HRANA News Agency – Leila Kargar, a 42-year-old Bahai woman living in Shiraz, has been poisoned and killed by an unknown person, using Aluminium Phosphide, a powder that is used to kill insects and rodents.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Aluminium Phosphide reacts with acid in the digestive system to produce the toxic phosphine gas. Continue reading “Bahai Woman Died because of Lethal Poisoning in Shiraz”
HRANA News Agency – Iranian security forces have arrested at least 30 people in a series of raids earlier today in the village of Nasir Abad in Sarbaz, Sistan-Baluchestan province.
According to the report of “Baluch Activists”, security forces began storming houses at 4am this morning, breaking into people’s houses as they slept and smashing windows. Continue reading “30 Sunni Men Arrested in Village of Nasir Abad”
HRANA News Agency – On December 29, 2014, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence arrested Farshid Rastegar and a number of Bahai students who had gathered in his home in Abadeh, a town approximately halfway between Isfahan and Shiraz.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), ss in other recent cases, the agents posed as postmen to gain entry to the house, and they did not have a search warrant or arrest warrants. Continue reading “Several Bahais Arrested in Abadeh”
HRANA News Agency – The body of a Bahai has been held in the morgue for nearly two months in the large southern Iranian city of Ahvaz because local officials have refused to allow his burial.
According to the report of Bahai World News Service, Shamel Bina passed away on 28 October but remains unburied, despite numerous appeals from his family and others, who have appealed to numerous officials from the governor general to the city’s Friday prayer leader. Continue reading “Two Months in the Morgue: The Unburied Bahai of Ahwaz”
HRANA News Agency – Susan Tabyaniyan, a Bahai from Semnan, has been summoned to begin serving a one-year sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), this is her second prison sentence: in May 2010 she was sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges of propaganda against the regime and membership of a Bahai organisation. Continue reading “Susan Tabyaniyan Begins another Prison Sentence”
HRANA News Agency – Adnan Rahmat-Penah, who is serving a one-year sentence in Adel-Abad prison in Shiraz, had been denied necessary medical treatment.
According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the Ministry of Intelligence withheld permission, but after two weeks, as his condition worsened, prison officials sent him for treatment without the permission from the Ministry of Intelligence. Continue reading “Adnan Rahmat-Penah granted medical leave”
HRANA News Agency – During the last couple of days, several activists and instructors of Erfane Halghe (Interuniversalism Mysticism) were summoned to Islamic Revolutionary Court.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on 24 December 2014, “Zahra Yazdani” and “Mohammadreza Farahmandnia” were summoned to branch 26 of Islamic Revolutionary Court by Judge “ahmadzadeh” for their last hearing session. Continue reading “Several Erfane Halghe Followers Summoned to the Court”
HRANA News Agency – The Association of Optometry Manufacturers and Sellers in Tehran held its eighth trade fair, the Optics Exhibition, in Wessal Avenue on December 16 to 19.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), eighty business took part. Not only were Bahai-run optometry importers and sellers barred from the exhibition, participants were also told to dismiss any Bahai employees they might have. Continue reading “Bahais Banned from the Optometry Sector in Tehran”
HRANA News Agency – Adnan Rahmat-Penah, a Bahai from Shiraz who began a one-year sentence in Adel-Abad prison in Shiraz on November 11, 2014, caught a cold some days ago and his physical condition has deteriorated due to poor conditions, especially the heating system.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Adnan’s ears have also become infected, but prison officials demanded that his family to pay 20,000 Tomans (about 7 dollars) for an examination by a special doctor. Continue reading “Adnan Rahmat-Penah Denied Medical Leave”
HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Mousavi-Bodjnordi, who heads Iran’s civil rights watchdog and is considered close to President Hassan Rouhani,told the state-run Fars News agency that Iran’s Baha’is minority have no civil rights in the regime because their beliefs are contrary to Islam.
“The Baha’i belief is contrary to Islam. In Iran, Baha’is have no civil rights and in particular, they do not have the right to study.” Civil rights are defined as in line with the beliefs of Ayatollah Khomeini, Mousavi-Bodjnordi said. Continue reading “Another Iranian Cleric Reiterates: No Civil Rights Possible for Bahais”
