(HRA 14 May 2011) HRANA News Agency – On Wednesday, May 12, 2011, after being summoned and arraigned by Karaj’s Revolutionary Court, Ruhollah Zibahi, a Baha’i citizen from Karaj, was transferred to Ghezel Hesar Prison.
Arrests
Sari Baha’i Citizen Vajiollah Mirzagolpour Arrested
(RAHANA 29 April 2011) Sari Baha’i citizen Vajiollah Mirzagolpour was arrested after being summoned by the Intelligence Ministry.
Baha’i Citizens Vesal and Sarah Mahboubi Arrested in Northern Iran
(RAHANA 29 April 2011) Sari Baha’i citizen Vesal Mahboubi was arrested after being summoned to the Intelligence Ministry.
Sari Baha’i Resident Behzad Zabihi Detained
(RAHANA, 13 April 2011) Behzad Zabihi has been detained after referring to the Sari Intelligence Ministry for responding to several questions.
Arrest of Farshid Ghavaseh, an Iranian Baha'i, in the city of Shiraz.
(RAHANA 26 March 2011) : Human Rights Watch of Iran reports that plainclothes officers of the Iranian Ministry of Information, pursuing their policy of persecution of the Baha’i religious minority, entered home of Mr. Farshid…
Baha’i Citizen Arrested in Salman Shahr
(RAHANA, 4 March 2011) Badiollah Lohrasb, Baha’i citizen of Salman Shahr, has been arrested in February.
Baha’i Citizen Behzad Zabihi Arrested in Sari
(RAHANA, 23 Feb. 2011) Sari Baha’i resident Behzad Zabihi was arrested after being summoned to the Intelligence Ministry.
Baha’i Citizen Houshang Fanaian Arrested
(RAHANA 15 March 2011) Yesterday, Houshang Fanaian was arrested by the security authorities and transferred to the Intelligence Ministry detention center.
Semnan Baha’i Citizen Zhinous Nourani Arrested
(RAHANA 16 March 2011) Zhinous Nourani, a Baha’i resident of Semnan, was arrested by the security forces yesterday. According to the Human Rights House of Iran, there has been no report as to her whereabouts.
Baha'is who offered education to earthquake-hit Iranian region arrested
(BWNS 15 March 2011) GENEVA — Iranian authorities have arrested a number of Baha’is who provided education to children in a region devastated by an earthquake seven years ago. The Baha’i International Community has so far been…
Iran arrests Bahai followers for proselytising faith
[This report uses the word “proselytising”, and therefore a clarifying note: the Baha’is, as a matter of course, share the teachings of the Baha’i Faith with everyone without prejudice. Nevertheless, proselytising is strictly prohibited. Bahai’s…
Misagh Afshar, Baha’i student of Shahid Beheshti arrested
(RAHANA 16-Feb-2011) In the dawn of February 15, Misagh Afshar, Baha’i student of Shahid Beheshti university was arrested.
Two Baha’i Citizens Detained in Oroumiyeh
(RAHANA 3-Feb-2011) Farhood Aghdasi and Changiz Dargahi, [two] Baha’i residents of Oroumiyeh, have been detained by the security forces.
97 arrests in the month of December
(RAHANA 22 Dec 2010) During December 2010 at least 79 of political, journalists and students were arrested and detained nationwide.
Roya Ghanbari Detained; Security Forces Raid to Arrest Fataneh Nouri
(RAHANA 22 Dec 2010) Baha’i citizen Roya Ghanabri who is the sister of Amir Ghanbari, has been detained.
Pressure Intensified on Baha’i Citizens
(RAHANA 6 Jan 2011) Two arrests, a conviction and a summons order are the recent pressures of Islamic Republic on Baha’i citizens living in Iran.
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