Source: http://goo.gl/DxmjDr Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-25n Farhad Eqbali, a Bahai resident of Gorgan, reported to prison on August 27 to begin serving his 5-year sentence. Mr. Eqbali was one of about twenty Bahais, and some…
Arrests
Two Arrests in Shiraz
Source: hra-news, http://tinyurl.com/mznz2g7, http://tinyurl.com/kn9wn6p Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-25s On the morning of September 1, security forces arrested Mr. Shahram Mansour at his home, and transferred him to the Ministry of Intelligence’s Facility 100 in Shiraz. They also…
Increase in Arrests Highlights Continuing Persecution of Baha’is in Iran
Source: Bahai World News Service, http://news.bahai.org/story/1015 19 August 2014 GENEVA — The arrest last week of five Baha’is in Tehran signals a rising tide of detainments and imprisonments of Baha’is in Iran in recent months. Since June,…
A Bahai Arrested in Karaj
Source: http://goo.gl/A1T02J HRANA News Agency – On August 17, Ruhiyyeh Qavami-nik, a Bahai from Karaj, was summoned by telephone to report to the offices of the Ministry of Intelligence. According to the report of Human Rights…
Six Arrests in Tehran
Source: Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-23Q Babak Mobasher and his father-in-law Alaeddin Khanjani were arrested around 6 a.m. today when agents from the Ministry of Intelligence raided their home [which is apparently located in Tehran ~Sen]. Alaeddin…
Four Baha’is Aressted in Shiraz
Source: http://goo.gl/N2v8Tc Translation by Sen’s Daily, http://wp.me/pNMoJ-23m This morning (August 5), agents from the Shiraz city police arrested three Bahai men and one woman: Adib Haqqpazhouh, Said Abadi, Wahid Dana and Mrs. Bahiyyeh Manavipour. The reasons for…
Three Arrestees in Mashhad Transferred to Vakilabad Prison
Source: http://goo.gl/x6ed6u Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-23d Authorities have moved Mey Khalusi, Dari Amri and Shayan Tafazoli from the Ministry of Intelligence facilities in Mashhad to the quarantine at Vakil Abad prison in the same city.…
As You Read This Letter, I Am behind Bars
Source: http://iranwire.com/blogs/6272/6075/ Translation by Iran Press Watch As you read this letter, I am behind bars Sarang Etehadi As you read this letter, I, Sarang Etehadi, have left my home, along with my small bag, for…
In the Middle of My Interrogation, I Realized There Were Also Some Baha’is among Our Friends
Source: http://goo.gl/ATSSiL The Full Text of an Article by Morteza Esmailpour (1) – One of the Aid Workers Arrested after the Earthquake in Azerbaijan (2) – Written Two Years after the Incident Translation by Iran…
When Summoning a Baha’i to Serve a Sentence: In the Interrogation They Told Us That We Must Leave Iran!
Source: persian.iranhumanrights.org/1393/04/sarang-ettehadi/ Translation by Iran Press Watch Sarang Etehadi*, a Baha’i citizen, told the International Human Rights Campaign in Iran that on 06 July he was asked by telephone to report to Evin…
Baha’i Citizen Arrested in Mashhad
Source: Alliance for Rights of All Minorities-ARAM Officials from Ministry of Intelligence in Mashhad have arrested Saghi Fadaee from her private residence on Tuesday, July 8. No further information has been provided on the whereabouts and…
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…
Two Bahá’ís Arrested in Yazd
Source: HRANA, http://goo.gl/6ub5VH Translation by Sen’s Daily: http://wp.me/pNMoJ-21V Two Bahais were arrested by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence in their homes in Yazd this morning. Their names are Ms. Tannaz Mohammedi and Mr. Iraj…
Susan Tebyaniyan’s Irregular Detention Continues
Source: HRANA, goo.gl/2UbmpM Translation from Sen’s Daily, goo.gl/zOGIM4 Susan Tebyaniyan, a Bahai from Semnan, was arrested 17 days ago in her home, and has been held since then, without clarification of her status, in Semnan’s…
Susan Tebyanian Arrested in Semnan
[hra-news.org] Susan Tebyanian, a Bahai from Semnan, was arrested in her home on the evening of May 31st. Agents from the Ministry of Intelligence searched her home, seized a computer and religious books and images,…
Three New Arrests in Mashhad
[hra-news.org] On June 2, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence raided a Bahai religious meeting in Mashhad, stopped the meeting, and searched the house where it was being held. They seized some religious books and…
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