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

Thursday 22 May 2008

Ayatollah Montazeri declares Iranian Baha'is as rightful citizens

A decree was just issued by Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri declaring Iranian Baha'is as rightful citizens.

Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri declared on Wednesday, 14 May 2008: since they [Baha'is] are the citizens of this country, they have the right of citizenship and to live in this country. Also, they must benefit from the Islamic compassion which is stressed in Quran and by the religious authorities.

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