HRANA News Agency – Riaz’ullah Sobhani, a Bahai who taught classes for the Bahai Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), was released from Raja’i Shahr Prison in Karaj yesterday at the end of a four-year sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), he was arrested on June 14, 2011, not long after security forces raided premises and homes relating to the Institute for Higher Education. Continue reading “Riaz Sobhani Released at the End of His Sentence”
HRANA News Agency – Farshid Fathi and Alireza Seyedian, two Christian prisoners were transferred to Hall 2 in Rajai Shahr prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Pastor Farshid Fathi and Ali Seyedian, Christian converts in Rajai Shahr Prison, in Karaj, were transferred to Hall 2 in ward 1 of this prison. Continue reading “2 Imprisoned Christians Transferred to Hall Number 2 of Rajai Shahr Prison”
HRANA News Agency – After the protests in Mahabad and the subsequent arrests, three Sunni activists were also arrested.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Ebrahim Gholami, industrial engineering student, Mostafa Khadir, worker and Heyman son of Ali Bazari, all three from Mahabad, were arrested in recent weeks and still no notification of their status is available. Continue reading “3 Sunni Activists Arrested in Mahabad”
HRANA News Agency – Saham News has published an order from the chief of police, dating from April 8, 2010, which clarifies which economic sectors are forbidden for Bahais. Because Bahais in Iran are excluded from employment in the civil service, education and health, and other major sectors, many of them start small shops or workshops in sectors where this is permitted, but the rules they must obey have been kept secret.
This order from the chief of police to police bureaus all over the country instructs them to constrain, limit and police the activities of Bahais in the specified fields, and ensure the Bahais do not constitute a significant presence in society. Continue reading “Iran’s Apartheid Rules for Bahais Clarified”
HRANA News Agency – A Sunni scholar imprisoned in Iran since 2012 has today been released on bail.
According to the report of Campaign of Baluch Activists, Shaykh Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi was released earlier after being transferred from Zahedan Central prison to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Center in Rask. Continue reading “Shaykh Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi Released from Prison”
HRANA News Agency – Jalayer Vahdat was released from Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad on May 8, at the end of a five-year sentence for his religious beliefs.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), he began his sentence on October 24, 2010. Continue reading “Jalayer Vahdat Freed at the End of His Sentence”
HRANA News Agency – The public court of Karaj rejected the request of parole by Behnam Irani, Iranian priest.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), branch number 7 of the public court of Karaj, has rejected the request of this newly converted to Christianity, in a letter that was written to prison authorities in March. Continue reading “Parole Request of Behnam Irani Was Rejected”
HRANA News Agency – After four years in prison, Mahmoud Badavam, Farhad Sedeqi and Ramin Ziba’i, faculty members of the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), were released from Raja’i Shahr Prison on April 30.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), they were arrested in late May, 2011, when premises and homes relating to the Institute for Higher Education were raided by security forces. In October, 2011, they were sentenced to four years in prison. Continue reading “Another 3 BIHE Educators Released, 9 Remain in Prison”
HRANA News Agency – Hana Aqiqiyan, a Bahai from Gorgan, and Beyta Hedayati and Hana Kushkabaghi, from Gonbad-e Qabus, were tried in Gorgan on April 25.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mrs Kushkabaghi was not present, as she had not seen the summons. They were among the Bahais arrested in widespread raids in the towns of Gorgan, Gonbad-e Qabus and Minudasht in October 2012. Continue reading “Three Bahais Tried in Gorgan”
HRANA News Agency- Shahram Ahmadi, death row Sunni prisoner, is experiencing very hard physical and mental condition at about his seventh year of his imprisonment in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Shahram Ahmadi who was shot during his detention time and has got problem with his kidney and bowel, so far, has been deprived of adequate treatment in prison and outside. Continue reading “A Report about Shahram Ahmadi’s Situation in Rajai Shahr Prison”
