HRANA News Agency – This morning, with search and arrest warrants, Iran’s Intelligence Agency raided the houses of at least fifteen Baha’i citizens, detained some of them, and seized their personal properties.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the majority of those detained are students attending a provisional university established for Baha’i citizens who are denied the opportunity to study at Iran’s higher education institutes.
The names of nine detainees are as follows:
- Kamran Mortezai
- Vahid Mokhtari
- Mahmoud Badavam
- Aminollah Mostaqim
- Favod Moqadam
- Shahin Negari
- Afrooz Farmanbardari
- Sohail Fanbari
- Ramin Zibae
Additionally, Mehran Behmradi and Aghae Talei have been summoned to report to the Intelligence Agency in Shiraz by Tuesday, May 24, 2011.