Source: www.hra-news.org Faraz Razavian, a Baha’i citizen, was sentenced by the Rasht Revolutionary Court to two years and one day of imprisonment, a monetary fine, and deprivation of social rights. According to a ruling issued…
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Anisa Samiian to Voice of America: The Islamic Republic accused me of “promoting the Bahá’í Faith” through “teaching piano.”
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Anisa Samiian, a Bahá’í citizen whose several family members have been arrested and sentenced to imprisonment and other deprivations, shared details of the sentence issued for her mother,…
Baha’i Citizens Shiva Kashani-Nejad and Mojgan Samimi Sentenced to Prison and Other Punishments
Source: www.en-hrana.org Shiva Kashani-Nejad (Samieian) and Mojgan Samimi, Baha’i citizens residing in Rasht, have been sentenced by Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht to two years and one day in prison, fines, and…
Two Baha’is Detained in Rasht
Source: www.en-hrana.org On May 28, 2024, IRGC Intelligence agents arrested Nazila Khanipour and her son Vesal Heravi, both Baha’i residents of Rasht, and took them to an undisclosed location. A source close to the family…
Request for Retrial of Homayoun Khanlari, Baha’i Citizen, Rejected by the Supreme Court
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The request for retrial of Homayoun Khanlari, a Baha’i citizen imprisoned in Lakan prison in Rasht, was rejected by the Supreme Court. An informed…
Appeal Court; Soosan Badavam, a Baha’i Citizen, Was Sentenced to Imprisonment and Social Deprivations
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The sentence of four years, one month and seventeen days of imprisonment and social deprivations of Baha’i citizen Soosan Badavam was confirmed by the…
Homayoun Khanlari, Baha’i Citizen, Begins Two-Year Sentence in Lakan Prison, Rasht
Source: www.hra-news.org Harana News Agency – Homayoun Khanlari, a Baha’i resident of Rasht, responded to summons to begin his two-year sentence in Lakan prison in Rasht on Thursday, Mehr 6th (28 September 2023). According to…
Baha’i Citizen Susan Badavam Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Rasht Revolutionary Court has handed down a verdict against Susan Badavam (Farhangi), a Baha’i citizen, sentencing her to a total of four years and 47 days of imprisonment, coupled with additional social…
Baha’i Couple’s Sentence Upheld by Court of Appeals
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Gilan Province Court of Appeals has maintained the prison sentence for the Baha’i couple, Vesal Momtazi and Anisa Samieian. Originally sentenced by the Rasht Revolutionary Court, Momtazi and Samieian received a combined…
Two Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Rasht
Source: www.en-hrana.org Last Wednesday, July 19, Baha’i citizens Shiva Kashani-Nejad (Samieian) and Mojgan Samimi were separately arrested by security forces in Rasht, Gilan Province. Reliable sources disclosed to HRANA that the Ministry of Intelligence was…
Baha’i Couple Faces Nine-Year and Six-Month Combined Sentence
Source: www.en-hrana.org Vesal Momtazi and Anisa Samieian, a Baha’i couple, have been collectively sentenced to a nine-year and six-month prison term by the Rasht Revolutionary Court. According to the verdict issued on June 13 by…
Baha’i citizen Vesal Momtazi Arrested in Rasht
Source: www.en-hrana.org On December 6, security forces arrested Baha’i citizen Vesal Momtazi in Rasht and took him to Lakan Prison. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, Baha’i…
Iran Detains Local Baha’i Theatre Figure; Whereabouts Unknown
Source: iranwire.com Iranian police arrested a member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority on Tuesday and took him to an unknown location, IranWire understands. Armed forces raided the workplace and home of Homayoun Khanlori, a business owner…
House Of Baha’i Couple Raided Amid Iran Crackdown On Faith
Source: iranwire.com Iranian security forces have raided the house of a couple belonging to the long-persecuted Baha’i monitory amid a new wave of harassment against that faith. Agents of the Ministry of Information stormed the house…
Baha’i Student Barred from University
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Vesal Heravi, a Baha’i student in Rasht, set to start his fourth term of university, has been barred from continuing his education due to his…
Oppression of Baha’i Community Intensifies, Arrest of a Baha’i in Rasht
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency: On October 23, 2017, Nazila Khanipoor (Heravi), a Baha’i from Rasht in Northern Iran, was arrested at her home, by the order of the Attorney General…
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