HRANA News Agency – 16 Sunni converts from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority were arrested on Monday during a Qur’an class in the Shekara district of Ahwaz city, Iran.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the men were arrested after Iranian security forces raided the house of one of the men, Mohammad Timas Silawi, where the men had gathered for a Qur’an and Arabic language class. Continue reading “Iran arrests 16 Sunni converts at Qur’an class in Ahwaz”
HRANA News Agency – last week, Mohammad Ali Taheri was summoned to the court from Solitary Confinement at Ward 2-A of Evin Prison while he was on hunger strike and was suffering from extreme weakness.
According to the report of HRANA, quoting from a close news site to Mohammad Ali Taheri, last week, while Mr Taheri was in extreme state of weakness due to his second week of hunger strike, he was summoned to the court from solitary confinement at Ward 2-A of Evin Prison. However, the trial was postponed to a later time as he was unable to speak due to his weakness. Continue reading “New trial for Mohammad Ali Taheri”
HRANA News Agency – Adnan Rahmat-Penah, a Bahai from Shiraz, reported to Adel-Abad prison on November 11, to begin serving a one-year sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), he was arrested during a raid on his home on December 12, 2012, and taken to the Ministry of Intelligence’s Detention Facility 100 in Shiraz. Continue reading “Adnan Rahmat-Penah begins one-year sentence in Shiraz”
HRANA News Agency – Iran’s Supreme Court has confirmed a 33-year prison sentence for a Sunni Iraqi man on charges of ‘Moharabeh’ [enmity against God].
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Marivan Abdolkarim Reza, a devout Sunni Muslim originally from Kirkuk in Iraq, was sentenced to 33 years imprisonment by Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court. Continue reading “Iran sentences Sunni Iraqi man to 33 years in prison”
HRANA News Agency – Masoud Rezaei, new converted to Christianity, resigned himself to Adel Abad prison in Shiraz to serve his 5 years in prison sentence.
According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Masoud Rezaei, new converted to Christianity and the Lutheran church of Shiraz resigned himself to Adel Abad prison for serving his sentence. Continue reading “Masoud Rezaei began his imprisonment sentence in Adel Abad Prison”
HRANA News Agency – The family of Narges Khatounbarqi, an 85-year old Bahai who died in her home on November 7, have been barred from burying her in the general cemetery in Tabriz, the ‘Valley of Mercy’ cemetery.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the family took Mrs. Khatounbarqi’s body to the cemetery on the day after her death, but the officials at the cemetery balked because she was a Bahai, saying she could only be buried there in accordance with Muslim rites. Continue reading “Another Bahai denied burial in Tabriz”
HRANA News Agency – Najeeb Raisi, the son of a Sunni scholar in Iran, was arrested by plain-clothed officers from the Iranian security forces on 5 November 2014, before being taken to an unknown location.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Najeeb is the son of Shaykh Dost Mohammad Raisi, the Imam of Friday prayers in Nasirabad in the Sarbaz County, Sistan and Baluchestan province. Continue reading “Son of Sunni shaykh arrested & taken to unknown location”
HRANA News Agency – The review court has confirmed the sentence of Susan Tabyaniyan, a Bahai from Semnan who was arrested on May 31, 2014.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), she was sentenced to one year in prison and the confiscation of all possessions connected to the Bahai Faith by Judge Amiri, sitting in Bench 1 of the Revolutionary Court in Semnan. Continue reading “Sentence of Susan Tabyaniyan confirmed”
HRANA News Agency – Hamid Azizi, a Bahai from Hamadan, was arrested by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence who came to his home on October 21.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), they searched his home for several hours and seized a computer, a laptop computer, and Bahai books and pamphlets. Continue reading “No word of a Bahai arrested 11 days ago in Hamadan”
HRANA News Agency – Mr. Amir Maboudi began serving a 6-month prison sentence in Urumiyyeh (Urmia) in Iran’s Azerbaijan province, on October 9.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), he was charged with “propaganda against the regime in the form of propagating the Bahai Faith.” Continue reading “Amir Maboudi begins 6-month sentence in Urumiyyeh”
