Iran: A Bahai Citizen Arrested in Tehran

 Wednesday, July 1, 2015 8:07:40 AM


Shahriar Cyrus, a Bahai painter and a respected art critic, was detained yesterday 30 June 2015 when eleven security forces agents raided his home in Iran's capital city Tehran.

The agents had an arrest warrant and seized all his personal belongings and took him away.

According to the news received by BCR Group, his whereabouts are unknown, and no other information has been released.

The reports does not say where he was arrested, but he was born and studied in Tehran.

 

By: Kaveh Taheri