{"id":5160,"date":"2019-11-30T15:50:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T15:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/?p=5160"},"modified":"2019-11-30T15:50:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T15:50:49","slug":"monthly-report-of-violation-against-followers-of-religions-in-iran-november-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/?p=5160","title":{"rendered":"Monthly report of violation against followers of religions in Iran \u2013 November 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tables Preparation: Hamid Reza Taghipour Dehghan Tabrizi<\/p>\n<p>Data Compiler: Mohammad Hosein Malani Barzi, Mohamad Aftabi, Hadi Dartomi, Hamid Reza Taghipour Dehghan Tabrizi<\/p>\n<p>Translation by Amin Jafari<\/p>\n<p>Edit: Alireza Jahan Bin<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Article 18 (The right to freedom of opinion)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Everyone has the right of freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Article 19 (The right to freedom of expression)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Everyone has the right of freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.<\/p>\n<p>This report consists of statistical information about violation against the rights of followers of other religions in Iran until the end of Mordad 1398 (22 August 2019). This report has been presented statistically-analytically.<\/p>\n<p>It is obvious that because of strict actions of Islamic Republic of Iran with the Human Rights activists especially in observation and reporting the Human Rights violations and also deprivation of free circulation of information and constantly refusal of Iran`s government to recognize an independent\u00a0domain\u00a0in\u00a0civil\u00a0activities, at the present time, reporting is very difficult and dangerous for many reporters and activists (whom are in prison or custody) and are facing a lot of limits.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Important Notice: the following report reflects only 20 to 30 percent of the reality in Iran.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The pressure on followers of other religions still continues:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The current authorities in Iran and its leaders are believing that some religious groups are the enemies of the country, because their religious beliefs may challenge the loyalty to the regime and\u00a0under\u00a0the pretext\u00a0of preserving\u00a0national\u00a0and\u00a0political\u00a0security, they suppress\u00a0the\u00a0religious\u00a0activities of other religions followers.<\/p>\n<p>Detentions\u00a0and\u00a0targeted\u00a0violence\u00a0against the followers\u00a0of other\u00a0religions\u00a0in\u00a0Iran\u00a0still continues by\u00a0the security\u00a0and\u00a0judicial\u00a0organizations\u00a0of the\u00a0Islamic\u00a0Republic of Iran.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0Iran, citizens\u00a0on\u00a0the basis\u00a0of religion\u00a0beliefs are divided\u00a0into\u00a0two\u00a0official\u00a0and\u00a0non-official\u00a0categories.<\/p>\n<p>The Baha`i religion is one of the non-official religions in Iran which is under more pressures rather than other religions. The Baha`is are deprived of performing\u00a0ritual\u00a0rites,\u00a0propagating\u00a0their\u00a0religion and teaching and educating in higher\u00a0educational levels. At\u00a0the present\u00a0time, hundreds\u00a0of\u00a0Baha\u2019i citizens\u00a0are suffering from\u00a0long\u00a0prison terms\u00a0in\u00a0different\u00a0jails\u00a0of the country, including\u00a0Semnan, Mashhad,\u00a0Tehran,\u00a0Karaj\u00a0and\u00a0other\u00a0cities\u00a0of Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Official religions like Christianity have faced great limitations. The government only recognizes the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assyria\">Assyrian<\/a> Christians, Armenian and Chaldean worships, preaching the gospel to Iranian is a crime, the Persian language people are forbidden to enter the churches, and\u00a0churches\u00a0are\u00a0tasked\u00a0to submit\u00a0their\u00a0members names\u00a0to\u00a0the Ministry of Intelligence,\u00a0along\u00a0with copies\u00a0of\u00a0their\u00a0national identification card.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the Article 13 and 26 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran Christianity in a recognized religion, and the right to pray or build a community has been given to the Christians but confrontation with the Protestant Christians who are believing in the gospel of their religion still continues, and domestic churches are facing widespread suppression.<\/p>\n<p>Religious discrimination is strictly enforcing against the Sunni Muslims. They\u00a0mostly are living in the boarder sides of the country, and are deprived of the right to build mosques and their religious rituals like Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha prayer in\u00a0central\u00a0areas\u00a0as well\u00a0as\u00a0Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Even\u00a0in\u00a0some cases\u00a0the destruction\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Sunni Mosques\u00a0has\u00a0been\u00a0reported and These people are dealing with execution, detention\u00a0and\u00a0persecution. They\u00a0are\u00a0prohibited\u00a0from\u00a0hiring\u00a0in\u00a0governmental\u00a0organizations. A\u00a0prominent\u00a0example\u00a0is the Bijan Zolfaghar Nasab\u00a0who was\u00a0appointed to the Minister\u00a0of Sports\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Hassan\u00a0Rouhani government, but because he is Sunni they did not give him the vote to be selected for this position.