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Arrest of Baha’i citizen Inayatullah Naimi
Ariyai Community News Agency – Inayatullah Naimi, a Baha’i citizen living in Isfahan and the brother of Afif Naimi, one of the former members of the leaders of the Baha’i community of Iran known as “Yaran Iran”, was arrested by the security forces on Wednesday, October 6. While searching the house, workplace and garden of this citizen in the outskirts of Isfahan, the agents confiscated some of his personal belongings including his mobile phone and laptop and took them with them.
According to the news agency of Jamia Aryaei, on Wednesday, October 6, 1401, Inayatullah Naimi, a Baha’i citizen living in Isfahan and the brother of Afif Naimi, a former member of the leaders of the Baha’i community of Iran known as “Yaran Iran”, was arrested by the agents of the Intelligence Department.
While searching the house, workplace and garden of this citizen in the outskirts of Isfahan, the agents confiscated some of his personal belongings including his mobile phone and laptop and took them with them. An informed source regarding Mr. Naimi’s health condition said: “He underwent surgery last year and is not in a good condition, however, despite his poor physical condition, he was arrested by the officers and taken to an unknown location.”
On Sunday, August 9 this year, Afif Naimi, one of the former members of the leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community known as “Yaran Iran” and the brother of Inayatullah Naimi, along with 6 other Baha’i citizens, were arrested by the security forces in different cities of the country.
So far, no information is available about the whereabouts and charges against this citizen.
Baha’i citizens in Iran are deprived of the freedoms related to religious beliefs, this systematic deprivation while according to Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, every person has the right to freedom of religion and change of religion with conviction, as well as have the freedom to express it individually or collectively and publicly or secretly.
According to unofficial sources, there are more than three hundred thousand Baha’i citizens in Iran, but the Iranian constitution only recognizes Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism and does not recognize the Baha’i religion. For this reason, the rights of Baha’is have been systematically violated in Iran over the past years.
