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.
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- Child labor activist and Bahai citizen from Tehran Afshin Heyratian has been in detention since his arrest on June 3, 2010.
HRANA- The Ministry of Intelligence has ordered banks in Birjand to audit the accounts and to investigate the financial transactions of its Bahai citizens.
HRANA – Mrs. Shahnaz Ranjbar Oladi, a Baha’i resident, was arrested on Monday, June 7, 2010.
HRANA – The Baha’i cemetery in Mashhad was vandalized on the night of May 29, 2010, by unknown intruders.