BAHA'IS ARRESTED IN MAY 2008
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Seven members of the national coordinating group of the Baha’is were arrested in Tehran and Mashhad by the Ministry of Intelligence office. Six members, Mrs Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr Afif Naeimi, Mr Saeid Rezaie, Mr Behrouz Tavakkoli, and Mr Vahid Tizfahm, were arrested and taken to the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran on Wednesday, 14 May 2008, and the seventh member Mrs Mahvash Sabet was arrested in Mashhad on Wednesday, 5 March 2008.
هفت عضو گروه هماهنگ کننده جامعه بهائیان در طهران و مشهد توسط ماموران امنیتی بازداشت شدند٠ شش عضو این گروه خانم فريبا كمال آبادى، آقاى جمال الدين خانجانى، آقاى عفيف نعيمى، آقاى سعيد رضائى، آقاى بهروز توكلى و آقاى وحيد تيزفهم روز چهارشنبه ٢٥ اردیبهشت ١٣٨٧ در طهران دستگیر و به زندان مشهور اوین منتقل شدند٠ هفتمین عضو خانم مهوش ثابت روز چهارشنبه ١٥ اسفند ١٣٨٦ درمشهد بازداشت شده بود٠

Sunday 18 May 2008

CNN: Iran's arrest of Baha'is condemned


CNN international condemned the recent arrests of the Bha'is in Iran. CNN refers to the statement issued by the U.S. State Department last Friday.

The U.S. State Department issued a statement Friday "strongly" condeming the arrests, which it said were "a clear violation of the Iranian regime's international commitments and obligations to respect international religious freedom norms.

"We urge the authorities to release all Baha'is currently in detention and cease their ongoing harassment of the Iranian Baha'i community," the U.S. statement said.

For complete details please visit the following links:


CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/16/iran.bahais/index.html

U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/may/104939.htm

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