From HRA Iran: They were taken to an unknown location. Adel Fanaian and Abbas Nourani, who are members of the local administrative body of the Baha`i community in Semnan, and Zaher Eskandarian, a former member, were arrested at their homes. Another Baha`i, Sahba Rezvani, who is also a member of the local administrative body, was [...]

In a translation of a report by Human Rights Activists – Iran, Iran Human Rights Voice reports that 3 Baha’is were sentenced to 2 years imprisonment, on the pretence that they were carrying out activities against national security. Human Rights Advocates in Iran- Three Bahai faithful social activists from the city of Yasooj, identified as [...]

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran recently released a statement in which it expressed concern over the detention of 3 Baha’is in the Iranian province of Mazandaran on November, and urged the international community to protest the continued harassment of Baha’is in Iran. Below is the text of the release: The International Campaign [...]

According to a report by Human Rights Activists in Iran, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided several households in the city of Semnan, and confiscated several personal belongings of the families. Agents of the the Ministry of Intelligence raided Baha’i Households in Semnan in an Expanded Operation. At 6:00 A.M. yesterday, December 14, 2008, [...]