Source: Persian Media Production A note on the Mohammad Rasoulof film, “A Man of Integrity” By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch In May 2017, news spread on websites and in film media: “A&hellip
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175 Years of Persecution, a History of the Babis & Baha’is of Iran
Source: oneworld-publications.com By Payam Akhavan McGill University History tells us as much about the past as it does about the present. An account of bygone ages is not merely a retrieval of objective facts, but also their&hellip
Being a Baha’i Is Not a Crime
Source: www.peace-mark.org By Muhammad Moghimi Peace Mark Monthly – Our Baha’i compatriots avoid any political activity, and basically, the Baha’i community in Iran has had no administration since 1983. Therefore it is impossible for them to&hellip
Isfahan City Council Member Barred From Meetings For Six Months
Source: en.radiofarda.com A member of Isfahan’s city council in Iran has been barred from attending council meetings for six months, for a social media comment he posted in support of a defender of the embattled Baha’i&hellip
Court of Appeals: Three Baha’is Sentenced to Prison in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Three Baha’is living in Shiraz – Mahboub Habibi, Pejman Shahriari and Kourosh Rouhani – have been sentenced to 6 months, 6 months, and 3 months&hellip
Baha’i Moin Mohammadi Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Moin Mohammadi, a Baha’i citizen living in Yazd, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison. He was arrested on his way to work&hellip
Jinous Sobhani, a Baha’i Living in Tehran, and Former Secretary for the Center for Human Rights Activists Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Jinous Sobhani, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, was arrested at her home some hours ago, and detained in an unknown location by security forces. It&hellip
Baha’is in Small Towns Also Face Persecution — It’s Not Just About Tehran
Source: www.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Iranian activists have urged the media and campaigners to pay more attention to human rights violations against Baha’is in provincial areas of Iran, claiming that they give unequal weight to violations taking&hellip
22 Baha’is Began New Year in Prison
Source: www.iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Kian Sabeti The last month of the Persian year 1397 (corresponding to 2018-2019 in the Gregorian calendar) was an eventful month for Baha’i prisoners. On one hand, some of&hellip
Arrest of the Third Member of a Baha’i Family in Tehran
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists organizing committee in Iran, on Monday, March 11, 2019, Saeed Naseri, a Baha’i citizen residing&hellip
BIC Joins Expressions of Concern for Recent Sentence of Nasrin Sotoudeh
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA —19 March 2019 The Baha’i International Community joins the international community in expressing deep concern over the sentence leveled against Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent human rights lawyer imprisoned in Iran. Ms. Sotoudeh was&hellip
Incarceration, Unemployment and Expulsion from University, All for Being Baha’i
Source: www.iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Kian Sabeti They were prevented from visiting each other for five months. Foujan is 20 years old and Milad 31 years old. They were both arrested for being Baha’is&hellip
Hamid Nasseri, a Baha’i in Tehran, Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA news agency – Today, Hamid Naseri, a Baha’i living in Tehran, was arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location. It is said that the agents&hellip
BIC Representative Delivers Statement on Situation of Baha’is in Iran at UN Human Rights Council
Source: www.bic.org Diane Alai, Representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations in Geneva delivers a statement on the human rights situation of the Baha’is in Iran- the largest non-Muslim minority in the country-&hellip
Baha’i Pouya Tebyanian Released from Semnan Prison After Six Years
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Pouya Tebyanian, a Baha‘i citizen imprisoned in Semnan Prison, has been released. He had been sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment in 2012&hellip
Report on the Latest Situation of Baha’i Atousa Ahmadayi at Evin Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The lack of accountability of judicial-security institutions has led to a cloud of uncertainty around the fate of Atousa Ahmadayi, a Baha’i citizen detained in&hellip
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