Source: www.en-hrana.org On May 28, 2024, IRGC Intelligence agents arrested Nazila Khanipour and her son Vesal Heravi, both Baha’i residents of Rasht, and took them to an undisclosed location. A source close to the family…
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Source: www.en-hrana.org On May 28, 2024, IRGC Intelligence agents arrested Nazila Khanipour and her son Vesal Heravi, both Baha’i residents of Rasht, and took them to an undisclosed location. A source close to the family…
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Of the six detained women, Neda Mohebi has three children, ages three, six and 11, and Atefeh Zahedi has two daughters. Radio Farda has been informed that more…
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – Over the last 60 days, at least 40 Baha’i citizens have been arrested by security forces, and the homes of at least 66 individuals have been searched by security…
Source: iranwire.com Six Baha’i women in Hamadan, detained for the past 10 days, remain behind bars without any clear information from Iranian authorities about their exact whereabouts or the charges against them. The families of…
Source: iranwire.com Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence agents in the central city of Yazd arrested Kamiyab Raei, a 19-year-old Baha’i citizen, earlier this week. According to reports obtained by IranWire, security officers visited Raei’s house and…
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—10 November 2023—Armed Iranian security agents raided the homes of more than 20 Baha’is this week in the cities of Karaj and Hamedan, taking at least 19 into custody based on the latest…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On November 7, 2023, security forces carried out the arrest of nine Baha’i citizens in Hamedan as part of a widespread search operation targeting the Baha’i community in the region. The individuals apprehended…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On November 7, Baha’i citizens Sahba Taef, Shervin Shabrokh, Nika Esmaeil Pour, and Babak Zeynali were apprehended by security forces in Karaj and subsequently taken to an undisclosed facility. The arrests were brought…
Source: iranwire.com Security agents in Iran conducted a wave of raids on the homes of Baha’is in the cities of Hamadan and Mehrshahr, arresting at least 17 individuals and seizing personal belongings, including electronic devices,…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On October 23, 2023, security forces in Isfahan arrested ten Baha’i women, raising concerns about their well-being. The detained individuals are identified as Neda Badakhsh, Arezoo Sobhanian, Yeganeh Roohbakhsh, Mojgan Shah Rezaie, Parastoo…
Source: www.rferl.org Iran’s judiciary says it has closed down 12 schools and educational centers and made several arrests in the northern Iranian city of Babol on charges of “promoting the Baha’i faith,” the country’s largest non-Muslim community.…
Source: iranwire.com Security forces of the Islamic Republic in the city of Semnan violently arrested two members of the persecuted Baha’i religious minority on Monday, IranWire reports. The first arrest took place at the home…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The Ministry of Intelligence has announced the arrest of 9 Baha’i citizens in Tehran. The Ministry has also reported that 40 pharmacies and warehouses…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On August 13, 2023, Baha’is citizens, Jamaloddin Khanjani and his daughter Maria Khanjani, were apprehended by security forces and subsequently taken to Evin Prison. Jamaloddin Khanjani had formerly served as a manager for…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On July 29, nine Baha’i women were separately summoned to appear at Mashhad Courthouse, with one among them, Roya Malakouti, ending up arrested after hours of interrogation. The other eight citizens, Roya Ghaneh-Ezabadi,…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Late June to late July of this year has been one of the more difficult months for the Baha’is in Iran. And even since March, in an escalating situation with a…