With theIFIR's
intervention , the plan for deporting an Iranian
asylum seeker from Sweden was halted
The daily Newspaper of
“the metro” has published a detailed report of the
Federation’s campaign
Iman bani Saeed is a 25 years Old Iranian refugee
in Sweden who has been requesting asylum since 2003
and was at the verge of deportation to Iran. With
the efforts of the International Federation of
Iranian Refugees – Stockholm unit, he was salvaged
from an absolutely certain deportation to Iran.
Iman Bani Saeed was arrested by the officers of
Swedish Immigration office while his wife was
hospitalized for delivery. The officers first tried
to menace and force Iman to cooperate with the
Police, and sign a document that says that he is
voluntarily willing to go back to Iran. When Iman
refused to sign the document, the officers arrested
him on Monday the 26th of February and
sent him to the detention center of the immigration
office to prepare his deportation to Iran.
Immediately, Iman’s wife informed the Federation and
the spokesman of the federation in Sweden, Kimia
Pazooki. Upon being informed about the story, Kimia
Pazooki started urgent and extensive actions to save
the life of Iman.
Kimia pazooki immediately called the mass media
and Persian-speaking radios of Stockholm and asked
people to gather and protest in front of Iman’ s
detention center . Federation’s activists and
protesting people immediately gathered in front of
the detention center of the immigration office to
stop Iman’s deportation. Officers, who were scared
of this gathering, moved Iman to Ptibury to send him
to Iran from there. Meanwhile Iman manages to talk
with Kimia and tell him about his situation. Kimia
gave him specific hints including severe protest in
the airplane, telling his story to the pilot and the
crew and convincing them to stop cooperating with
the police regarding his deportation.
Iman who was at the verge of deportation used
Kimia’s suggestions and as a result the pilot
announced that he does not accept to take Iman to
Iran. Meanwhile Kimia Pazooki contacted an
experienced and well-known lawyer and stressing on
the urgency of the matter, asked him to accept
Iman’s case. Efforts to stop Iman’s deportation was
followed minute by minute in the political and legal
arena and eventually Iman Bani Saeed was brought
back from the airport to the detention center and
his urgent deportation order was provisionally
suspended. The immigration office was planning to
take Iman to the airport for the second time on
Friday March the second and deport him to Iran.
During this important campaign, Kimia Pazooki
reported Iman’s situation to the popular daily, “The
Metro”, and the magazine publishes an interview with
Kimia and Iman, showing pictures of both of them. In
this article, Kimia mentions that the Swedish
immigration office has transformed refugees to their
guinea pigs to finalize their plans regarding
deportation of Iranian refugees. In this interview,
while mentioning about the way Iman was arrested and
the effort behind Iman’s deportation, suspects and
there must be some agreements between the Swedish
and the Islamic government.
The International Federation of Iranian Refugees’
campaign to prevent Iman bani Saeed’s deportation
had an extensive repercussion in Sewdish and Persian
media in Sweden. Once again we blocked the
encroachment of the immigration office and pulled
out a refugee from their mouth. IFIR – Sweden branch
one more time is emplacing on union and on joining
the Federation and is asking all refugees and
Iranian refugees to realize that to prevent any
secret deals between the Swedish government and the
Islamic government to put pressure on refugees to
join the Federation not to allow further pressure
and deportation.
International Federation Of Iranian Refugees –
Sweden unit, while thanking Kimia Pazooki for all
his efforts and also thanking all the people who
supported us in the campaign and by many means
helped this campaign. We are also announcing that
until the unconditional release of Iman along with a
refugee status, we will continue our efforts and
will fight till’ the end.
International Federation of
Iranian refugees – Sweden Unit
March 2, 200
