HRANA News Agency – Security forces of Esfahan City went to Molok Rohani’s house to arrest her on Monday morning.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), On 1st September, security forces in Esfahan went to Molok Rohani’s house to arrest her. The security forces searched her house and confiscated her personal belongings. Continue reading “Security forces tried to arrest a resident of Isfahan”
HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Taslimi, new Christian convert, resident in Esfahan, has been arrested by security forces in this city and was transferred to the detention center.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on Monday 1st September, security forces went to the house of Mohammad Taslimi, new Christian convert in Esfahan. The security forces arrested him, after searching his home and confiscated his personal belongings. Continue reading “A Christian citizen arrested in Isfahan”
HRANA News Agency – A Sunni prisoner of conscience awaiting execution in Iran’s Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj has been prevented from having family visits for more than four years.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Shaho Ibrahimi, who is married and has a daughter, has been unable to see his family for the past four years, with the authorities failing to give permission for him to receive family visits. Continue reading “Sunni prisoner prevented from seeing his family for more than 4 years”
HRANA NEws Agency – Farhad Eqbali, a Bahai resident of Gorgan, reported to prison on August 27 to begin serving his 5-year sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mr. Eqbali was one of about twenty Bahais, and some Muslims accused of associating with Bahais, who were arrested in Goran in November, 2012. Continue reading “Farhad Eqbali begins 5-year sentence in Gorgan”
HRANA News Agency – On the morning of September 1, security forces arrested Mr. Shahram Mansour at his home, and transferred him to the Ministry of Intelligence’s Facility 100 in Shiraz.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), they also searched his home and seized some personal items. They arrested Mr. Farhad Sarafraz in similar circumstances and took him to the same detention facility. Continue reading “Two Bahais arrested in Shiraz”
HRANA News Agency – A Sunni prisoner with psychological illnesses has been held in solitary confinement for more than three weeks in Iran’s Ghezel Hesar prison, after he was beaten by prison guards and removed from his prison ward.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Sunni prisoner of conscience Seddigh Mohammadi, who suffers from psychological illnesses, was subjected to a brutal beating by guards within the prison on 12 August 2014, leaving him with horrific injuries. Continue reading “Psychologically ill Sunni prisoner held for 3 weeks in solitary”
HRANA News Agency – Farhad Eqbali, a Bahai resident of Gorgan, reported to prison on August 27 to begin serving his 5-year sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mr. Eqbali was one of about twenty Bahais, and some Muslims accused of associating with Bahais, who were arrested in Goran in November, 2012. Continue reading “Farhad Eqbali begins 5-year sentence in Gorgan”
HRANA News Agency – On Wednesday, August 20, 2014, Yosef Hassanzadeh was arrested for his connections with Christian organizations abroad.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), security forces detained Hassanzadeh, a resident of Tehran, at a pharmacy where he had gone to purchase medicine. Continue reading “A citizen is arrested for connections with Christians”
HRANA News Agency – Majid Tavakoli and Riaz Sobhani have returned to Rejai Shahr Prison at the conclusion of their three-day furlough. Both prisoners were granted a leave on August 23 and required to report back to prison on August 25. Their requests for an extension have been denied.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Tavakoli was arrested on December 7, 2009, following his speech at Amir Kabir University against the results of Iran’s presidential election. Continue reading “Majid Tavakoli and Riaz Sobhani return to prison”
HRANA News Agency – Ruhiyyeh Qavami-nik, a Bahai from Karaj, was freed on bail on August 29.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), she was arrested on August 17, following a telephone summons to the offices of the Ministry of Intelligence. Continue reading “Ruhiyyeh Qavami-nik free on bail”
