Ignorance of the status of "Farrokh Kakaei", a Christian citizen

After several weeks of not knowing about the condition of Christian citizen Farrukh Kakaei, the family's concerns have increased.

Farrokh Kakaei, 54, is a Yarsan Kurd from Kermanshah and a resident of Karaj. On June 26 of this year, he was arrested at his home by four plainclothes agents from the Ministry of Intelligence who raided his home and searched it, confiscating his mobile phone, laptop, computer hard drive, and a picture frame with a picture of Jesus Christ. He was taken to an unknown location.

Mr. Kakaei has had brief contact with his family twice since his arrest, but has claimed ignorance of his whereabouts and the charges against him. No further news is available about him, and this lack of information about his whereabouts and the charges against him has caused concern for his wife and two children.

In the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Armenian and Assyrian Christians, Zoroastrians, and Jews are recognized as religious minorities, and Christians who converted from Islam to Christianity or followers of Yarsani are not recognized in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

For this reason, the regime's security agents have repeatedly attacked Christian homes and church houses, confiscated their personal belongings, and sentenced them to heavy sentences. In many cases, their property is also confiscated. The pressures of the Islamic Republic government on Christians, especially citizens who have converted from Islam to Christianity, have continued since the past and are increasing in intensity every day.

Some of the arrested Christians, in addition to serious crimes and the confiscation of their property, have also been sentenced to long prison terms, including Hakob Gochoumian, who was sentenced to ten years in prison, and Ismail Narimanpour, who was sentenced to five years in prison by the judiciary.