HRANA News Agency – 12 instructors of Erfane Halgheh (Interuniversalism Mysticism) have been sentences to 24 years imprisonment and about 100 Million Tomans Fines.
According to HRANA quoting from Mashregh, 40 followers and instructors of Erfane Halgheh were arrested in a teaching session and 12 of them were prosecuted and sentenced. Continue reading “12 Instructors of Erfane Halghe Received Their Sentences”
HRANA News Agency – Mr. Eyman Rashidi and Mrs. Shabnam Motahed, a Bahai couple from Yazd, were arrested on March 18, and taken to the central prison in Yazd to begin serving their sentences.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Mr. Rashidi has been sentenced to three years in prison, and a one year suspended sentence, while Mrs. Motahed has been sentenced to two years in prison and one year suspended.
HRANA News Agency – Faran Hessami, who is in Evin prison serving a four-year sentence for educational activities with the Bahai Open University (BIHE), has been granted a 4-day furlough covering the Naw Ruz period.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), this will enable her to be with her son Artin during the holiday period. Continue reading “Faran Hessami Granted a 4-Day Furlough”
HRANA News Agency – On the morning of March 16, intelligence agents in the city of Shiraz raided the home of Mr. Karamat Amiri, a 62-year old Bahai.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), this is the latest in a series of similar raids on over 20 Bahai homes in the city, during the past month. Continue reading “Another Bahai Home Raided in Shiraz”
HRANA News Agency – A court in Shiraz has handed down another 18-month sentence for Adnan Rahmat-Penah, a Bahai from Shiraz who has served nearly 5 months of a one-year sentence in Adel-Abad prison in Shiraz.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on March 11, the lower court sentenced him to 6 months in prison on charges of insulting the President of Iran and 12 months for preparing and distributing means of evading the filters which the Iranian government has imposed on internet traffic. Continue reading “Adnan Rahmat-Penah Faces a New Sentence”
HRANA News Agency – In recent days, security agents went to the home of Mrs. Naghmeh Farabi-Ashaqiyan in Najafabad, and took her to Yazd to serve a 2-year sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on the day of her arrest, security agents went to her home when she was not there, and entered by climbing over a wall. They returned during the afternoon and arrested her. Continue reading “Naghmeh Farabi Begins 2-Year Sentence in Yazd”
HRANA News Agency – Saeid Soveidi, Soosangerdi citizen, was arrested by security forces and was taken to an unknown location.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on Tuesday March 10th, security forces arrested a Soosangerdi citizen from “Hajieh Village”. Continue reading “A Sunni Civilian Arrested by Security Forces”
HRANA News Agency – Ebraham Firoozi, Christian convert, whose imprisonment sentence ended on 13 January but is still held in prison, was re-tried.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on Sunday 8th March, the trial of Ebraham Firoozi was held in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, presided by Judge Moghiseh. Continue reading “Ebraham Firoozi Was Tried Once More in Tehran”
HRANA News Agency – As previously reported, in the weeks leading to March 9, over 20 Bahai homes in Shiraz were raided and searched by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence, who seized books, pamphlets, and images relating to the Bahai Faith, and electronic devices.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on March 11, the home of Arash Ka’edi was raided in the same way, with a thorough search and the confiscation of his personal effects.
HRANA News Agency – In recent weeks, over 20 Bahai homes in Shiraz have been raided and searched by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), all books, pamphlets, and images relating to the Bahai Faith, and desk computers, laptops and mobile phones have been seized. Continue reading “Home Raids and Property Seizures Strike the Bahais of Shiraz”
