinir.org Sunday, September 11, 2022 – Agents of the Alborz Province Intelligence Department arrested Kamyar Habibi, a Baha’i citizen living in the city. According to the report of Human Rights in Iran, on Saturday, September…
Baha’i Individual Fariba Ashtari Arrested in Yazd
Source: www.en-hrana.org On September 7, 2022, the intelligence agents arrested Fariba Ashtari and transferred her to Yazd Prison. An informed source told HRANA that Ashtari has been arrested to start her five-year sentence. She had a…
Assault and Battery, Contracting Corona; Extension of the Arrest Warrant for Four Baha’i Citizens in Mazandaran
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA news agency, the news arm of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, the detention order of Negar Darabi, Samieh Gholinejad and Bita Haghighi in Qaemshahr Prison…
Iran Accused of Propaganda Ploy to Incriminate Baha’i Religious Minority
Source: dnyuz.com Iran has been accused of planting fake pamphlets promoting the Baha’i faith in nurseries in an attempt to falsely imprison its believers on charges of sedition. As Tehran widens its crackdown on the persecuted minority group, Baha’i community leaders…
Two Baha’is Released, Three Others Still in Custody
Source: www.en-hrana.org Two detained Baha’is Niloofar Hosseini and Elhan Hashemi were released on bail in Shiraz, while three others, Misagh Manavipour, Hanan Hashemi and Bahyeh Manavipour are still in custody. On July 19, 2022, intelligence agents…
‘Where Is Hannan Hashemi?’ Disappearance of Student Part of the Ongoing Persecution of Baha’i in Iran
Source: www.thestar.com By Sandra Lynn Hutchison Since Hannan was arrested, there has been no news. We do not know where she has been taken, or even the nature of the charges. Where is Hannan Hashemi? Over the…
Iran Cracks Down on Baha’i Faith Members Over Spying Charges – Why Are the Baha’i Linked to Israel?
Source: www.timesnownews.com As tensions grow between Iran and Israel, the Islamic Government steps up its persecution of the Baha’i faith over alleged spying charges. But the community’s history with Israel goes back a long time. Iranian…
Iranian Officials Restrict Movement Of Baha’is As Pressure Campaign Builds
Source: www.rferl.org The Iran Human Rights Organization says Iranian authorities have installed electronic tags on nine Baha’i followers and is restricting their movement in another sign the government is increasing pressure on the group. According to…
Iranian Security Agents Raid Baha’i Homes, Arrest Several Leaders
Source: www.rferl.org Iranian security agents have raided the homes of dozens of Baha’i citizens in different parts of the country, arresting several well-known community leaders. Radio Farda correspondents have confirmed the arrest of Mahvash Sabet Shahriari…
Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, Former Baha’i Leaders, Arrested Again Alongside Others
Source: iranwire.com IranWire has learned that earlier today, 31 July, three members of the long-disbanded Yaran, or “friends” of the Baha’i community in Iran, who until 2008 helped to administer the community’s affairs, were detained. Mahvash…
Three Baha’is Detained in Yazd: Community “Suffering Worst Coordinated Attack in Years”
Source: iranwire.com IranWire understands that three Baha’i citizens near the city of Yazd, – Nematollah Shadpour and his son Nima Shadpour, and another individual, Shafiq Eslami – were arrested after being summoned to appear before judiciary officials. The…
Eight Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Shiraz and Yazd
source: www.en-hrana.org On July 19, security forces arrested three Baha’i residents of Yazd identified as Nematollah Shadpour, Nima Shadpour and Shafigh Eslami, searched their houses, and confiscated their personal belongings. On the same day, five Baha’i…
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