Neda Farsatipour and Farahnaz Moqadam Begin Their Prison Sentences

HRANA News Agency – On December 10, Mrs. Farahnaz Moqadam responded to a summons to the Revolutionary Court in Uremia and was taken to the city’s central prison to begin serving her three-year sentence.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), On December 4, her husband Fardin Aghsani began serving his own three-year sentence. Continue reading “Neda Farsatipour and Farahnaz Moqadam Begin Their Prison Sentences”

Fardin Aghsani begins 3-year sentence

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”

Iran: Baha’i Couple Arrested in Urmia

HRANA News Agency– Security forces inspected living and working places of a Baha’i couple and arrested them.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Security forces first inspected the working place of “Fardin Aghsani” and arrested him on Wednesday, January 30, 2013.

At the same time, intelligence ministry officers went to his house and after searching his house, seized his personal things such as books and photos related to Baha’i faith. They arrested his wife, Farahnaz Moghadam, and transferred them to an unknown place.

The detainees had a phone call to their families and there is no more information about them.