Source: humanrightsiniran.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the website of Human Rights in Iran, film producer Kaveh Farnam has reported that the passport of Mohammad Rasoulof was confiscated upon his return to Iran on&hellip
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An Exclusive Interview With The Freed Baha’i Leader
Source: iranwire.com By AIDA GHAJAR Mahvash Sabet, one of seven members of the former leadership group for Iran’s Baha’i community, was released on the afternoon of Monday, September 18 after serving 10 years in prison. Sabet and six&hellip
Behzad Zabihi, Arrested and Transferred to Sari Prison
Source: hamidrezataghipour Translation by Iran Press Watch Behzad Zabihi Mahforoujaki, a Bahá’í citizen residing in Sari, was arrested and transferred to Sari prison to serve his sentence. Based on a report by “Human Rights in Iran”,&hellip
Mahvash Sabet Concludes 10-Year Prison Sentence
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—18 September 2017—Mahvash Sabet, one of the seven members of the former leadership group of the Baha’is in Iran who were imprisoned due to religious beliefs, has been released after completing her unjust 10-year&hellip
Four Bahá’í Citizens of Kerman Sentenced to Combined 20-Years Imprisonment
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Amrollah Khaleghian, Ehsanollah Amirinia, Nima Rajabzadeh and Arman Bandi were sentenced to a combined total of twenty-years imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court of Kerman. Based on a report&hellip
Ayatollah Abdul Hamid Masumi: We Must Put Away Hostility with Baha’is
Source: www.peace-mark.org By Cimin Rouzgard Translation by Iran Press Watch Ayatollah Abdul Hamid Masumi Tehrani, by submitting a work of art along with a letter to the Universal House of Justice (Baha’i World Center), called for&hellip
Baha’i Musician Arrested in Tehran
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Behnam Rouhanifard, an Iranian Baha’i and singer-composer from Tehran, has been arrested by security forces. According to a human rights watchdog in Iran, Mr. Rouhanifard was arrested on 03&hellip
Nava Kholousi Released from Mashhad Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Nava Kholousi, a Baha’i serving a four-and-one-half year sentence at Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad, was released from prison the evening of September 6, 2017. &hellip
Masih Alinejad: To Defend Rights of Bahá’ís We Do Need Not to Be Bahá’í, We Just Need to Be Human Beings
Source: www.instagram.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Editor’s note: Masih Alinejad is an Iranian journalist and author, as well as an activist for human and women’s rights. She is currently living in exile in the United States.&hellip
Laeya Shaerzadeh Expelled from University after Three Terms of Study
Source: Human Rights activist, Hamid Reza Dehghan Tabrizi Translation by Iran Press Watch Laeya Shaerzadeh, a Baha’i citizen and undergraduate student studying at the University of Hafez in Shiraz, has been expelled due to her&hellip
Keyvan Rahimian, BIHE Professor, Released After Five Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from HRANA, the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran, on Friday, August 25, 2017, Keyvan Rahimian, professor of the Baha’i Institution of Higher Education&hellip
UN Expert Concerned at Condition of Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Iran
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org GENEVA (31 August 2017)- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, Asma Jahangir, today expressed her deep concern about the situation of a number of prisoners who have been&hellip
Human Rights Violator: Seyed Reza Mousavi-Tabar
Source: www.justice4iran.org First Name and Last Name: Seyed Reza Mousavi-Tabar Background: Born: 1964 , Jahrom Education: B.A. in Judicial Studies from the School of Judicial Studies; Iran’s Judiciary System. Titles and Positions Held: Current job/position: Deputy Prosecutor of&hellip
Human Rights Violator: Seyed Hassan Firouzabadi
Source: www.justice4iran.org Witness Accounts of Alleged Violations and Crimes. As Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Hassan Firouzabadi has been involved in violating the civil and human rights of Bahá’ís. In 2005,&hellip
The Cost of Discrimination: The Film
Source: www.iranwire.com By ARASH AZIZI The Cost of Discrimination1 is the story of discrimination in Iran and South Africa. The documentary film examines life under South African Apartheid and draws parallels with Iranian authorities’ continued persecution of the Baha’i&hellip
Crisis in Rajai Shahr Prison; letter of Azita Rafizadeh to her son
Source: www.hra-news.org Translations by Iran Press Watch Do Decisionmakers Think About Damages to Innocent Children of Prisoners? HRANA News Agency – The transfer three weeks ago of political prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj to&hellip
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