On March 24, Hooman Faravari, a Zoroastrian Mobedyar, was arrested in Kerman by the city's IRGC Intelligence Department, continuing the security pressures on religious minorities in Iran amid ongoing conflicts.
On Saturday night, US federal agents detained Shamim Mafi, 44, of Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, for allegedly aiding the Iranian regime in transporting drones, bombs, and ammunition to Sudan.
Souri Babaei Chaginy was arrested on January 6, 2025, in Qazvin, on charges of filming government forces beating and detaining protesters; he has been in solitary confinement for over 100 days and has been sentenced to three years in prison and a two-year travel ban.
On April 19, U.S. forces in the Arabian Sea, including the USS Spruance (DDG-111) and Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, intercepted and disabled the Iranian-flagged MV Touska heading to Bandar Abbas, bringing the total number of vessels turned back since the blockade began to 25.
U.S. President Trump announced that the U.S. military detained an Iranian cargo ship attempting to breach the naval blockade imposed on Iran.
فشارهای امنیتی بر اقلیتهای مذهبی در ایران زیر سایه جنگ ادامه دارد. بنا بر گزارشهای رسیده به ایراناینترنشنال، هومن فروهری، موبدیار زرتشتی، ۲۴ اسفند در کرمان از سوی اداره اطلاعات سپاه پاسداران این شهر بازداشت شده است. گفتوگو با رضا اکوانیان، روزنامهنگار و فعال حقوق بشر
