Source: exilesactivist.wordpress.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Activists in Exile: Twenty days after five Baha’is were arrested by officers from the Ministry of Intelligence in Tehran, no information is available on the whereabouts of Rouhieh…
Arrests
Khosrow Dehghani Arrested in Isfahan
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily On March 3, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence in Isfahan arrested Mr. Khosrow Dehghani and took him to the city’s central prison. He is one of 20 Bahai’s who…
Authorities Target Baha’is in New Arrests
Source: en.iranwire.com Friday 27, 2015 By Natasha Schmidt, Kian Sabeti Intelligence Ministry agents raided a number of Baha’i homes in Tehran, Isfahan and Kerman and arrested 16 Baha’i citizens on February 16 and 17.…
Widespread Raids and Arrests of Baha’is by Security Forces in Tehran
Source: Population of Combat against Educational Discrimination (P.C.E.D.) Translation by Iran Press Watch On the 16th of February 2015, security forces raided and searched Baha’i citizens’ residences in Tehran. After the raid and search, five…
Ten Baha’is Released
Source: hra-news.org/fa Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Ten Baha’is who were arrested last week and transferred to Dastgerd prison in Isfahan were released without a bail a few hours ago. According to HRANA…
Extensive Raids in Tehran and Isfahan: 17 Baha’is Arrested
Source: www.rahesabz.net/story/90215/ Translation by Sen’s daily On February 16 and 17, security officers raided and searched the homes of Baha’is in Tehran and Isfahan, and arrested 17 Baha’is. In Tehran, the homes of Sasan Yadegar, Ehsan…
Saqi Fedai Rearrested in Mashhad
Source: HRANA, goo.gl/Y3rp9B Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-26E Saqi Feda’i, a Bahai from Mashhad, has been summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence and arrested. She was first arrested by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence…
One Arrest in Semnan
Source: http://goo.gl/uTb1bV Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-252 Noushadhar Khanjani, a Bahai from Semnan who was visiting family in Semnan, was arrested by security forces this morning. He has been interviewed by the Ministry of Intelligence several…
Farhad Eqbali Begins 5-Year Sentence in Gorgan
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…
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…