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><u>Sunni:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sunnis are seeking the security\u00a0and\u00a0brotherhood,\u00a0they\u00a0expect\u00a0to have the religious\u00a0liberty and\u00a0this\u00a0is\u00a0the demand\u00a0of\u00a0every\u00a0member\u00a0of\u00a0the Sunni\u00a0community. \u00a0It\u00a0is expected\u00a0that\u00a0the Sunni\u00a0community\u00a0in\u00a0the great\u00a0cities\u00a0of the country, like\u00a0Isfahan\u00a0and\u00a0other\u00a0cities,\u00a0can\u00a0pray freely\u00a0and\u00a0educate\u00a0their\u00a0children. This\u00a0expectation is\u00a0perfectly legal.<\/p>\n<p>The right to build the mosques in any city or have the freedom for Friday and Eid prayers or have the complete freedom, are completely legal\u00a0and\u00a0they do not\u00a0have a\u00a0lot\u00a0of\u00a0demands. The Sunnis are\u00a0believing\u00a0that\u00a0their right should\u00a0be consider and\u00a0that no one\u00a0would\u00a0be\u00a0deprived\u00a0of\u00a0their rights\u00a0for\u00a0religion\u00a0beliefs,\u00a0because respecting\u00a0the rights\u00a0of\u00a0the people\u00a0causes\u00a0unity\u00a0and\u00a0closeness.<\/p>\n<p>Because of religious\u00a0propaganda the Sunni\u00a0prisoners\u00a0are\u00a0convicted\u00a0with charges\u00a0of\u00a0action\u00a0against\u00a0national\u00a0security, they have the sentence of combat against GOD, they are spending their conviction time in jail and in an inappropriate space and constantly\u00a0being\u00a0insulted\u00a0by\u00a0the prison\u00a0officers\u00a0and guards because of\u00a0their\u00a0opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Article\u00a020\u00a0of\u00a0the Constitution\u00a0of\u00a0the Islamic\u00a0Republic\u00a0of\u00a0Iran\u00a0stresses\u00a0that based on the rules\u00a0of Islam, all Iranian citizens are equal. However, along\u00a0with\u00a0other\u00a0religions\u00a0in\u00a0Iran,\u00a0the\u00a0constitution\u00a0has\u00a0failed\u00a0to ensure\u00a0equality\u00a0for\u00a0more\u00a0than\u00a0three decades\u00a0to guarantee\u00a0the\u00a0rights of\u00a0citizens. Sunni\u00a0followers\u00a0in\u00a0Iran\u00a0are\u00a0in\u00a0the same\u00a0condition,\u00a0even\u00a0though\u00a0they are\u00a0Muslims. They\u00a0are deprived\u00a0not only, of\u00a0the\u00a0management\u00a0responsibilities\u00a0of the country\u00a0and\u00a0military but also,\u00a0equal opportunities\u00a0and\u00a0facilities. They\u00a0are facing\u00a0strict\u00a0obstacles\u00a0and\u00a0constraints\u00a0to\u00a0publicize\u00a0their\u00a0beliefs\u00a0and\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.abadis.ir\/entofa\/p\/perform\/\">perform<\/a>\u00a0their\u00a0religious\u00a0rites\u00a0from\u00a0the Iranian government.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In this Month:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Based on human\u2019s right report: on November 9<sup>th<\/sup> 2019, Molavi Ebrahim Habashi, a Sunni clergy was arrested in Bandar Abbas airport and transported to an unknown place.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The statistical report of violations against the Sunnis:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"820\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">Row<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"532\">Subject<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">Number of Cases<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Detention and Unawareness<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Confiscation of Passport<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Prohibition of Leaving the Country<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"619\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><u>Baha`i:<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iran, a country that many Baha`is are living in, The\u00a0Baha&#8217;i is\u00a0still\u00a0considered as an &#8220;apostate\u00a0sect&#8221; in\u00a0Iran.\u00a0It is well known that Baha`is are seeking the peace, they do not want political power and do not pose the security threat. However, the Iranian religious regime pursues them. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, methodically Baha`is were deprived of access to higher education levels as well as employment rights, and if they persevere in claim for their lost rights, they will face the false accusations, imprisonment and intimidation, and always have been exposed to arbitrary arrests and imprisonment. They have never been able to follow their religious instructions in public. They are being abused almost all the way of their life.<\/p>\n<p>It is not possible to transfer the knowledge and human experience, except through specific trainings. And so the right to education is one of the fundamental human rights which has been mentioned in Articles 26 and 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 2 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Articles 13, 14 and 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, that everyone has the right to educate\u00a0 without discrimination based on distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. The Iranian government is obliged to provide all essential facilities for enjoyment of all citizens from this natural right and also should remove any kind of obstacles based on geographical, political, economic and cultural conditions in order to provide these fundamental rights.