In the ongoing measures carried out against Baha’is by the security apparatus, more than 10 people in Isfahan and Yakan in Birjand were arrested.
According to reports, on the eve of Tuesday July 12, agents of the Intelligence Agency in Isfahan went to the home of Navid Parvini during a religious ceremony called the ‘Feast’ and after searching his home and seizing his computer, books and religious booklets, arrested Navid Parvini and his wife Negar Sobhanian. Keivan Dehqani, Farshid Badakhsh and a number of other Baha’is (about 12 people) in the ceremony were also arrested and taken to an unknown location.
Afsaneh Ferdusian (wife of Keivan Dehqani) who was at the ceremony with her four year old and nine month old children was sent home with a Taxi [by security forces] because her children were crying. She was told to wait for their call.
There is no information on the condition and whereabouts of the detainees thus far.
In Birjand, intelligence agents went to the home of another Baha’i man identified as Saied Mokhtari and after searching his home and seizing his personal and religious belongings, arrested him and took him to an unknown location.
These agents then went to his shop and seized his computer and some documents. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jul. 14, 2011)