Two teachers belonging to the ‘Erfan Halghe’ sect were arrested on Tuesday, August 25 and transferred to Evin and Gharchak prisons in Tehran and Varamin, respectively. These two women were sentenced to a total of 7 years behind bars.
Fahime A’rafi was arrested at her home by Revolutionary Guards members and taken to Gharchak Prison in Varamin to serve 5 years behind bars for “insulting the sanctities”. There was no written or oral warrant provided to Ms. A’rafi before her detention and she was suddenly faced with agents arresting her. The agents didn’t use the imagery I-phone to enter the vicinity of her home, and they managed to sneak into the parking lot of the apartment as neighbors were commuting. They were able to enter the apartment building using the back door.
Ms. A’rafi has already been arrested twice before.
Ziba Pour Habib is another student of ‘Erfan Halghe’ leader Mohammad Ali Taheri. She showed up at Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on July 1 and has now been transferred to Gharchak.

(NCRI Women’s Committee – August 31, 2015)