<\/p>\n<p>Prohibition of work and business\u00a0is\u00a0another\u00a0strain\u00a0and\u00a0harassment\u00a0that\u00a0the Baha`is are\u00a0facing\u00a0in society. In most of the provinces, the Public Places Surveillance Authority which is affiliated with the Police Force, without any permission is sealing their businesses places.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In this month:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on November 9<sup>th<\/sup>, Samin Maghsodi, a Baha`i citizen in Tehran, who was previously sentenced to 5 years of discretionary custody in prison, was transferred to Evin prison.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on November 9<sup>th<\/sup>, the appeal court was held for two Baha`i citizens, Kiana Rezvani and Kimia Mostafavi, in Kerman.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on October 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, the verdict of court of law for three Baha`i citizens in Semnan, Ardeshir Fanaian, Yalda Firouzian and Behnam Eskandarian, was issued. Due to this verdict Ardeshir Fanaian was condemned to 10 years of discretionary custody in prison and 1 year of deprivation from living in Semnan and one year of exile in Khash city, and Yalda Firouzian and Behnam Eskandarian each were condemned to 5 years of discretionary custody in prison and 2 years of deprivation from living in Semnan. And also each one of these three citizens were additionally condemned to 1-year of discretionary custody in prison for the activities against national security.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on November 7<sup>th<\/sup>, Kiana Sho`ai, a Baha`i citizen in Shiraz who was arrested on 21<sup>st<\/sup> of October was temporarily freed on bail until her next trial.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on October 29<sup>th<\/sup>, some of the Baha`i citizens who attended in Baha`i\u2019s prophet\u2019s birthday anniversary was arrested by Sepah forces and transferred to an unknown place. Two of them were Shahriar Atrian and Polad Karami.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on October 30<sup>th<\/sup>, at least five Baha`i\u2019s shops were closed.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on October 28<sup>th<\/sup>, Jamal Sabet, a Baha`i citizen in Tehran was arrested at his home by intelligent forces during the family ceremony which was held at his house and moved to an unknown place. Some of his personal properties like cell phone and laptop were confiscated by intelligent forces.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on October 27<sup>th<\/sup>, the tombstones of the grave yard of Baha`i citizens \u201cGolestan Javid\u201d were by unknown people.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on November 21<sup>st<\/sup>, Pouneh Nasheri, Mino Riazati, Asadollah Jaberi, Ehteram Sheykhi, Emad Jaberi, Faride Jaberi and Farokhlagha Faramarzi, seven Baha`i citizens in Boushehr were each condemned to three years of discretionary custody in prison by appeal court.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on November 16<sup>th<\/sup>, Naser Rajab, a Baha`i citizen in Karaj was arrested at home by intelligent forces and moved to an unknown place.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The statistical report of violations against the Baha`is:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"820\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">Row<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"532\">Subject<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">Number of Cases<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Detention and Unawareness<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Start of Conviction<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Detainees in an Unknown Situation<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Trial<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Order Issue of discretionary custody<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Exile Order<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">7<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Aggressive Behavior towards the Citizens<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">House or Work Place Invasion<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Destruction of Grave Yard and Tombstones<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Inquisition<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">11<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Sealing the Work Places<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Marginalization and Rumor Spreading<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">13<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">House Inspection<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Property Confiscation<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">15<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Deprivation of Citizenship Rights<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">16<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Conditional Freedom<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"619\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"201\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">76<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><u>Christians:<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Republic is trying to destroy the Christianity, and this is a bitter fact about the violations against the Christians rights. Christians, who have been charged and sentenced to persecution by the Islamic Republic because of their heresy and religious conversion.