Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a news release from IranWire, on Thursday, 23 January, a Baha’i couple living in Qaemshahr, Saman Shirvani and Faraneh Mansouri, who had been visiting friends,…
Arrests
Vahda Silani Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Vahda Silani, a Baha’i resident of Kerman, was arrested at her home by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence on Sunday, January 9, and taken to an…
Search of Homes and Arrest of At Least Nine Baha’is in Baharestan, Isfahan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA– According to HRANA (the news agency of Human Rights Activists of Iran), on Friday, November 29, at least nine Baha’i citizens living in Baharestan, Isfahan, were arrested by…
Baha’i Mitra Forsadipour Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Mitra Forsatipour, a Baha’i resident of Gilavand, a suburb ofm the City of Damavand, was arrested Monday by Intelligence officials at her residence and transferred to the…
Fresh Crackdown on the Baha’is of Shiraz
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Intelligence agents raided the homes of 10 Baha’is on the morning of October 21, and arrested three of them. According to a report sent to IranWire, the raids took place simultaneously in Shiraz…
Three Baha’is Were Arrested in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On October 21, 2019, three Baha’i citizens were arrested in Shiraz while their houses and several other Baha’i houses were searched and their personal belongings such as laptops, cell phones, and computers were confiscated.…
Trials of Sixty-Five Baha’is in Six Months
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch “The Appeals Court upheld my original sentence and that of five other Baha’is in absentia. The lawyer has asked us not to report this publicly for now. He…
Arrests of Three Baha’is
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA, the news agency for Human Rights Activists in Iran, in three separate accounts reports of the arrest of three Baha’is across Iran. Farid Moghadam Ziraki of Birjand, Sohaila…
Three Baha’is Arrested in Tehran
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Munirih Bavil Soflaie, Minoo Zamanipoor and Gholamhossien Mazloumi were arrested today in the early morning by security forces, and then transferred to Evin Prison. Based on reporting…
Baha’i Ruhollah Zibaie Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRA News Agency – Ruhollah Zibaie, a Baha’i resident of Karaj, was arrested by security forces at his home today and taken to an unknown location. Failure by officials…
One Month After Arrest, Still No News on Semnan Baha’is
Source: www.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch More than one month after the arrest of three young Baha’is – Ardeshir Fanaeian (30 years old), Behnam Eskandarian (25 years old) and Yalda Firoozian (20 years…
Three Baha’is Arrested in Semnan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Behnam Eskandarani, Yalda Firoozian and Ardeshir Fanayan, three Baha’i citizens in Semnan, were arrested by security forces this morning and transferred to an unknown location.…
Jinous Sobhani, a Baha’i Living in Tehran, and Former Secretary for the Center for Human Rights Activists Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Jinous Sobhani, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, was arrested at her home some hours ago, and detained in an unknown location by security forces. It…
Baha’is in Small Towns Also Face Persecution — It’s Not Just About Tehran
Source: www.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Iranian activists have urged the media and campaigners to pay more attention to human rights violations against Baha’is in provincial areas of Iran, claiming that they give unequal weight to violations taking…
Bahai Farzad Rouhani Manshadi Arrested in Yazd
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Farzad Rouhani Manshadi, a Baha’i citizen living in Yazd, was detained by security forces today and transferred to an unknown location. The agents simultaneously searched…
Baha’i Atousa Ahmadayi Sent to Evin Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Atousa Ahamadayi (Khorrami), a Baha’i living in Tehran, who was arrested yesterday by security forces after a search of her house and confiscation of some personal belongings, was taken…