Iran: Harsh Sentence for Rights Lawyer Threatens Activism

The prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s draconian sentence for her peaceful activism shows the threat posed by Iran’s revolutionary courts to human rights work, the Center for Human Rights in Iran and Human Rights Watch said today. Iran should immediately and unconditionally release Sotoudeh and other human rights defenders who are unjustly spending Nowruz, the Persian New Year, behind bars. On March 11, 2019, Reza Khandan, Sotoudeh’s husband, announced that authorities had formally communicated to her that they had added another 33 years in prison and 148 lashes to…

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Human rights Violation yet to Continue in Iran, Christian Citizens arrested in Karaj, Shiraz, and Tehran

Amid extensive human rights violation in Iran, Some Christian citizens along with some Christian proselytes have been arrested in different cities in Iran, yet to be published their whereabouts and their latest status. “Behnam Ersali and Davoud Rasouli(David), 2 Christian proselytes have been arrested by security forces on November 16th, 2008 and moved to an unknown location.” Iranian human rights activists announced. Plus, Sara Karimaghae, Shohreh Darvishi, Babak Hayati, and Hamid Khobyary were arrested in Babak Hayati’s Place on November 17th, let alone their houses were searched by security forced…

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No news of arrested Christian converts in Iran

Seven new Christian converts have recently been arrested in Tehran and Karaj. So far, there is no information on the status of the converts, according to Human Rights Reporters in Iran.   Human Rights Watch has reported that on December 20, 2017, Security forces arrested Farhad Karimi, Vahid Aboulghasemi and Amir Reza Kamali, the Tehran-based new Christian converts, in North Tehran and West Tehran. In addition, these forces interrogated the converts and raided their homes.   According to this report, there is no information on the status of Karimi, Aboulghasemi…

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Four Christians Arrested in Iran

Sources are reporting that four ministers from the Church in Karaj, Iran have been arrested by Sepah (Revolutionary guard). Their homes were invaded on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. The ministers that have been arrested are: Brother Amin Khaki and Brother Milad Goudarzi: arrested in their homes: Brother Shahab Shahi and Brother Alireza Nourmohamadi were arrested during meetings with believers. They are being held in an unknown location and have not been allowed to speak to their families or anyone else. It seems certain that they will be held in solitary…

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The arrest of a number of Christians and Baha’i in Tehran and Shiraz

The continuing violations of religious minorities in Iran, the A number of Christian converts were arrested in Tehran by plainclothes security officers There is no news about their status and destiny . At the same time, it was reported that three Baha’i citizens were arrested in Shiraz after being summoned to the Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal.   According to the Human Rights Reporters , Razmik Khachaturian , Setareh Vahedi, Roya Aminipour, Shaghayegh Dehghani, Mohsen Yazdani, Frank Amini, and Behnam Pourmohammadi – September 25 , 2017 in Tehran They were arrested, and their location is still unknown.   The houses of these people have been inspected, and satellite devices, books, computers and some equipment have been confiscated.   Also, during the past two days, the frequent visits of…

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Forcible actions of Sepah military against the large community of converted Christians in Iran

The intelligence section of Sepah forces in Iran is trying to compensate the low performance of religious and clergy schools is Iran by resorting to intimidation and force. Considering the fact that criminal charges are applied to converted Christians and the same way that charges are applied to those who are caught with hundreds of Bibles and other books as well as those who have dual citizenships and are charged under political crimes.   Based on a report by Iran Human Rights Watchdog Network, Tuesday July 25, 2017, thirteen members…

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No news of arrested Christian converts in Iran

Two weeks after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (sepah) arrested a number of Christian converts in various cities of Iran, there is no news on their condition and their fate. Based on a report by Iran Human Rights Watchdog Network, Tuesday July 25, 2017, thirteen members and activists of domestic churches in Tehran, Ray, and Pardis were arrested and detained by IRGC, their condition still unknown. Based on the report, Brother Vahic, David Isaeian, Amir Hosein Etelaei, Fariba Sharifi, Maryam Tavasolly, Vahid Zahraei, Hamed Emadi, Isa Mivechee, Vahid Shrizad, Hadi…

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11 Iranian Christians Arrested While Attending Mass

Iranian authorities arrested a group of Iranian Christians at a house-church in the city of Isfahan, central Iran, last week. A total of 11 Christians were arrested by armed plain clothes intelligence agents in the raid on August 12. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) have been able to identify ten of those arrested but an eleventh has still not been identified. However, there is no information about the current status of the detainees. Those identified were Amin Ahanin, Mohammad Alyasi, Fatemeh Amini, Edmund Khachaturian, Mohammad Malek Khatai, Mohsen…

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Iran: Ten Christians arrested in home church on Christmas Day

Ten Christians were arrested in Iran when they were attending the Christmas Day service in the city of Shiraz in southern Iran. Human Rights sources have reported that 10 Christian converts were arrested during a ceremony in a house church in Shiraz. According to report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran , a group of Christian converts had gathered to celebrate “Christmas” and also the eve of New Year, then with the sudden influx by plainclothes forces, they were arrested and transferred to an unknown location, on Friday…

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No news of arrested Christian converts in Iran

Two weeks after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (sepah) arrested a number of Christian converts in various cities of Iran, there is no news on their condition and their fate.   Based on a report by Iran Human Rights Watchdog Network, Friday 16 October 2015, 9 members and activists of domestic churches in Shiraz were arrested and detained by IRGC, their condition still unknown. Based on the report, Brother Edward, Hossein Karimi, Maryam Fahimi, Mohammadreza Farmani, Milad Shahabi, Farhad Nikoei, Zahra Khakrah, Nasir Ahamad Safi (Afghanian) and Sina Namvar, were…

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