May 7, 2010
HRA News Agency –On 29 April 2010, the home ofMr. Majid Islamiof Yazd was searched by Intelligence Ministry agents and his personal belongings, including his computer, and Bahá’í books and material were confiscated.
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HRANA – By a notice from ” Union of Retail workers & Manufacturers , Gold & Silver & Clock & Glasses” the business of a Baha’i citizen in Abadan was shut down.
According to the HRANA reporters, News Organization for Human Rights Activists in Iran, following continuous pressure on the Iranian Baha’i citizens, the business of a Baha’i citizen called “Hedayatollah Rezaei” living in Abadan ,(an optic shop), was shut down by a verdict and he was prohibited from working.
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Hrana – On the evening of Saturday 20 April, Mahdi Foroutan a new Christian was temporarily released on bail after 105 days of detention in Evin prison.
According to HRANA Reporters, Human Rights News Agency of Iran, Mahdi Foroutan, was released by providing his house ownership, worth 50 million Toman, as bail to the judiciary and thereafter the letter of his release to Evin prison authorities.
In the early hours of Sunday 5 Day 1389 Mahdi Foroutan had been arrested by four Militia men at his father’s house.
Meanwhile, while arresting him security forces had searched the house thoroughly and seized a number of his personal belongings such as computers, books, CD’s which none of them were returned after his release.
It is important to mention that another New Christian called “Farshid Fathi” who was arrested at the same time as Mahdi Foroutan along several other new Christians in Iran is still detained in Evin prison.
Apparently the judicial authorities have issued a very high bail for his release and based on his family’s inability to pay the bail; he has to stay in detention.
It should be mentioned that there are two people with similar names as “Mahdi Foroutan”, which one of them belongs to a Dissident religious groups (Non-Trinitarians), whose court was held along with some other people of his group in Shiraz during last few days.
HRANA News Agency – On Saturday April 9, 2011, Sarah Mahboubi, a Baha’i college student deprived of an education, was arrested for the second time in a year and transferred to the detention center located at the Intelligence Agency in Sari [the capital of Mazandaran Province, Iran].
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the intelligence officers of Sari arrested Sarah Mahboubi after searching her family home and seizing books, handwritten notes, CDs and a computer from her residence.
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HRANA NEWS – On Wednesday, March 22, 2011 three citizens who were traveling while the New Year holidays were arrested by intelligence service agents on the road from Salmas to the village of Broshkharan.
According to HRANA Reporters, Iranian Human Rights Agency, Saleh Jahangir Zadeh, son of Saied, from Village of Broshkhara which is a county of Salmas, along Hamid Najafi and his wife, Mahzar Najafi, Christian citizens from city of Karaj who were traveling to this city on the New Year holiday, were arrested by intelligence service agents on Wednesday.
Following this arrest the personal cal of Saleh Jahangir Zadeh has also been seized by intelligence service bureau.
It is important to note that the efforts made by families of those arrested to follow up on their conditions have not been successful so far and 48 hours after their arrest, there is still no information regarding their status and location.
HRANA News Agency – While more than two months have passed since the CEO and five employees of Achilandoor Company were detained by IRGC [Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps] intelligence officers, in the last few days, all Baha’i employees and workers of this company in the cities of Tehran and Mashhad have been fired following an order issued by the Intelligence Office of IRGC.
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HRANA – The revolutionary court of Mashhad while threatening the families of Christian detainees, has told them in the event these individuals do not adhere back to Islam they will be sentenced for “apostasy”.
According to HRANA reporters, On Sunday, during a meeting with the families of the detainees that have been held since July 7th 2010 for adhering to Christianity the judge for branch 901 of revolutionary court of Mashhad announced that in spite of the fact that the authorities have spent 50 days, nevertheless these individuals have not given any guarantees to recant from their Christianity. After these statements while threatening the families of the detainees, the court authorities and intelligence officers asked them in a meeting that they will arrange with the detainees, they have to request their loved ones to recant from their Christian beliefs and return to Islam. The authorities have demanded that the families of the these individuals to provide ample warnings about the re-precautions of insisting upon their Christian beliefs.
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HRANA- Repressive measures against Bahai citizens in Iran have resulted in the arrest of one individual in Abadan and the destruction of a Bahai cemetery in Kerman.
HRANA has learned that on July 17, 2010 agents from the Ministry of Intelligence raided the home of Hedayatollah Rezai a Bahai citizen from Abadan and arrested him after searching his home.
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HRANA- Child labor activist and Bahai citizen from Tehran Afshin Heyratian has been in detention since his arrest on June 3, 2010.
According to the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, Heyratian was arrested in a park near his home. Security forces then entered his home without a warrant. Afshin Heyratian was active in a group working to better the plight of child laborers. It is believed that several other group members have been arrested.
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HRANA- A number of followers of the Christian faith in Mashad were arrested by state security and intelligence forces. There is no word on the fate of two of those arrested.
HRANA has learned that on Thursday July 8, 2010 a group of fifteen Iranian Christians were arrested by state security and intelligence forces in Mashad as they were departing for a meeting with Christians from the city of Bojnourd.
