Intelligence agents arrested Bahai citizen Sina Shahri at his home in Tabriz, northwestern Iran.
Some of his personal belongings were confiscated upon his arrest on Monday.
The agents also ransacked his home and confiscated religious items before taking him to an unknown location.
No information is yet available on his whereabouts.
Baha’is persecution in Iran
Baha’is are a religious minority rejected and persecuted by the clerical regime who also controls the courts and most other state institutions.
The Iranian regime does not recognize the Baha’i community, with more than 300,000 members in the country. Instead, for four decades, the clerical regime has routinely harassed, prosecuted, and imprisoned Baha’is solely for practicing their faith.
Hundreds of Bahai’s have been arrested over the years and many spent years in prison.
The regime severely restricts Baha’is right to education, including prohibiting Baha’i students from registering at universities and expelling them if their identities are discovered.
