Tehran - According to a testimony received by the Bishop of Iran, Hamidreza Saghari, a member of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL) was detained, interrogated, and subjected to psychological coercion by the state authorities of Iran. The individual who submitted the testimony wishes to remain anonymous for his safety and will therefore be referred to as Hossein in this report.
Hossein recounted his ordeal after attempting to peacefully distribute flyers in Tehran. According to his testimony, the incident occurred on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at approximately 11:00 PM in Enqelab Square, a site known for public gatherings in Tehran. A member of the Basij paramilitary force stopped him while he was distributing flyers and proceeded to search his belongings. Upon discovering the contents of his bag, the Basij member detained him and took him to a nearby police station, where he was subjected to immediate interrogation.
"They checked the contents of my bag and took me to the police station located in the square. There, along with other Basij members, they detained me, handcuffed me, and showed my flyers to the police," Hossein said. One officer threatened him with the words: "The blood of people like you is permissible."
Shortly after, he was blindfolded and transported in a vehicle to a security police station. Hossein spent the night in detention before being transferred to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Branch 3, District 33 Moqaddas. After reviewing his statement and searching his phone, the prosecutor ordered his transfer to Evin Prison, a facility notorious for housing political and religious prisoners. His bail was set at 700 million tomans (approximately $14,000 USD), a sum his family could not afford.
"My mother and sister were deeply distressed, crying and worrying about me,", Hossein recounted. "My father had already passed away, and I had no one else besides them."
He spent about a week in quarantine at Evin Prison before being moved to Ward 4. However, after just two days, he was transferred again—this time to Ward 209, an infamous section controlled by the Ministry of Intelligence.
In Ward 209, Hossein was subjected to three separate interrogation sessions. His captors sought to extract information about AROPL, particularly its differences from Twelver Shi'ism.
"The interrogator told me, ‘We already know the answers to many of our questions; we are only asking to see if you are honest or lying. If you lie, I will not speak to you as calmly as I am now, and things will get difficult for you.’"
The authorities pressured him to disclose the identities of fellow believers, presenting him with his private online conversations, extracted from his confiscated phone.
"They showed me my chats with several of the believers and with the Bishop of Iran", he said. "I gave them as little information as possible to protect the rest of the Ansar."
The interrogators then pressured him to denounce his faith. In fear for his own life and the lives of his family members, he falsely retracted his faith.
"May God forgive me, but when they asked what my beliefs were now, I had to lie and say that I had been deceived and would not repeat it, hoping they would release me."
Two weeks later, Hossein was taken back to the prosecutor’s office, where he was questioned again. The prosecutor pressured him to confirm his reversion back to traditional Shia Islam. Desperate to secure his freedom, he assured them that he would not repeat his actions, and he was released.
However, his ordeal did not end there. When he returned to retrieve his confiscated phone, authorities refused to return it, stating that he would be contacted at their discretion. Hossein now lives in fear for his and his family's lives.
This flagrant violation of human rights reflects the ongoing persecution faced by AROPL members in Iran. Hossein was detained without due process, subjected to religious coercion, and psychologically manipulated into denying his faith. His experience is not isolated—it is part of a systematic campaign to suppress and discredit the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light in Iran.
لا احد يستطيع اخفاء نور الله مهما فعل سنتحمل حتى تنكشف الحقيقية بأن المهدي ص هو الحاكم الشرعي
حکومت ایران یک حکومت عقب مانده و وحشی است ، هیچ جای دنیا زبان اندیشه را نمی برند اگر دلیلی ب رد دعوت اباصادق ع دارید بیان کنید ، چرا شمشیر را در برابر حجت و فرستاده برحق خدا از رو بسته اید ؟! این نشانه ضعف است ونه قدرت و بزودی سفیانی شما راتا و مار می کند ، عذاب از بالا و پایین در مقابل شماست ، و شما غافل و عنود!
ایمان به وصیت رسول الله ایمان به خلیفه خدا هیچ جرم نیست . خامنه ای یکی از حاکمان باطل ظالم هست که انصار قائم ال محمد عبدالله هاشم اباصادق ازایشان سلام را خونش را حلال میداند انصار امام مهدی ص در ایران هیچ امنیتی ندارد
ای مردم ببینید که چه ظلمی میشود به انصار پاک قائم ال محمد ص
ای مردم بیدار شوید تا کی میخواهید ظلم ببینید فقهای آخرزمان شرورترین موجودات هستند و خامنه ای لع هم همینطور یکی از شرورترین موجودات زمین هست و هیچ وقت حق حکومت کردن بر مردم را نداشته و ندارد مردم بهترین زندگی را می‌توانید در دولت عدل الهی داشته باشید قائم ال محمد عبدالله هاشم اباصادق ازایشان سلام را یاری کنید
چه سخت شده برای دنیا ندای حق را شنیدن
لبیک یا اباصادق علیه السلام
برادرمان را آزاد کنید و به حق بپیوندید