Iran - Report of Baha’i citizens arrested in last year
The names of Baha’i citizens
summoned and imprisoned in the last Iranian calendar year were as follows (in
order of date):
1. Newa Kholusi: 4½ years
detention – arrested on 30 March 2014 in Mashhad
2. Nika Kholusi: 6 years
detention – arrested on 30 March 2014 in Mashhad
3. Sonia Ahmadi: 5 years
detention – arrested on 30 March 2014 in Mashhad
4. Nasim Bagher: 4 years
detention – arrested on 27 April 2014 in Tehran
5. Nasim Ashrafi: 1 year
detention – arrested on 6 May 2014 in Tehran
6. Elham Farahani: 4 years
detention – arrested on 11 May 2014 in Tehran
7. Shamim Nai’mi: 3 years
detention – arrested on 11 May 2014 in Tehran
8. Shahab Dehghani: 4 years
detention – arrested on 24 May 2014 in Tehran
9. Shamis Mohajer: 1 year
detention – arrested on 28 June 2014 in Tehran
10. Sarang Ettehadi: 1 year
detention – arrested on 19 July 2014 in Tehran
11. Farhad Eghbali: 5 years
detention – arrested on 30 August 2014 in Tehran (transfer from Gorgan)
12. Amir Ma'boudi: 6 months
detention – arrested on 9 October 2014 in Urumieh
13. Adnan Rahmat Panah: 1 year
in detention – arrested on 11 November 2014 in Shiraz
14. Nushin Mithaghi: 6 months
in detention – 29 November 2014 in Urumieh
15. Soheila Aghdasi: 6 months
in detention – 29 November 2014 in Urumieh
16. Adib Shoa’i: 6 months in
detention – 29 November 2014 in Mashhad
17. Fardin Aghsani: 3 years
detention – arrested on 1 December 2014 in Urumieh
18. Neda Forsati-pour: 6
months detention – arrested early December 2014 in Urumieh
19. Farahnaz Moghadam: 3 years
detention – arrested on 10 December 2014 in Urumieh
20. Susan Tabianian: 1 year
detention – arrested on 24 December 2014 in Urumieh
21. Shahram Fallah: 3 years
detention – arrested on 31 January 2015 in Kerman
22. Navid Haghighi: 3 years
detention – arrested on 31 January 2015 in Arak
23. Faramarz Lotfi: 3 months detention
– arrested on 3 February 2015 in Tankabon
24. Sarvash Garshasbi: 3
months detention – arrested on 3 February 2015 in Tankabon
25. Ziaollah Ghaderi: 3 months
detention – arrested on 3 February 2015 in Tankabon
26. Farah Baghi: 1 year
detention – arrested on 10 February 2015 in Yazd
27. Fariba Ashtari: 2 years
detention – arrested on 21 February 2015 in Yazd
28. Khosro Dehghani: 3 years
detention – arrested on 3 March 2015 in Yazd (transfer from Isfahan)
29. Fariborz Baghi: 2 years
detention – arrested on 7 March 2015 in Yazd
30. Naghme Farabi: 2 years
detention – arrested in second half of March 2015 in Yazd (transfer from Najaf
Abad)
31. Iman Rashidi: 3 years
detention – arrested on 18 March 2015 in Yazd
32. Shabnam Mottahed: 2 years
detention – arrested on 18 March 2015 in Yazd
One should add to this list
the name of Iraj Lohraseb and Tanaz Mohammadi, two Baha’is from the city of
Yazd arrested and sent to prison on 29 June 2014 for social media activities
promoting Baha’is. They are currently serving their jail terms.
Lohraseb was condemned to 2
years and Mohammadi to 1 year in prison, and currently they are serving their
prison time.
Furthermore, based on reports
from human rights sources, at least 50 Baha’is were arrested and released on
bail through the last Iranian calendar year. These arrests were made in various
cities including Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz, Semnan and Hamedan.
The last individual of the
Baha’i community arrested in Iran was ‘Lale Mahdi Nezhad’ who was arrested at her
home on 8 March 2015 and transferred to Evin Prison.
We must see in the new Iranian
calendar year will there be a decrease in this trend, or will it be same old
same old.
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