E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.1 Page 47 191. On 3 August 2005, Ms. Simin Gorji was arrested in the city of Ghaem Shahr. On 4 August 2005, Mr. Hooman Bakhatavar, Mr. Kaviz Nuzdehi, Ms. Nahid Ghadiri, Ms. Nasrin Ghadiri , Mr. Vahid Ghadiri, Ms. Sima Rahimian , Mr. Jalayer Vahdat, and Ms. Rozita Vaseghi were arrested in the city of Mashhad. Ms. Sima Eshraghi, who was not at home at the time of the arrests, was summoned to appear at the police and, when she did so, arrested on 6 August 2005. 192. On 5 August 2005, a group of trainers working to promote the moral education of young Bahá'ís in Iran were arrested, while they were meeting in the city of Karaj. The group consisted of Mr. Pooya Movahhed, resident of Karaj, Ms. Nasim Ashrafi, Ms. Nasim Naderi, and Mr. Emad Sharghi, all residents of Tehran, 193. The whereabouts of the 14 individuals were not known at the time of the communication. In view of their incommunicado detention, concern was expressed that they might have been at risk of torture or ill-treatment. Communication sent on 11 October 2005 with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of to freedom of opinion and expre ssion 194. The Special Rapporteurs had received the following information concerning the situation of Bahá'ís in Iran in August and September 2005: 195. On 19 August 2005, Mr. Davar Nabilzadeh was arrested in the city of Mashhad. 196. On 14 September 2005, Ms. Sima Rahmanian Leghaee , Mr. Changiz Derakhshanian , and Ms. Mina Hamran were arrested in the city of Ghaem Shahr. 197. On 21 September 2005, Mr. Misagh Laghaee , Mr. Shahin Sanaee and Ms. Mahvand Laghaee were arrested in the city of Babol Sar. 198. Ms. Soheila Motallebi and Mr. Foad Naeemi were arrested in Sari on 20 and 28 August 2005 respectively. 199. It was feared that they were arrested because of their religious belief. All of them were still in custody, except for Mr. Derakhshanian, who was released on bail on 17 September 2005, Ms. Soheila Motallebi and Mr. Foad Naeemi, who were released on 19 September 2005. 200. On 5 September 2005, the homes of nine Baha’is, Mr. Farshid Dadvar, Mr. Ezzatollah Khorram , Mr. Ahmad Naeemi, Mr. Majid Ghane , Mr. Azizollah Khordadi, Mr. Farrokh Shadpour, Ms. Ashraf Yavari, Mr. Amrollh Sarafraz, and Mr. Behnam Rohani Fard, nine Bahá'ís in the city of Yazd were searched, and their books, along with their computers, tapes, videos and CDs confiscated. 201. The Special Rapporteurs were also informed that, on 5 September 2005, the court in Karaj sentenced four Bahá’ís, namely, Ms. Nasim Ashrafi, Mr. Pooya Movahhed, Ms. Nasim Naderi , and Mr. Emad Sharghi , subject to a communication sent by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on 18 August (IRN 29/2005), to ten months of imprisonment on the charge of opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran. This charge was

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