Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On March 14, at least 26 Baha’i citizens in Shiraz were summoned to Branch 10 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court, to answer charges, and are required to report to the Court within…
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Fresh Crackdown on the Baha’is of Shiraz
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Intelligence agents raided the homes of 10 Baha’is on the morning of October 21, and arrested three of them. According to a report sent to IranWire, the raids took place simultaneously in Shiraz…
Three Baha’is Were Arrested in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On October 21, 2019, three Baha’i citizens were arrested in Shiraz while their houses and several other Baha’i houses were searched and their personal belongings such as laptops, cell phones, and computers were confiscated.…
Shahnaz Sabet Arrested in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – On Sunday the 1st of September 2019, Shahnaz Sabet, a Baha’i resident of Shiraz, was arrested by security officers and taken to an unknown location. The officers…
Appeals Court: Baha’i Yekta Fahandezh Sa’di Acquitted
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The Fars Province Court of Appeals has acquitted Shiraz resident Yekta Fahandezh Sa’di and released her from prison. Yekta, a Baha’i, was sentenced in absentia to 11…
Three Shiraz Baha’is Headed to Prison to Serve Sentences
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Yesterday, three Baha’is living in Shiraz, Mahboub Habibi, Pejman Shahriari and Kourosh Rouhani, headed to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz to serve their sentences. Last month, in…
Court of Appeals: Three Baha’is Sentenced to Prison in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Three Baha’is living in Shiraz – Mahboub Habibi, Pejman Shahriari and Kourosh Rouhani – have been sentenced to 6 months, 6 months, and 3 months…
Five Baha’is From Shiraz Sentenced to Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Branch 17 of the Fars Province Appeals Court sentenced five Baha’is from Shiraz to 30 months imprisonment. The citizens had previously been sentenced in absentia…
Three Baha’is Sentenced to Prison in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Three Baha’is living in Shiraz, Mahboub Habibi, Pejman Shahriari and Kourosh Rohani, were sentenced to one year in prison by the First Branch of the…
Sabotage in Providing a University Degree to a Baha’i Student with a History of Captivity and Injury During the War
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Behrouz Farzandi, a Baha’i residing in Shiraz, who was imprisoned for more than 2 years during the war and was 25% injured[i], after more than…
New Wave of Oppression Against Baha’is, Yekta Fahandezh Sadi Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Yekta Fahandezh Sadi, Bahá’í resident of Shiraz, was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment after retrial by Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. According…
Member of Iran’s Bahai Community Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Source: kayhanlife.com Translated from Persian by Fardine Hamidi On December 16, a Revolutionary Court in Iran sentenced Yekta Fahandezh-Saadi, a member of the Bahai community in Shiraz, capital of the southern province of Fars, to 11 years…
Update on Arrested Shirazi Baha’is
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) – Baha’i citizen Bahareh Ghaderi, who was arrested September 15th, was released Saturday, November 3rd on a bail of 200 million tomans [approximately $13,500 USD] pending completion of her…
Mehdi Hajati Banned From Shiraz City Council For Seeking Release of Detained Baha’is
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Iran’s judiciary has banned Mehdi Hajati from his seat at the Shiraz City Council because he tried to secure the release of two fellow citizens who were arrested for their Baha’i faith. “Based on a ruling…
High Arrest Risk for Shirazi Baha’is
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Baha’i Shiraz resident Niloofar Hakimi was arrested by Shiraz Intelligence agents October 6th and transferred to a local detention center, continuing a recent wave of arrests of Baha’i…
The Arrest that Boosted Support for the Baha’is
Source: www.iranwire.com By Behnam Gholipour The arrest of a local politician who spoke out about the imprisonment of two Baha’i environmental activists has prompted a wave of public support on social media. On September 25, Shiraz…