Iran Detains More Baha'is
IranVNC just reported the arrest of five [or six] more Baha'is following the detention of the seven leaders of Iran's Baha'i community less than two weeks before. Three of the recent detainees were arrested in the Isfahan area on the 24th of May. The news report writes:The arrest of the three men, Hooshmand Talebi, Mehran Zini, and Farhad Ferdowsiyan, was first reported yesterday by the Iran-based rights organization Human Rights Activities in Iran.As to the additional three, the report indicates that a representative of the Baha'is of the United States told IranVNC:
The same organization also reported that three other Baha’is in Iran’s northern Mazandaran Province had been arrested in recent days.
"We have learned that two Baha’is (not three) from Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran province, were taken into custody on May 19, 2008 to commence serving their prison sentences, following the rejection of their appeals last year."The whereabouts of the seven leaders of the Baha'i community of Iran, detained earlier, remains to be a mystery. They have not been formally charged with any crimes. However, in regards to the six [or five] additional detainees, the report indicates:
...yesterday, in response to a question about the six detained individuals, Judiciary Spokesperson Ali-Reza Jamshidi said they had been charged with participating in “illegal gatherings.”To read the entire report on IranVNC website, please click here....
"The six people have been given a two-year suspended prison sentence for the crime of acting against national security by participating in illegal gatherings," Fars News Agency quoted him as saying in a news conference.
Ya Baha'ul'Abha !!!
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ReplyDeleteI wanted to share that the following part of the news you have incorporated is unfortunately inaccurate. Not that there were any mostakes on your part, but that the original news agency sending this news out was mistaken. Here is the mistaken item:
"The six people have been given a two-year suspended prison sentence for the crime of acting against national security by participating in illegal gatherings," Fars News Agency quoted him as saying in a news conference."
The "six people" referred to here, are the women activists, not the Baha'is. I wish the Friends would also receive the same, even though still unfair, it would be better than what they are in now.
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ReplyDeleteCan you please give me your source of information? Thanks....
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Iran Arrests Five Baha’is
Five more Baha’is in Iran have been detained in recent days and taken to prison, less than two weeks after the leaders of the country’s Baha’i community were arrested and taken to Tehran’s Evin prison.
The Iranian government has not made any comments on the new arrests. But yesterday, when asked about the six Baha’i leaders detained on May 14th, Judiciary Spokesperson Ali-Reza Jamshidi said they had been charged with “acting against national security by participating in illegal gatherings,” and had been given a “two-year suspended prison sentence.”