{"id":1311,"date":"2014-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/surge-in-arrests-an-ominous-sign\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:53:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:53:11","slug":"surge-in-arrests-an-ominous-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/surge-in-arrests-an-ominous-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Surge in arrests an \u2018ominous sign\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/1015_00.jpg\" alt=\"Surge in arrests an \u2018ominous sign\u2019\" \/><figcaption>Appeal denied: Baha&#8217;is sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. (Photo courtesy of Baha&#8217;i World News Service).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A recent surge in the number of arrests and detainments of Baha\u2019is in Iran is a disturbing trend, a spokesperson for the Australian Baha\u2019i Community, Natalie Mobini, said today.<\/p>\n<p>The new development is worrying to all Australian Baha\u2019is and particularly to the many who have family members in Iran, Dr Mobini said.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest last week of five innocent Baha\u2019is in Tehran has boosted by a third the number apprehended by the authorities since June, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mobini said that another indication of the worsening trend was that an appeal by 20 Baha\u2019is sentenced to a total of 58 years in prison had been upheld.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis appears to have been the result of instructions to the judge, who had admitted that the Baha\u2019is were being treated unjustly,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn official told lawyers for the Baha\u2019is: \u2018The accused are members of a hostile sect who have no citizenship rights\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese harsh developments are an ominous sign that the systematic persecution of Iran\u2019s biggest non-Muslim religious minority is picking up pace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 100 Baha&#8217;is are currently in prison on false charges related entirely to their religious beliefs,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is despite assurances given to the world by the new president that there would more attention paid to human rights in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mobini said there had been no evidence produced against the Baha\u2019is because they had done nothing wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to the Australian Government and the United Nations, who have been steadfast in their condemnation of this shameful persecution of innocent people on religious grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more details on the latest developments visit https:\/\/news.bahai.org\/story\/1015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent surge in the number of arrests and detainments of Baha\u2019is in Iran is a disturbing trend, a spokesperson for the Australian Baha\u2019i Community, Natalie Mobini, said today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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