Category: Religious Minorities

Dhabihullah Ra’ufi Arrested Again In Sanandaj

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Religious Minorities
Dhabihullah Ra’ufi

HRANA News Agency – Dhabihullah Ra’ufi, a 66-year-old Bahai from Sanandaj, was arrested by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence on September 8. Four agents raided his home and seized CD’s, books, pictures and other items relating to the Bahai Faith.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), On 12 July 2015, a Baha’i, Mrs. Baji Muhammadifard passed away and her family sought a burial permit to inter her body in the Bahai cemetery in Sanandaj. Continue reading “Dhabihullah Ra’ufi Arrested Again In Sanandaj”

Current Example Of The Exclusion Of Bahai Students From Iran’s Universities

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Religious Minorities
Ava Amini-Yazdel

HRANA News Agency – After completing the national university entrance examinations, Ava Amini-Yazdel, an 18-year old Bahai, was confronted with a message on the examinations result site saying that her file was incomplete, and she could not continue her education.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), “File defective” is currently the usual phrase used to exclude Bahai students from tertiary education. Continue reading “Current Example Of The Exclusion Of Bahai Students From Iran’s Universities”

A Religious Activist’s House Confiscated

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Religious Minorities
Fatemeh Zandi

HRANA News Agency – A house owned by Fatemeh Zandi, a member of the faith called “Al-Yasin Community” has been confiscated by the Executive Commission of Imam Khomaini’s Order.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the house owned by Fatemeh Zandi, a member of the community called “Al-Yasin” has been confiscated by the Executive Commission of Imam Khomaini’s Order and the ownership of this building has changed in favor of this commission. Continue reading “A Religious Activist’s House Confiscated”

Yarsan Activist’s Family Under The Pressure Of Intelligence Ministry

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Religious Minorities
Reza Shahmoradi

HRANA News Agency – Father of a Yarsan activist, Reza Shahmoradi, who lives in Australia, was summoned to the Intelligence office in Bijar, in Kurdistan Province, and interrogated.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the elderly father of Reza Shahmoradi, Kurdish Yarsan religious activist, who lives in Australia, is being summoned and interrogated by the Intelligence office in Bijar after every visit with his children abroad. Continue reading “Yarsan Activist’s Family Under The Pressure Of Intelligence Ministry”

Ebrahim Firuzi Ended His Hunger Strike after 5 Days

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Religious Minorities
Ebrahim Firuzi

HRANA News Agency – Ebrahim Firuzi, a Christian prisoner of conscience, ended his hunger strike after five days.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Ebrahim Firuzi who had begun a hunger strike from last Thursday, ended his hunger strike on Monday 24th August, on the fifth day and after the head of Rajai Shahr prison, Mardani, promised to do something for him, and treated and gave warning to the other prisoners in ward 10 of Rajai Shahr prison. Continue reading “Ebrahim Firuzi Ended His Hunger Strike after 5 Days”

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Trees Cut Down in the Bahai Cemetery of Urumiyyeh

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Religious Minorities
Bahai cemetery

HRANA News Agency – A number of 20-year old trees in the Bahai cemetery of Urumiyyeh (Urmia) have been cut down with a chainsaw.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the destruction apparently happened on July 25, 2015. Continue reading “Trees Cut Down in the Bahai Cemetery of Urumiyyeh”

Ebrahim Firuzi on the 4th Day of His Hunger Strike

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Religious Minorities
Arash Aslanpour, Ebrahim Firuzi

HRANA News Agency – Ebrahim Firuzi spent the 4th day of his hunger strike.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the hunger strike by Ibrahim Firuzi, a Christian convert entered its fourth day, while, despite the Rajai Shahr prison’s authorities’ promises, he insists on his demand, and has declared that he will continue until he achieves the results and the implementation of the demands. Continue reading “Ebrahim Firuzi on the 4th Day of His Hunger Strike”

Rajai Shahr Prison: 1 Political Prisoners Released, 2 Had to Return to the Ward

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Prisoners, Religious Minorities
Amanullah Mostaghim, Asadullah Hadi, Kourosh Nasiri

HRANA News Agency- Korosh (Muhammad) Nasiri was released from prison, Asadullah Hadi and Amanullah Mostaghim were returned to Rajai Shahr prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA), On Tuesday 18th August, Kourosh Nasiri was released from prison, while Asadullah Hadi, who was sent to the hospital for further treatment, was returned back to the prison and Amanullah Mostaghim, who was outside the prison due to the suspension of his sentence, also was returned to Rajai Shahr prison, in Karaj. Continue reading “Rajai Shahr Prison: 1 Political Prisoners Released, 2 Had to Return to the Ward”

2 Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Rajai Shahr Prison

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Prisoners, Religious Minorities
Arash Moghadam Aslanpour, Ebraham Firuzi

HRANA News Agency – Ebraham Firuzi, a Christian convert and Arash Moghadam Aslanpour, cultural activists, have gone on hunger strike since last Thursday in protest against the failure to respect the principle of separation of prisoners on the basis of their crimes.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Ebrahim Firuzi and Arash Aslanpour (Arash Eshai), who are held in ward 10 of Rajai Shahr prison, along with apolitical and sometimes dangerous prisoners, after writing a letter addressed to the head of the prison and after it was neglected by him, from Thursday 20th August went on hunger strike. They have asked the prison authorities, accordant with the law to transfer them to Hall 12, political and conscience prisoners’ ward in Rajai Shahr prison. Continue reading “2 Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Rajai Shahr Prison”

At Least 8 Christians Arrested in Karaj

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Religious Minorities
Hayedeh Shadnia, Ismail Falahati, Mona Chahardoli, Nematullah Yousefi, Saeid Abedini, Shahin Bashiri

HRANA News Agency – Following the recent pressures on the Christian converts and ideological and religious dissidents in Iran, at least eight members of a house church in Karaj were arrested by the security forces of the Islamic Republic. Pastor Saeid Abedini’s condition in Rajai Shahr prison, in Karaj, remains worrying.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Hayedeh Shadnia, Shahin Bashiri, Mona Chahardoli, Ismail Falahati, Nematullah Yousefi, and a man called Razmik along with at least two other Christian converts were arrested by the security agents in plain clothes, on Friday, 7th August 2015, while they had gathered to worship. Continue reading “At Least 8 Christians Arrested in Karaj”