Saeideh Khazu'i, a Baha'i citizen, was arrested.
HRANA News Agency – Saeideh Khozooi, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested after appearing at Branch 2 of the Evin Prosecutor’s Office for questioning.
According to HRANA News Agency, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, today, Monday, April 12, 2022, Saideh Khozoui, a Baha'i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested after appearing at the Evin District Court.
Ms. Khozooi was summoned to Branch 2 of the Evin Prosecutor's Office in the early days of this year, and after appearing at this branch, she was asked to appear again today.
Saeideh Khozooi, the mother of Arsalan Yazdani, is a Baha’i citizen who was arrested by security forces in Tehran on September 10, 2017, and transferred to a security detention center in Evin Prison. During her arrest, the security forces searched her home and confiscated a number of her personal belongings. She was eventually released on bail on October 15, 2017.
Saeideh Khazoui's home was searched by security forces on October 28, 2021, and a number of her personal belongings, including her laptop, cell phone, electronic devices, photos, and documents, were confiscated.
Baha'i citizens in Iran are deprived of freedoms related to religious beliefs. This systematic deprivation occurs despite the fact that, according to Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, everyone has the right to freedom of religion and to change their religion with conviction, as well as the freedom to manifest it, either individually or in community with others and in public or in private.
According to unofficial sources, there are more than 300,000 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 in Iran have been systematically violated over the past years.
Source: HRANA
