Category: Religious Minorities

Five Bahais arrested in Tehran

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Alaeddin Khanjani, Ata’llah Ashrafi, Babak Mobasher, Jalaluldin Khanjani, Javad Salehi, Leva Khanjani, Nasr Arushi Moqaddam, Ruhollah Manzui

HRANA News Agency – Babak Mobasher and his father-in-law Alaeddin Khanjani were arrested around 6 a.m. yesterday when agents from the Ministry of Intelligence raided their home.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA),  Alaeddin Khanjani is the son of Jalaluldin Khanjani, one of the imprisoned “Yaran” (national facilitators for the Bahai community in Iran, while Babak Mobasher is the husband of Leva Khanjani, a Bahai excluded from tertiary education, who was freed from Evin prison after serving most of a two-year sentence on June 24, 2014. Continue reading “Five Bahais arrested in Tehran”

Four Bahais arrested in Shiraz

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Adib Haqqpazhouh, Bahiyyeh Ma`navipour, Sa`id `Abadi, Wahid Dana

HRANA News Agency – Agents from the Shiraz city police arrested three Bahai men and one woman: Adib Haqqpazhouh, Sa`id `Abadi, Wahid Dana and Mrs. Bahiyyeh Ma`navipour on August 5th.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the reasons for their arrest, and their place of detention, are unknown. Continue reading “Four Bahais arrested in Shiraz”

Officials transfer Christian prisoners to different sections

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Abdolreza Haghnejad, Behnam Irani, Hossein Saketi Aramsary, Reza Rabbani

HRANA News Agency – Prison officials have dispersed the newly converted Christian prisoners in different wards to block those inmates’ relationship in Karaj Central prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Behnam Irani, Hossein Saketi  Aramsary (Stephen), Reza Rabbani (Silas) and Abdolreza Haghnejad are the names of four converted Christians detained in the Central prison in Karaj. Continue reading “Officials transfer Christian prisoners to different sections”

Three Baha’is in Mashhad transferred to Vakil Abad prison

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Dari Amri, Mey Khalusi, Shayan Tafazoli

HRANA News Agency – Authorities have moved Mey Khalusi, Dari Amri and Shayan Tafazoli from the Ministry of Intelligence facilities in Mashhad to the quarantine at Vakil Abad prison in the same city.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in the next few days, they are likely to be transferred from quarantine to the sections for male and female prisoners of conscience. Continue reading “Three Baha’is in Mashhad transferred to Vakil Abad prison”

6 Yarsan followers arrested in Hamedan

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Amir Yari, Aynollah Yari, Bahrali Farhadi, Mojtaba Norouzi, Pegah Yari, Saharnaz Afrouzi

HRANA News Agency – Six followers of Yarsan (Ahl-e-Hagh) have been arrested by security forces in Hamedan.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), security forces arrested Aynollah Yari and his two children, with the names of Pegah Yari (23 years old) and Amir Yari (14 years old), on Monday, August 28, and transferred them to an unknown location. Continue reading “6 Yarsan followers arrested in Hamedan”

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Cemetery of “Ghaleh Gharedash” Village in Takestan Destroyed

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Ghaleh Gharedash, Mohammad Ghanbari

HRANA News Agency – Cemetery of “Ghaleh Gharedash” Village in Takestan was destroyed by road construction machinery during the last week.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Security officers used road construction machinery to destroy the cemetery of “Ghaleh Gharedash” Village in Takestan in which lies “Mohammad Ghanbari” a follower of “Yaresan” Religion – Ahle Hagh- during the night. Continue reading “Cemetery of “Ghaleh Gharedash” Village in Takestan Destroyed”

Five Bahais released on bail in Tabriz

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Farzad Bahadari, Nassim Bahadari, Rashin Saberi, Sahar Bahadari, Samin Rasouli, Shabnam Issakhani

HRANA News Agency – Four members of the Bahadari family, and Shabnam Issakhani, have been released on bail.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), they are among Six Bahais arrested in Tabriz on July 12, and have been detained by the Ministry of Intelligence. Continue reading “Five Bahais released on bail in Tabriz”

Iqan Shahidi granted a 6-day furlough

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Iqan Shahidi

HRANA News Agency – Iqan Shahidi came to furlough from Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Iqan Shahidi, a Bahai active in the struggle for equal educational opportunities who is serving a 5-year sentence as a prisoner of conscience in Raja’i Shahr prison, near Tehran, has been granted six days of leave from prison, beginning on July 28.

Another Sunni convert arrested in Ahwaz

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Saeed Haydari

HRANA News Agency – The Iranian security forces arrested yet another Ahwazi Sunni convert in the Khuzestan province on Thursday, with at least ten other Sunni converts arrested in the area within the last fortnight.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 35-year old Saeed Haydari, who recently converted from Shi’ism to Sunni Islam, was arrested on 24 July 2014 at his home in the town of Taleghani (Al-Kora) in Mahshahr city, Khuzestan. Continue reading “Another Sunni convert arrested in Ahwaz”

Sunni convert with a brain tumor deprived of medical treatment

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Jaber Sakhravi

HRANA News Agency – A Sunni convert from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority currently detained in Karoun Prison in Ahwaz is being deprived of adequate medical treatment by prison authorities, despite suffering from a brain tumor.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), prison authorities have refused to transfer 30-year old Jaber Sakhravi, whose condition is deteriorating, to a hospital outside of the prison where he can receive adequate medical treatment. Continue reading “Sunni convert with a brain tumor deprived of medical treatment”