Category: Religious Minorities

Another Bahai student expelled from Birjand University

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Mazyar Malaki

HRANA News Agency – Mazyar Malaki, a student studying machine manufacturing at Birjand University, has been expelled because of his Bahai beliefs.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), he was summoned by the University’s security office and asked to sign a statement that he would not participate in Bahai activities or follow the directions of the Universal House of Justice. When he refused to sign this, he was told that he was barred from the university until further notice, and that the final decision would be communicated to him.

Court prevents lawyer from accessing files of five Sunni prisoners

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Barzan Nasrollah Zadeh, Farshid Nasseri, Kayvan Momenifard, Timor Naderi Zadeh, Varya Ghaderifard

HRANA News Agency – Branch 28 of the Revolutionary court in Tehran has prevented a lawyer from accessing the files of five Sunni prisoners sentenced to death in Iran, under the pretext that the cases are ‘secret and confidential’.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the families of the prisoners had tried to appoint a leading Iranian lawyer, Mr Ehsan Mazin, to be involved in the defense of the five death-row prisoners. Continue reading “Court prevents lawyer from accessing files of five Sunni prisoners”

Kholousi sisters begin long prison terms

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Nava Kholousi, Nika Kholousi

HRANA News Agency – Early on March 30, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence arrested Nava and Nika Khoousi.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Nava Kholousi was arrested at her home in Mashhad. Nika Kholousi, and her parents, had gone on a Naw Ruz outing to Babolsar and Nika was arrested there. Continue reading “Kholousi sisters begin long prison terms”

7 Sunni prisoners awaiting execution transferred to Rajai Shahr prison

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Arash Sharifi, Behrouz Shah Nazari, Kaveh Sharifi, Kaveh Vaisi, Mokhtar Rahimi, Shahram Ahmadi, Taleb Malaki

HRANA News Agency – Seven Sunni prisoners of conscience awaiting execution in Iran have been transferred to Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Kaveh Vaisi, Kaveh Sharifi, Arash Sharifi, Mokhtar Rahimi, Shahram Ahmadi, Behrouz Shah Nazari and Taleb Malaki were transferred today after being removed from Ward 350 of Evin prison in Tehran. Continue reading “7 Sunni prisoners awaiting execution transferred to Rajai Shahr prison”

Another Baha’i citizen was arrested in Shiraz

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Yekta Fahandezh

HRANA News Agency – Yekta Fahanedzh was arrested by Iranian intelligence agents.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), a Baha’i citizen was arrested by security guards Saturday evening of 16 March 2014. Intelligence agents entered her house for the second time by a decree from the State Attorney and after detecting her house they confiscated her books, laptop and personal belongings and arrested her. Continue reading “Another Baha’i citizen was arrested in Shiraz”

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Sunni prisoner transferred to hospital after condition deteriorates

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Shahram Ahmadi

HRANA News Agency – A Sunni prisoner who was being deprived of adequate medical care in Tehran’s Evin prison was transferred to hospital yesterday after a deterioration in his condition.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Sunni prisoner of conscience Shahram Ahmadi, who is awaiting execution, was transferred to Modarres hospital in Tehran at 5:30pm local time after suffering from excessive kidney bleeding. Continue reading “Sunni prisoner transferred to hospital after condition deteriorates”

Shahram Ahmadi still denied medical treatment despite kidney bleeding

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Shahram Ahmadi

HRANA News Agency – A Sunni prisoner of conscience who is awaiting execution in Tehran’s Evin prison is being denied access to adequate medical care, despite suffering from a potentially serious health condition.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Shahram Ahmadi, who has already lost his left kidney whilst imprisoned, has been suffering from an ongoing kidney infection for a number of months without adequate treatment. In recent days, he has reportedly been suffering from bleeding from his remaining kidney. Despite this, prison officials have continued to refuse to transfer him to a prison outside of the hospital to receive proper medical treatment. Continue reading “Shahram Ahmadi still denied medical treatment despite kidney bleeding”

Another Sunni convert is arrested in Ahwaz, southwestern Iran

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Jafar Chaldawi

HRANA News Agency – Iran’s crackdown of Sunni converts continues as security forces arrest another convert in southwestern Iran.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 35-year old Jafar Chaldawi, a Sunni convert from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, was arrested on Monday by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence in the Hay al-Thawra district of Ahwaz, Khuzestan province. Continue reading “Another Sunni convert is arrested in Ahwaz, southwestern Iran”

A Bahai student is fired from Babolsar University

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Setayesh Asadi

HRANA News Agency – Setayesh Asadi has been fired from Babolsar University because of her Bahai belief.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Setayesh Asadi was studying tourism management at Babolsar University however she has been fired because of being a Bahai. Continue reading “A Bahai student is fired from Babolsar University”

Another Sunni convert arrested in Iran

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Hadi Bayt-Shaykh-Ahmad

HRANA News Agency – A Sunni citizen has been arrested in Ahwaz.

 

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the 45-year old Hadi Bayt-Shaykh-Ahmad, a Sunni convert from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, was arrested at his home address on 6 March 2014. Continue reading “Another Sunni convert arrested in Iran”