Source: iranwire.com Although the reasons for the arrests are not entirely clear, in many cases, they seem to have been carried out in retaliation for claims that Baha’is have led and spurred on the nationwide protests,…
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11 Baha’is Were Arrested in Isfahan and Omidiyeh
Source: www.en-hrana.org Soroush Azadi is the tenth Baha’i citizen who was arrested in November 2019 by security forces in Baharestan in Isfahan. He was arrested on November 30, 2019. His whereabouts is still unknown. On the…
Fears for the Safety of Nine Baha’is Arrested in Isfahan
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On the morning of Friday, 9 December, security forces raided the homes of a number of Baha’is in Isfahan’s Baharestan suburb arresting them, searching their homes and removing personal belongings such as…
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…
Isfahan City Council Member Barred From Meetings For Six Months
Source: en.radiofarda.com A member of Isfahan’s city council in Iran has been barred from attending council meetings for six months, for a social media comment he posted in support of a defender of the embattled Baha’i…
Baha’i Kasra Teifouri Begins Serving Prison Sentence in Isfahan; Hamed Rezvani’s Fate Unknown
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – As reported by HRANA, the news agency for Human Rights Activists in Iran, on December 17, 2018, Mohammad Reza (Kasra) Teifouri, a Baha’i in Isfahan,…
Human Rights Violations in Iran: Four Baha’i Citizens in Isfahan Sentenced to Combined 10 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Last May, Branch 23 of the Appeals Court of Isfahan Province upheld the sentencing of four Baha’i citizens for combined total of 10 years imprisonment. …
Note of Saeed Dehghan, Lawyer for Baha’i Citizens in Isfahan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watcg HRANA News Agency – Four Baha’i residents of Isfahan were sentenced in May this year by the appeals court of Isfahan province to 10 years imprisonment. These citizens were arrested on Saturday by security…
Persecution of Baha’is Continues With 60 Arrests and Interrogations
Source: iranwire.com By KIAN SABETI Over the last few weeks, more than 60 Baha’is have been arrested and interrogated in cities across Iran, and four more were detained so that they could start serving prison sentences handed…
Eight Members Of Iran’s Baha’i Religious Minority Sentenced To Prison
Source: iran-hrm.com In a wave of persecution of Baha’is in Iran, eight members of Baha’i community in Isfahan, were sentenced to a total of 42 years behind bars.They had been arrested on September 23. According…
Authorities Continue Pursuit of Baha’i Citizens in Isfahan Province
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – On Sunday, September 23rd, Saham Armin became the eighth Baha’i citizen to be detained by Ministry of Intelligence forces after having his home searched in Baharestan, a city…
Raid on Home of Baha’i Citizen Anisa Motahar, Isfahan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – As reported by HRANA, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists group in Iran, on Monday April 30, 2018, the family home of…
Baha’i Citizen Shahram Eshraghi Is Released from Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency (news agency for the Human Rights Activists in Iran) – Today (Monday April 30, 2018) Shahram Eshraghi, a Baha’i citizen of Isfahan, was released from…
The Untold Story of Baha’is of Kata
Source: www.manoto.news Translation by Iran Press Watch Editor’s note: Archives of Baha’i Persecution in Iran has recently released documents about the lives of Baha’is of Kata village in Iran. These Baha’is lived and worked with their Muslim partners in…
Baha’i Transferred to Prison Upon Inquiring About Forced Closure of Premise
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Faramarz (Hooshang) Sabetrasekhi, a Baha’i citizen of Karaj, has been detained and transferred to prison. According to HRANA, the news organization of Human Rights Activists…
Report on the Arrest of two Baha’i citizens in Isfahan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from HRANA, Human Rights Activists’ News Agency in Iran, Ms. Hiva Yazdan Mehdiabadi, a Baha’i resident of Yazd, was detained by security forces twenty days…
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