HRANA News Agency – On the morning of November 17, one agent from the Ministry of Intelligence, accompanied by two staff members from the Revolutionary Court pretended that they were from the Post Office, to enter a Bahai home in Rasht.
According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the house is home to four Bahais: Foad Yazdani, Peyman Yazdani, Navid Yazdani and Nima Najafai. Continue reading “Bahai home and business searched in Rasht”
HRANA News Agency – Saeed Yasaee, a follower of Interuniversalism Mysticisms (Erfane Halgheh) who has been in custody since 18 November 2014, temporarily released after depositing a 100,000,000 Tomans bail.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on Tuesday 18 November 2014, Saeed Yasaee was arrested by security forces while he was attempting to sit in a taxi to go home. He released today after 3 weeks and depositing a 100 million Toman bail. Continue reading “Saeed Yasaee released from prison”
HRANA News Agency – Fardin Aghsani, a Bahai from Uremia who was taken prisoner during the Iran-Iraq war, and held in Iraq for two and a half years, reported to the central prison in Uremia on December 1st to begin serving a 3-year sentence.
According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), his wife Farahnaz Moqadam, who has also been sentenced to three years in prison, is expected to begin her sentence in the next few days. Continue reading “Fardin Aghsani begins 3-year sentence”
HRANA News Agency – In a December 2 meeting with provincial officials, the Friday Prayer leader of Rafsanjan, Hojjat-al-Islam Abbas Ramadanipour said that there were a number of “sects” in the province, and because people were ignorant they were able to live and work among ordinary people, without being recognized.
According to the report of HRANA quoting from Fars New Agency , he said that a number of Jews were also working in the city bazaar, but the difference between them and the Bahais was, that the Bahais are “unclean.” Continue reading “Friday Prayer Leader in Rafsanjan proposes expelling all Bahais”
HRANA News Agency – On November 30th, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence arrested Noushin Mithaqi and Soheila Aqdasi, Bahai women living in Urumiyyeh (Urmia), in Iran’s Azerbaijan province, and took them to Urumiyyeh prison to begin their 6-month sentences.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ms. Mithaqi’s name has also been reported as Noushin Aqdasi. Continue reading “Soheila Aqdasi and Noushin Mithaqi begin 6-month sentences”
HRANA News Agency – Adib Sho`a`i has reported to Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad to begin serving his six-month sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), he was arrested in his home on October 9, 2012, and released on bail on November 11 that year. Continue reading “Adib Sho`a`i begins a 6-month sentence in Mashhad”
HRANA News Agency – Mahtab Afshari an instructor of Interuniversalism Mysticism (Erfan-e Halghe) was arrested on Thursday by security forces.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on Thursday 27 November 2014, Mahtab Afshari was arrested by Security forces in the location she held classes of Erfan-e Halghe. Continue reading “Mahtab Afshari, an instructor of Interuniversalism Mysticism arrested”
HRANA News Agency – Fariba Kamalabadi one of the seven “Yaran” (National facilitators for the Bahai community) who are serving twenty-year prison sentences as prisoners of conscience, has been denied leave from prison to attend the wedding of her daughter.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), she is held in Evin prison in Tehran, and has now been imprisoned for seven years without any furlough. Continue reading “Fariba Kamalabadi denied leave to attend daughter’s wedding”
HRANA News Agency – After 5 days of his arrest, Saeed Yasaee is still in custody and his freedom has been denied.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on Tuesday 18 November 2014, Saeed Yasaee was arrested in front of the Penal Court at Khayyam Street while he intended to return home. He is still being kept in custody although he is suffering from Pulmonary Ailment and should be under special medical observation. Continue reading “Saeed Yasaee still in custody”
HRANA News Agency – On November 22, agents in plain clothes staged simultaneous raids on the homes of several Bahais in the city of Najafabad, in Iran’s Isfahan province, and the town of Vila Shahr, in Mazandaran province.
According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), they seized laptops, computers, and religious books, images and CDs. They also went to a mushroom-growing facility in Vila Shahr, belonging to one of the Bahais there, Mr. Haqiri, where they broke some windows, turned off the heaters, and sealed the doors. Continue reading “Bahais face Home raids and closures in Najafabad and Vila Shahr”