<\/p>\n<p>Violation against the Christian rights is increasing in the Islamic Countries and many of them are facing the racial harassment on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>In the Islamic Republic of Iran, a numerous number of Christians are jailed for religious conversion and religious activities. Currently, according to the human rights organizations in Iran, a large number of well-known Christians are in prison for offences such as preaching the <a href=\"https:\/\/iraniantranslate.com\/dictionary\/english-persian-translation\/gospel\/\">gospel<\/a>, or teaching and distributing the Bible or other citizens who are convicted of spying and many rights of Christian neophytes have been violated, they have been punished, persecuted, sentenced to the imprisonment or penalties like whip only because of some of their religious rituals like drinking the wine in the Eucharist (the Lord`s Supper) or even in some cases they were threatened to the death.<\/p>\n<p>Security and judicial Organizations pressure on churches still continues and in continuation of the series of restrictions imposed by the security authorities, the Official Evangelical Churches, the Central Numinous Community Church in Tehran, the Protestant Immanuel Church, Peter &#8216;s Evangelical Church in Tehran and etc. have been forced to cooperate with the security Organizations and accepting their demands on revealing the list of their members along with other information about them, including their national identification number, also preventing the participation of the Persian language Christian neophytes in their religious rituals, preventing them to hold the ceremonies in Persian.<\/p>\n<p>Even the churches are refusing to accept the Persian language Christians, and they must hold their ceremonies in non-Persian language.<\/p>\n<p>Prison sentences for Iranian Christians continue to be issued. In the Constitution of Islamic Republic, the religious freedom of Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians has been recognized but so far, the government&#8217;s actions against religious propaganda and the performance of their religious rites has shown that the Principles of the Constitution on the freedom of religion and prevention of ideas and beliefs Inquisition, were only intended to cover the violations against the rights of other religions in Iran. Based on the Islamic Republic Constitution, the twelve Imam Shia is the official religion of Iran and the religious and security organizations of the Iranian government are considering that the propaganda for the principles of these religions is a threat to the dominant ideology of the government and it is one of the main reasons why the regime has suppressed the Christian followers and missionaries by closing their churches and preventing them of religious propaganda.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In this month:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on November 10<sup>th<\/sup>, Ebrahim Firouzi, a Christian neophyte who was freed after serving his imprisonment, was transferred to Sarbaz town to pass his 2 years of exile.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on November 1<sup>st<\/sup>, Naser Nord gol Tape has criticized about not implementing the articles number 13 and 26 in his trials. He is passing his 10 years of imprisonment.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on October 26<sup>th<\/sup>, Ebrahim Firouzi, a Christian neophyte was freed after passing his 5 years of imprisonment and transferred to Sarbaz town to pass his 2 years of exile.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on October 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, Esmail Maghrebinejad a Christian neophyte in Shiraz was freed with a 100 million tomans bail until his next trial.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The statistical report of violations against the Christians:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"820\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">Row<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"543\">Subject<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">Number of Cases<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"543\">Deprivation of Lawyer or Fair Trial Inaccessibility<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"543\">Exile<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"543\">Trial<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"543\">Persecution<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"543\">Marginalization and Rumor Spreading<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"76\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"543\">Freedom<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"619\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><u>Gonabadi Dervishes:<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gonabadi and Nematolahi Dervishes are 11 million people, almost 9 times more than Iranian army. In January and February 2018 in Tehran, they fought against security forces. In a tension between police and Dervishes, 3 police officers and 2 of Basij forces were killed and 300 Dervishes were arrested. The fight started because of the limitation that the government put on visiting their leader, Nourali Tabande. These limitations were the new start of harassment against Dervishes across the country. These harassments continued so that the security forces wanted to surround the Dervishes leader\u2019s house (Doctor Tanabande, a 90 year-old man) with the charge of acting against national security. In result of that, these fighting aroused more. Amirali Mohamadi Labaf, a Gonabadi Dervish member on 18<sup>th<\/sup> of February was invited to the police station and was interrogated and beat. Other Dervishes after getting informed about Amirali Mohamadi Labaf had gone to the police station and made him free but that led to arresting Nematollah Riahi, another Gonabadi Dervish. Mr. Riahi on the same day was transferred to the security forces. These atmosphere continued until 18<sup>th<\/sup> of February that Dervishes gathered in front of Police station number 106 in order to free Mr. Riahi. But this gathering turn to a fight when Special Forces came to the scene and 5 Dervishes were killed and 300 Dervishes were arrested.