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Melbourne Baha’i Roya Kamalabadi is gravely concerned for her sister, Fariba, who is imprisoned in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fears are held for the safety of the sister of an Australian Baha\u2019i who has been moved from her cell in a notorious Iranian prison to an even more brutal section of the jail.<\/p>\n

One of seven Iranian Baha\u2019i leaders jailed since 2008, Fariba Kamalabadi, 48, is the sister of Australian pharmacy student, Roya Kamalabadi of Melbourne.<\/p>\n

Australian Baha\u2019i Community spokesperson Tessa Scrine said today that Fariba Kamalabadi has already been physically threatened since the authorities shifted her to the infamous Section 200 of Gohardasht Prison outside Tehran.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have very real fears for Mrs Kamalabadi in this part of the jail which is apparently highly charged with tension among the prisoners,\u201d Ms Scrine said.<\/p>\n

Ms Scrine said the transfer of Mrs Kamalabadi, along with another Baha\u2019i leader, Mrs Mahvash Sabet, has raised fears that it has been deliberately orchestrated to put the women in a life-threatening situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also seems that the authorities wanted to stop them being a source of comfort and hope to other inmates in the cell block where they had been held,\u201d Ms Scrine said.<\/p>\n

The two Baha\u2019i women gained international attention last year when they were praised by American journalist Roxana Saberi, who had shared a cell with them.<\/p>\n

In her best-seller \u201cBetween Two Worlds\u201d about her experiences in an Iranian prison, Ms Saberi said that Mrs Kamalabadi and Mrs Sabet were the two prisoners who inspired her the most.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey showed me what it means to be selfless, to care more about community and beliefs than about oneself,\u201d Ms Saberi wrote.<\/p>\n

Brother of Australian Baha’i<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, it has emerged that five male Baha\u2019i leaders, including Behrouz Tavakkoli, a brother of Adelaide Baha\u2019i Amin Tavakkoli, were moved three weeks ago to a high-surveillance wing set aside for political prisoners.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis part of the prison is even more crowded, and now the men are suffering severe physical deprivation,\u201d Ms Scrine said.<\/p>\n

Ms Scrine said the Australian Baha\u2019i Community was grateful to the Australian Government for co-sponsoring a resolution at the UN General Assembly last December that referred to the situation of the Baha\u2019is in Iran, and for speaking out on the topic at the UN Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n

The Australian House of Representatives in May 2009 and November 2010 passed bipartisan resolutions condemning the treatment of the seven Baha\u2019i leaders in Iran and called for a halt to the persecution of the Baha\u2019i community and an end to other human rights abuses in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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