Category: Religious Minorities

Ebrahim Firouzi, the converted Christian arrested again

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Ebrahim Firouzi

HRANA News Agency – Ebrahim Firouzi the Christian citizen from Tehran was arrested on March 7th of 2013 by security forces.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) quoted from Mohabbat News, Ebrahim Firouzi who is 28 years old and converted christian, was disappeared for a few days and his family and friends had no news about his condition. Their worries increased while following ups and asking several times from friends and relatives had no result just they found that Ebrahim was arrested by some plainclothes agents when he was on his way to his job. Continue reading “Ebrahim Firouzi, the converted Christian arrested again”

Deteriorating Health Condition of Two Jailed Dervishes on 60th Day of Hunger Strike

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Kasra Nouri, Saleh Moradi

HRANA News Agency – Gonabadi Dervish’s rights activists, Kasra Nouri and Saleh Moradi in 60th day of their hunger strike, are in deteriorating health condition.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), quoted from Majzooban Noor, doctors say this can  cause irreparable damages to their health. Continue reading “Deteriorating Health Condition of Two Jailed Dervishes on 60th Day of Hunger Strike”

Imprisoned converted Christian in critical health condition

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Behnam Irani

HRANA News Agency – Behnam Irani the converted christian who is imprisoned in Karaj prison has serious critical health condition and the prison officials did not do anything to improve his health condition.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Behnam Irani the converted christian who imprisoned in ward 2 the hall 7 of Karaj prison has suffered from serious backache since two weeks ago and the officials did nothing about his medical treatment.
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Six Baha’i citizens summoned to Tehran prosecutor’s office

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Baha'i

HRANA News Agency – Six Baha’i citizens who were in touch with Baha’is’ scientific center were summoned to Tehran prosecutor’s office.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), six Baha’i citizens were summoned to be present in Tehran prosecutor’s office on March 12th of 2013. Continue reading “Six Baha’i citizens summoned to Tehran prosecutor’s office”

Four Baha’i high school students arrested

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Armin Allah Verdi, Ramin Amiri, Sina Fanaiyan, Younes Khanjani

HRANA News Agency – The Etela’at agents of Semnan in a rare act arrested four Baha’i students without informing their families.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the Etela’at agents of Semnan entered Shahid Beheshti and Amir Kabir high schools with permission from administration of education, arrested four Baha’i students in classroom and transferred them to Semnan Etela’at. The arrested students are Sina Fanaiyan, Armin Allah Verdi, Ramin Amiri and Younes Khanjani. Continue reading “Four Baha’i high school students arrested”

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Two Christians are in detention for more than seven weeks

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Tehran

HRANA News Agency – About seven weeks ago plainclothes security agents arrested Shahrzad Y and Sam S, two of converted Christians community in Tehran.

According to a report of Mohebbat News, security agents arrested the two converted Christians on January 9th of 2013 at 11 a.m.

Both of them arrested at the same time in different places.

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Two Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Nour, Iran

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Bayan Babaie, Sheyda Ta'ieed

[Bayan Babaie, left – Sheyda Ta’ieed, right]

HRANA News Agency – Security forces arrested a Baha’i citizen with her guest at her home and searched her house.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Security forces searched Sheida Ta’ieed’s home and arrested her and her guest Bayan Babaie on Monday, January 21, 2013.

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Banning the bail of Saied Abedini and threatening it’s provider

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Evin, Saied Abedini

HRANA News Agency – The illegal Evin prosecutor banned the bail for Saied Abedini the Iranian-American pastor.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), also the islamic revolutionary guards interrogators threatened the person who tried to put bail to prevent this prisoner’s furlough.

Saied Abedini is the Iranian-American who is accused to establishing home-church in 2009 and after his arrival to Iran in 2012 has been arrested by islamic revolutionary guards Etela’at and transferred to ward 2A.

More than eighty US senators from both Democrat and Republican parties on Thursday February 14th wrote a letter to John Kerry the United States Secretary of States and asked him to try to do all what is needed for freedom of Saied Abedini the Iranian-American pastor.

Iran: Baha’i Couple Arrested in Urmia

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Farahnaz Moghadam, Fardin Aghsani

HRANA News Agency– Security forces inspected living and working places of a Baha’i couple and arrested them.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Security forces first inspected the working place of “Fardin Aghsani” and arrested him on Wednesday, January 30, 2013.

At the same time, intelligence ministry officers went to his house and after searching his house, seized his personal things such as books and photos related to Baha’i faith. They arrested his wife, Farahnaz Moghadam, and transferred them to an unknown place.

The detainees had a phone call to their families and there is no more information about them.

 

Baha’i Farmland Confiscated

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Ahmad Ahmadzadeh

May 27, 2010

HRANA – In April 2010, the Lands and Assets Headquarters of Mazandaran, A Division of Sepah (the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), based on the Imam’s Decree, confiscated five thousand meters of land in Ghaemshahr that belonged to the late Mr. Ahmad Ahmadzadeh. The confiscation took place while the heirs of the deceased were using the land for farming.