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In this month:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Based on human\u2019s rights report: on November 13<sup>th<\/sup>, Farhad Naimi and Saleh Kamali Dehkordi two Dervishes in Tehran prison were conditionally freed from the prison.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: 72 of Dervishes in Tehran prison who were arrested on February 26<sup>th<\/sup> 2018 went on a hunger strike to show their objection of the situation of their leader, Nour Ali Tabande.<\/li>\n<li>Based on Human\u2019s rights report: on November 1<sup>st<\/sup>, Nazila Nouri one of the female dervishes who was arrested on February 26<sup>th<\/sup> 2018 was freed from prison after passing the verdict of court of law.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The statistical report of violations against the Gonabadi Dervishes:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"820\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">Row<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"532\">Subject<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">Number of Cases<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Hunger Strike<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Conditionally Freedom<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"88\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Freedom<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"619\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"201\">75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Followers of Other Religions:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>The current authorities in Iran have the belief that some of religious groups are the enemy of the country. Because their beliefs may challenge the loyalty to the regime and with the excuse of keeping political security they have started to suppress any religious activities. The most important point is that the security organization in Iran has special divisions to confront any religion or belief that have no place in the framework of ideology in regime.<\/p>\n<p>In this month:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Based on human\u2019s rights report: on November 15<sup>th<\/sup>, a head of national security in Khorasan Razavi province has announced that a group of people who disrespected the Islamic sanctities in social media were arrested. Based on his report they were managing an anti-religion network.<\/li>\n<li>Based on human\u2019s rights report: on November 14<sup>th<\/sup>, Mashalah Pesarkohan a Jewish citizen in Evin prison has been deprived of medical services from the beginning of his imprisonment. His family live in Israel and cannot meet him in prison.<\/li>\n<li>Based on human\u2019s rights report: on November 9<sup>th<\/sup>, Siavash Hayati a 61-years-old citizen in Kermanshah and a follower of Yarasan religion was refused to continue his education in master degree in political science.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The statistical report of violations against the Followers of Other Religions:<\/p>\n<table width=\"820\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"88\">Row<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Subject<\/td>\n<td width=\"201\">Number of Cases<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"88\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Detention and Unawareness<\/td>\n<td width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"88\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Marginalization and Rumor Spreading<\/td>\n<td width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"88\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Deprivation of the Right to Visit or Phone Call<\/td>\n<td width=\"201\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"88\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Deprivation of Medical Services<\/td>\n<td width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"88\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Deprivation of Education<\/td>\n<td width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"88\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"532\">Inquisition<\/td>\n<td width=\"201\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"619\">Total<\/td>\n<td width=\"201\">7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tables Preparation: Hamid Reza Taghipour Dehghan Tabrizi Data Compiler: Mohammad Hosein Malani Barzi, Mohamad Aftabi, Hadi Dartomi, Hamid Reza Taghipour Dehghan Tabrizi Translation by Amin Jafari Edit: Alireza Jahan Bin<\/p><p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/?p=5160\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-report-of-violations-against-the-human-rights-in-iran","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5161,"href":"https:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5160\/revisions\/5161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.bashariyat.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}