HRANA News Agency – A group of followers of the “Erfan Halgheh”, who had staged a sit-in at Sanctuary of “Hazrat Masomeh”, in Qom, from 9 days ago in protest against the death sentence of Mohammad Ali Taheri, were arrested on Monday 24^th August and 12 of them have so far been identified.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on 23^rd May, a group of sit-in people that left shrine towards house of “Makarem Shirazi”, one of the Shiite Emulation References, were arrested by the security forces, and at the same time collective followers of “Erfan Halgheh”, also on track to join the sit-in protest were arrested.
According to an informed source; suggestion of going to the house of “Makarem Shirazi”, had been raised by the security forces. He is one of three Emulation References who has implicitly issued the fatwa of apostasy against Mr. Taheri.
Although by the time of this report the number and identity of all detainees is unknown but HRANA’s sources have mentioned; Naimeh Taghavi, Mahnaz Farhad, Azimeh Sepehri, Arezo Moghadam Sepehr, Soraya Ahdi, Naimeh Ahdi, Arezo Ahdi, Hayedeh Derakhshani, Mahmoud Amin Akhondi, Bharin Asgarieh and Mary Amiri as 12 of the detainees of Monday evening in the city of Qom.
Mohammad Taheri, founder of the doctrine of “Erfan Halgheh” in Iran, who has long been held in detention, most recently has been sentenced to death by the judiciary. A decision that has led to numerous protests.