Iranian security forces in Tehran arrested more than 100 Yarsani activists today. The Yarsan or Ahl-e Haqq (People of Truth) faith dates back to the 14th century in Iranian Kurdistan and is estimated to have 2 million followers. Its followers are subject to systematic discrimination and oppression by the Iranian state. The activists were […]
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Two Sunni ex-convicts are arrested again
Foad Rezazadeh and Hossein Javadi were imprisoned in Rajaie Shahr prison but these two Sunni citizens have been arrested right after they got released. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Foad Rezazadeh who had spent 18 months imprisonment in Rajaie Shahr prison of Karaj, has been arrested while he […]
Mohammad-Hadi Bordhar Arrested For Bible Distribution In Iran
An Iranian Christian convert has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for distributing Bibles in his home country, the Vatican missionary news agency Fides reported on Wednesday. Mohammad-Hadi Bordhar was arrested in Iran in December and reportedly said he wanted to “evangelise by handing out 12,000 pocket bibles”. He was accused of “crimes […]
More Christian Converts Arrested in Tehran and Isfahan
Several individuals were arrested during a raid on a house church in Western Tehran late last week, a source informed about the recent arrests of Christian converts in Tehran told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Four of the detainees are Parham Farazmand, Sara Sardsirian, Sedigheh Kiani, and Mona Fazli. “On Friday, […]
Supporters of new president-elect Rohani arrested in Tabriz
Three pro-Rohani activists have been detained in the Iranian city of Tabriz. Sources told the Green Voice of Freedom that three student activists who actively supported Iran’s new president-elect Hassan Rohani were arrested on Tuesday. Behnam Nikzad, Amin Farid-Yahyai and Ali Orujzadeh were detained by the Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday. The three were held […]
Student Activist Forcefully Arrested to Serve Prison Sentence
Security forces stormed the home of Ashkan Zahabian, a former Mashhad University student and member of the Daftar Tahkim Vahdat Student Organization General Council, arrested him, and transferred him to Babol’s Mati Kola Prison on May 27, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. According to the source, the security […]
Political Activists Arrested In Lahijan Ahead Of The Presidential Election
As the presidential election nears, a number of political activists have been summoned, homes of some activists searched and a number of activists who were planing to open a campaign office for Hashemi Rafsanjani have been arrested. Among the arrested are, Hamid Hadisi, Ebrahim Khoshsirat, Mourice Bagheri, and Mr. Jafari the chair of the […]
Another Gonabadi Dervish Arrested in Kavar
Gonabadi dervish, Sayed Ebrahim Bahrami resident of Kavar town in Fars Province arrested.According to Majzooban Noor, Sayed Ebrahim Bahrami was arrested without a valid warrant by security forces and plain-clothes at his work place (Shahreza ORE workshop) on Monday night, 16th Ordibehesht 1392 (May 6 2013).Sayed Ebrahim Bahrami was taken to Shiraz’s intelligence office […]
Editor arrested after report claiming voter fraud
A journalist for an Iranian news website says its editor has been arrested after reporting that there is an audiotape of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussing vote rigging in his disputed 2009 re-election. Ahmadinejad’s office strongly denied last month’s report on the Baztab website, and so far, no audiotape has surfaced. The president’s supporters claim […]
Environmental activist Mostafa Bani-Sharif arrested
An environmental activist from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province has been arrested. According to opposition site Daneshjoo news, Mostafa Bani-Sharif was arrested on Tuesday after being summoned to the Intelligence Bureau of Shahrekord city, the province’s capital. Bani-Sharif is said to have been a signatory to a letter written by 80 activists in the province […]