According to the Human Rights House of Iran, he had been sentenced to one year in prison for anti-regime propaganda.

Possession of books and CDs related to the Baha’i faith had been stated as the evidence for anti-regime propaganda.

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Source: http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=12217

Persian Article:http://www.rahana.org/archives/45943

]]> http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/8611/feed 0 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/8588 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/8588#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:30:15 +0000 editor http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=8588 [RAHANA, 6 Nov. 2011] She was arrested following a summons order to the Intelligence Ministry.

According to the Human Rights House of Iran, the security forces appeared at her house and informed her that she has been summoned to Ghaemshahr Intelligence Ministry. She was detained and transferred to the Sari Intelligence Ministry.

He house had also been searched before her arrest.

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Source: http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=12198

Persian Article: http://www.rahana.org/archives/45724

]]> http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/8588/feed 0 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7736 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7736#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:39:03 +0000 editor http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=7736 (RAHANA 29 April 2011) Sari Baha’i citizen Vajiollah Mirzagolpour was arrested after being summoned by the Intelligence Ministry.Last Sunday, someone who claimed to be the interrogator for the Intelligence Ministry called Mirzagolpour’s house and told him to appear at the Ministry by 11:00 am.  He is 71 and is suffering from heart problems. He asked the authorities to send him a written summons order. They referred to his house later that day and requested that he appear at the Ministry. He was detained for indictment after referring to the Intelligence Ministry.

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Source: http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=10919

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Source: http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=10914

He had previously been detained in February for 5 days and later released on bail. According to the Human Rights House of Iran, his store has been closed with the court order. Earlier, the Intelligence agents had referred to his store and had searched it. Last year, the authorities had searched his store without a warrant.

It is notable that his book, pictures, CDs and computer were confiscated during the search.

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Source: http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=10822

]]> http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7730/feed 0 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7727 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7727#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:24:53 +0000 editor http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=7727 (RAHANA 11 April 2011) Sara Mahboubi, a Baha’i student banned from continuing her education, was detained for the second time in the past year and transferred to the Sari Intelligence Ministry.

She was arrested after the authorities searched her father’s house and confiscated her books, notes, CDs and computer. According to the Human Rights House of Iran, she had previously been arrested for 24 days last May and had been later released on bail. On Thursday, her lawyer was served with a 10 month long prison sentence.

Membership in the “anti-revolutionary” site of facebook is one of the alleged charges. She had previously been summoned to the Sari Court over the phone but she had refused to appear since the summons had taken place over the phone.

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Source: http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=10796

]]> http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7727/feed 1 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7596 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7596#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 03:45:33 +0000 editor http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=7596 (RAHANA, 23 Feb. 2011) Sari Baha’i resident Behzad Zabihi was arrested after being summoned to the Intelligence Ministry.

There has been no information as to his whereabouts. The summons had taken place after the raid on his house and workplace by the security forces.

According to the Human Rights House of Iran, 6 agents raided his house and confiscated his computer, books, CDs, and pictures related to the faith of Baha’i. They closed his store and summoned him to the Intelligence Ministry on the same day.

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Source: http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=10267

]]> http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7596/feed 0 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7314 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7314#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:11:45 +0000 editor http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=7314 (RAHANA 22 Dec 2010) Baha’i citizen Roya Ghanabri who is the sister of Amir Ghanbari, has been detained.

RAHANA: On Monday, Roya Ghanabri, a Baha’i resident of Sari, was detained without a judicial warrant.  On Sunday, 11 security agents searched the house of Fataneh Nouri, the wife of Omid Ghanabri, after showing her arrest warrant.

Roya Ghanbari, Omid Ghanbari’s sister, who is currently in detention had appeared at the news unit of the judiciary for questioning and had later contacted her family stating that she had been arrested.

Sari Intelligence Ministry authorities searched the house of Fataneh Nouri’s father and father in law and stated that she has been summoned to the Intelligence Ministry for questioning and she also had to deliver the clothes of Roya’s brother Omid. When Roya Ghanbari’s husband delivered Omid’s clothes to the Intelligence Ministry on Monday, the agents threatened that if Roya fails to show up, they will get a judicial arrest warrant.

After searching the house, the Intelligence Ministry contacted Mr. Ghanbari’s home 4 times. In his first telephone contact, Omid Ghanbari asked questions about the whereabouts of his wife and in the second telephone call, he asked about the condition of his elderly parents who had witnessed the offensive behavior of the agents. In the other phone calls, the authorities stated that Roya should visit her brother in prison and should respond to several questions.

Eleven security authorities referred to the house of Fataneh Nouri’s father and father in law and searched the house of his father in law despite the fact that the warrant had only been issued for her arrest.

