Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch On Saturday, June 18, 1983, an hour after the weekly women’s visitation at the Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, Mona Mahmudinejad and nine other Baha’i women&hellip
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Interrogator: Of Course You Will Not Be Admitted to University, Because You are Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On May 22, 2011, in a coordinated and simultaneous operation, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided the homes of 39 Baha’i citizens connected with the Baha’i Institute for&hellip
Soheil Keshavarz, Baha’i Citizen, Begins Prison Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA, the Human Rights Activists’ News Agency in Iran, Soheil Keshavarz, a Baha’i citizen residing in Qazvin, has been taken to the Qazvin Prison to begin serving&hellip
Soha Izadi, Baha’i Student, Expelled from University of Zanjan
Source: persian.iranhumanrights.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Soha Izadi was admitted to the University of Zanjan in March 2018, but has been expelled for her belief in the Baha’i Faith. She was an Informatics Engineering major.&hellip
Baha’is in Sorkhroud Mazandaran Barred from Buying or Selling Land
Source: shahrvand-yar.com Translation by Iran Press Watch It may be hard to imagine such an act of apartheid: In an official letter to all real estate agents, the mayor of a city issued an order&hellip
The Case of Babak Beheshti: Deprived of Education, Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Teaching Baha’i Students
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch “Babak Beheshti Vadeghan” was among several Baha’i citizens whose homes were targeted in a coordinated series of raids on May 22, 2011, by security forces of&hellip
An Autopsy of the Persecution of the Dead in Contemporary Iran – From the Bab to Khavaran
Source: BBC Persian By: Mehrdad Amanat, Historical Researcher Translation by Iran Press Watch In an article for the Op-Ed page, in reference to recently published reports of the destruction of mass graves, historian Mehrdad Amanat looks&hellip
Iran’s allies are preparing a genocide in Yemen. But there’s still time to stop it
Source: nationalpost.com Opinion: Baha’is have been brutally oppressed in Iran; now Yemeni rebels directed by Tehran have embraced that brutal campaign By Kyle Matthews In the midst of a devastating civil war in Yemen, the Iranian-backed&hellip
Iran’s Pushback Against Education Goals
Source: iranwire.com ARASH AZIZI Waves of repression and turmoil at home has made Iran a diasporic nation. In particular, since the 1979 revolution, millions have left their homeland in search of a better future elsewhere. One&hellip
Expulsion of Shakib Teimouri, a Baha’i Student, from Gorgan University
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Shakib Teimouri, an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Gorgan, was expelled from university for being a Baha’i, on the morning&hellip
Confirmed by Court of Administrative Justice – Baha’is in Iran Are Not Entitled to University Education
Source: www.hra-news.org Date: May 29, 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Mechanical engineering student Hannan Horr, a Baha’i citizen, has lost his appeal with the Court of Administrative Justice and is being&hellip
Economic Repression of Baha’i Citizen in Maku, Shahin Dehghan
Source: www.hra-news.org Date: May 21, 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency –Shahin Dehghan, a Baha’i citizen and resident of Maku, was summoned to the Intelligence Office in Maku on May 10, 2018 and&hellip
Baha’i Citizen Arrested in Minudasht
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Shahnam Zajbani, Baha’i citizen of Minudasht, Province of Golestan, has been arrested at his home, handcuffed and transferred to Gonbad Prison. According to the Bazdasht report, quoting HRANA News,&hellip
State Department Religious Freedom Report on Iran
Source: United States Commission on International Religion Freedom IRAN, TIER 1 | USCIRF-RECOMMENDED COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN (CPC) KEY FINDINGS During the past year, the government of Iran engaged in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations&hellip
Baha’is In Iran ‘Face New Wave of Arrests,’ Says Baha’i International Community
Source: www.rferl.org The Baha’i International Community (BIC) says Baha’is in Iran are facing a new wave of arrests and raids on their homes across different cities in the country. The community said in a May 25&hellip
Iran Accountability Week Led by All-Party Group for Sixth Year Running
Source: news.ca.bahai.org For the past six years, the first week of May has been marked by members of all federal political parties as “Iran Accountability Week”. The initiative was started by former Attorney General Irwin Cotler,&hellip
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