Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — June 18, 2023 will mark 40 years since the Islamic Republic of Iran carried out a chilling act of oppression: 10 Bahá’í women were hanged in a single night in…
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The Arrest of Hoshidar Zarei, Well-Known Judo Expert of the City of Shiraz and a Baha’i Citizen
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “Iranwire”, at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday 30 April 2023, Hoshidar Zarei, the former champion and well-known Judo trainer of the Fars Province, was intercepted by 30…
Ali Bazmandegan, Baha’i Citizen, Remanded to Langerood Prison in Qom to Endure His Imprisonment
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – On Saturday, the 6th of March, 2023, Ali Bazmandegan, a Baha’i citizen living in Shiraz, was summoned to Langeroud Prison in Qom to serve his prison sentence. According to HRANA…
No Charge, But Still Imprisoned: Concerns Raised Over Baha’i Man Jailed In Iran
Source: iranwire.com Five weeks after the arrest of Faraz Haghighatjo, a member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority, his relatives still don’t know what he is being accused of. The prosecutor in charge of Haghighatjo’s case…
Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz; A Report on the Latest Condition of Baha’i Citizen, Ghasem Masoumi
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA news agency – Ghasem Masoumi, a Baha’i citizen, is serving his 31-month sentence in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz. This Baha’i citizen was arrested in March of last…
Iranian Baha’i Arrested, Whereabouts Unknown Amid Crackdown On Faith
Source: iranwire.com Iranian authorities have arrested a member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority amid an intensified crackdown on the faith, IranWire reports. Security forces went to Yashar Rasti’s home in the southern city of Shiraz…
Baha’i Faraz Haghighatjoo Arrested in Shiraz
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…
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…
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