HRANA – On Wednesday, November 12, Arvin Avazpour, a Baha’i citizen residing in Gonbad-e Kavus, was arrested by security forces and transferred to an undisclosed location. At the same time, his home was searched by the agents.

Based on information received by HRANA, Mr. Avazpour was arrested by security forces at his workplace. After detaining him, the agents took him to his home and searched the premises. During the search, they confiscated several books, mostly related to the Baha’i faith, as well as his mobile phone.

Five days after his arrest, efforts by his family and relatives to obtain information about his fate have remained unsuccessful.

Arvin Avazpour, 45, is a father of two and a resident of Gonbad-e Kavus.

Over the past decade, the Iranian Bahá’í community has been disproportionately targeted by Iran’s security forces and judiciary, more than any other minority group. In the past three years, an average of 72 percent of the reports on religious rights violations collected by HRANA have documented the Iranian regime’s repression of the Bahá’í community.