During the raid, the authorities insulted the sacred rituals of the Baha’i faith and her family members. They also seized their Baha’i books, a Quran, a receiver and a number of CDs.

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Source: http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=8665

]]> http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7314/feed 1 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7295 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7295#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:41:58 +0000 editor http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=7295 (RAHANA 6 Jan 2011) Two arrests, a conviction and a summons order are the recent pressures of Islamic Republic on Baha’i citizens living in Iran.

In continuing the trend of increased persecution on Baha’is in Mazandaran, Mahin Taj Rouhani who is a Baha’i citizen in Sari city, was arrested on Saturday, January 1^st.

This arrest was done after searching her house completely by security officials in Sari city.

She had previously been summoned by a phone call to the Ministry of Intelligence on December 19^th. She had been summoned under the pretext of answering some questions at the Ministry of Intelligence for not having the documents of her mobile SIM card. She failed to show up since the authorities’ claim was false and the summons order had been unofficial and had been communicated to her orally.  She was threatened along with her husband after she failed to show up.

On December 25, 2010, Seven of the Sari city Intelligence agents stormed to her house. They had a search warrant and proceeded to search her home and also confiscated some equipments such as books and pictures related to Baha’i faith, computer case, satellite dish and receiver, cassette tapes, and family CDs.

The officers also forced her to promise that she will appear at the Ministry of intelligence on December 29^th.

Baha’i Citizen Artin Ghazanfari Began Serving Sentence

One year has passed since his initial arrest. Ghazanfari who had been transferred to the Evin Prison along with nine more Baha’i citizens on January 3, 2010, has to serve his prison sentence. Although he had to begin serving his sentence on January 3^rd, he was able to postpone it for one month since he is under treatment for acute pulmonary disease. He caught the disease during his confinement in Evin and Rajaei Shahr Prisons.

After the events of Ashura last year, Artin Ghazanfari was arrested by the security forces in Tehran and his house was searched. His wife, Jinous Sobhani was arrested along with him. His family was concerned about his condition since he was held incommunicado. He was not even allowed to be with his family during the Iranian New year. After three months In Evin and Rajaei Shahr prisons, he was released for a week on April 3, 2010. Once more, he was confined in Evin until April 18^th and was finally released on a $50,000 bail. His trial was held in April and he was sentenced to one year of imprisonment.

His lung disease which has not cured since last year is maily due to difficult and unsanitary conditions of Evin and Rajaei Shahr Prisons.

Detention of Baha’i citizen Masrour Fazli

Masrour Fazli, a Baha’i living in Urmia, has been arrested on the thirty-first of December 2010.

Moreover, Shiva Karimi, Homeira Parvizi and Navid Morghi three Bahae’i living in Urmia had been arrested after security forces raided, searched and confiscated some their personal belongings.

In recent weeks, pressure on the Baha’is in different cities of country has intensified. Since the beginning of January, Mahin Taj Rowhani, Roya Ghanbari in Sary city and Adib Hagh Pejou in Shiraz were arrested by security forces after their houses were searched. Shole Taef, a Baha’i living in Semnan was summoned for serving her one year prison sentence term.

Anisa Safaryan, a Baha’i expelled student of Elmo San’at University of Babolsar city, was also arrested when her house was searched and some of her personal belongings were confiscated by the security forces and so far she has been able to call her family only once.

Fouad Khanjani was sentenced to four years of imprisonment

Fouad Khanjani was arrested on the twenty-seventh of April, 2010 after being summoned to the office of Ministry of Intelligence. He had already been summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence on the second of March, 2010. He had also received similar orders twice.

He had already been expelled from Industrial Management of Esfahan due to his belief in the Baha’i faith.

Fouad Khanjani is the son of Ala’adin Khanjani who had previously been arrested, the brother of Lava Khanjani(Mobasher) who has been sentenced to two years of imprisonment and the grandson of Jamaloddin Khanjani , one of the seven former leaders of the Baha’i community.

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Source: http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=9128

]]> http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7295/feed 1 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7171 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/7171#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 02:56:34 +0000 editor http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=7171 (RAHANA 28 Nov 2010) Massoud Ataeian, a Baha’i resident of Ghaemshahr, will begin serving his 10 month prison sentence in the Ghaemshahr prison.

According to the RAHANA reporter, Ataeian was held in the Sari Intelligence Ministry Detention Center for 3 months. He was held in solitary confinement. The appeals court did not change the sentence.

Since the Islamic Revolution, pressure has intensified on Baha’i citizens. After Ahmadinejad’s government came into power, the pressure on the Baha’i citizens has worsened.

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Source: http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=8121