Source: www.en-hrana.org On December 10, security forces arrested Baha’i citizen Faraz Haghighatjoo in Shiraz and took him to Adel-Abad Prison. During the arrest, the agents searched his house and confiscated some of his belongings. According to…
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Iranian Baha’i, Father of a Four-Year-Old, Languishing in Jail
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Pouya Sarraf, an Iranian Baha’i, aged 33, was arrested in the city of Karaj a month ago, on November 2, and later transferred to a detention facility in Shiraz. Sarraf, who has…
Iran Arrests Baha’i To Serve Six-Month Sentence Amid Crackdown On Faith
Source: iranwire.com A member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority has been arrested in the southern city of Shiraz to serve a six-month prison sentence handed down earlier this year, IranWire reports. Nasim Kashaninejad was arrested…
Baha’i Individual Leili Karami Arrested in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On October 26, 2022, security forces arrested Baha’i citizen Leily Karami at her house in Shiraz and transferred her to a detention facility known as House No 100. The agents searched her home and…
The Arrest of Saman Khadem, Baha’i Citizen and Environmental Activist in Shiraz
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report received by Iran Wire, on the morning of Thursday 13 October 2022, 9 armed agents raided the home of Saman Khadem, a Baha’i citizen living in…
Baha’is Citizen Parisa Roohi Zadegan Imprisoned
Source: www.en-hrana.org On October 10, 2022, Baha’i citizen Parisa Roohi Zadegan was arrested at her house in Shiraz to serve her two-year sentence in Adel-Abad Prison. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists,…
26 Baha’i Citizens Sentenced to Combined 76 years in Prison, Shiraz
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The 37th branch of the Court of Appeal of Fars province, headed by Saeed Bolandzadeh and the branch’s advisor, Kamran Zare, announced the appeal decision of 26 Baha’i citizens…
More Baha’is Arrested in Iran as Month-Long Crackdown Total Hits 245
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA – 1 September 2022 – Fourteen Baha’is including thirteen youth were arrested yesterday in the northern Iranian city of Qaemshahr, Mazandaran province, and detained at the Sari intelligence office. Most of the arrests occurred at…
Two Baha’is Released, Three Others Still in Custody
Source: www.en-hrana.org Two detained Baha’is Niloofar Hosseini and Elhan Hashemi were released on bail in Shiraz, while three others, Misagh Manavipour, Hanan Hashemi and Bahyeh Manavipour are still in custody. On July 19, 2022, intelligence agents…
Imprisoned Baha’i Hanan Hashemi Pressured to Make Forced Confession
Source: www.en-hrana.org In a phone call, Imprisoned Baha’i individual Hanan Hashemi informed her family that she is under pressure by the interrogators to make a forced confession. She is currently at a detention facility belonging to…
Eight Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Shiraz and Yazd
source: www.en-hrana.org On July 19, security forces arrested three Baha’i residents of Yazd identified as Nematollah Shadpour, Nima Shadpour and Shafigh Eslami, searched their houses, and confiscated their personal belongings. On the same day, five Baha’i…
Baha’i Citizen Haideh Ram Transferred to Prison; Five Others Summoned to Begin Sentences
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Haideh Ram, Baha’i citizen, was arrested by the security forces on Tuesday, June 17, 2022, and transferred to Adelabad prison in Shiraz to serve her…
Father Suffers Heart Attack as Baha’i Daughter is Taken Away by Intelligence Agents
Source: iranwire.com The father of a Baha’i citizen arrested in Shiraz has been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack in the course of the raid, local sources have reported. Shaghayegh Khaneh Zarin was arrested at home…
Three Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Sunday, June 26, 2022, three Baha’i citizens, Shaghayegh Khaneh-Zarin, Negar Ighani and Zhila Sharafi Nasrabadi were arrested by security forces in Shiraz and taken to an unidentified location. According to HRANA, the news…
Iranian Authorities Separate Baha’i Parents from Their Children with Shiraz Sentences
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—23 June 2022—A campaign by Iranian authorities to uproot the Baha’i community in Shiraz took a dark step forward, earlier in June, when Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court sentenced 26 Baha’is to…
After Six-Year Trial, 26 Baha’is Sentenced To Prison In Iran
Source: www.rferl.org Ardeshir Tayebi A court in Iran has sentenced 26 followers of the Baha’i faith to prison terms ranging from two to five years, as well as other measures, on charges of “conspiracy to disrupt…
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