{"id":2107,"date":"2017-12-06T04:41:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T04:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/?p=2107"},"modified":"2017-12-06T04:41:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T04:41:25","slug":"adelaide-man-welcomes-brothers-release-after-unjust-jailing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/adelaide-man-welcomes-brothers-release-after-unjust-jailing\/","title":{"rendered":"Adelaide man welcomes brother&#8217;s release after unjust jailing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adelaide businessman Amin Tavakkoli has welcomed the release of his brother Behrouz, 66, who has completed a 10-year prison sentence in Iran for his religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Behrouz Tavakkoli, now 66, and six other leaders of the Baha\u2019i community in Iran were subjected to sham trail widely condemned by the international community, including Australia. He was released from prison this week.<\/p>\n<p>In Adelaide, Amin said his brother deserved to be honoured in his country, as he would be anywhere else for his life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a devoted husband, a father of two sons, and a social worker who cared for people with physical and mental disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud of my brother. He and his colleagues have proven they are innocent of any crime\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Persecution continues<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australian Baha\u2019i spokesperson Natalie Mobini said Baha\u2019is throughout Australia and the world welcomed the release, but she noted there had been no reduction in his sentence despite his obvious innocence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact his release takes place against a backdrop of ongoing arrests of other Baha\u2019is, raids on their homes and forced closures of small Baha\u2019i-owned shops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe persecution of members of the Baha\u2019i Faith, Iran\u2019s largest non-Muslim religious minority, is relentless and cruel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo wonder the United Nations General Assembly condemns it every year. No wonder successive Australian Foreign Ministers as well as the Federal Parliament and many individual MPs have condemned it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very grateful for the support of the current Australian Foreign Minister, Hon. Julie Bishop MP and her predecessors, and the staff at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mobini said three of the seven Baha\u2019i leaders have been released in recent months. \u201cThe remaining four should be released immediately,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The beginning of the releases was welcomed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/release-of-bahai-leader-in-iran-welcomed-by-prominent-community-members\/\">public statement<\/a> signed by prominent political and community leaders including former Foreign Minister Bob Carr, Special Envoy for Human Rights Philip Ruddock and Greens leader Senator Richard di Natale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adelaide businessman Amin Tavakkoli has welcomed the release of his brother Behrouz, 66, who has completed a 10-year prison sentence in Iran for his religious beliefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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