Source: medium.com By Foaad Haghighi It has been only one hundred and seventy some-odd years since Muslim clergy in Iran used to incite their followers at the mosque to attack Babis and Baha’is, raid their homes and&hellip
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Following Religious Freedom Report, Iran Strives To Distract Attention From Abuses
Source: www.irannewsupdate.com By Edward Carney On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported upon what it described as Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s recurring “hobby” of using social media to voice criticisms of domestic affairs in the United States. Leading&hellip
Baha’i Prisoners Face Harsher Conditions
Source: Bahai International Community GENEVA—16 August 2017—In a harsh move by the prison authorities in Karaj, Iran, a number of inmates in Gohardasht Prison, including over fifteen Baha’is, have been moved to a new section&hellip
Trump Administration Presses Middle East on Religious Freedom
Source: www.al-monitor.com By Laura Rozen SUMMARY: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson committed the United States to fighting for religious liberty around the world with the release of the annual International Religious Freedom Report. WASHINGTON — Secretary of&hellip
After Azadi: Man Behind Iran’s Freedom Tower on How His Life Unravelled
Source: www.theguardian.com Hossein Amanat was forced to flee country after being put on a death list and says his children have never seen the monument In 1966, a 24-year-old architect who had just graduated from Tehran&hellip
At Thirty Years Old, Navid Khanjani Celebrates the Sixth Anniversary of His Incarceration in Rajai Shahr Prison
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Navid Khanjani, a Baha’i citizen and human rights activist, has celebrated the anniversary of six consecutive years in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj. According to the Human Rights in&hellip
IranWire’s Exclusive Report on the Dire Situation of Prisoners in Rajai Shahr
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Over the last few days, 53 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience were suddenly transferred from Ward 12 to Ward 10 of Rajai Shahr prison for&hellip
Minority Religious Groups Suffer in Iran
Source: www.nationalreview.com By Jeff Cimmino The U.S. and allied nations should sanction Iran for its persecution of religious minorities. The Iranian government continues to persecute religious minorities, including groups supposedly given special recognition by the country’s&hellip
The Baha’i Welder Who Would Not Give Up
Source: www.iranwire.com By MAHROKH GHOLAMHOSSEINPOUR One of the common tools the Islamic Republic authorities use to harass Baha’is is to close up their shops and places of business without any warning or justification. Ten months ago, they did this to&hellip
Zahedan: Nine Baha’is Acquitted by Court of Appeals
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Nine Baha’i citizens who had previously been sentenced to five years in prison in the Zahedan Revolutionary Court were acquitted by the Second Branch of the appeals court.&hellip
Mazandaran: At Least 90 Baha’i Businesses Still Closed
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch 4 August, 2017 At least 90 Baha’i businesses in Mazandaran have been closed and sealed for more than ten months; officials refuse to offer any answers about removing the&hellip
Iran: High Representative of the EU Mogherini Should Commit Herself to Detained Baha’is
Source: www.gfbv.de Translation by Iran Press Watch Federica Mogherini expected in Tehran (5 Aug) – Baha’i leadership still imprisoned (press release) Shortly before the departure of Federica Mogherini for Iran, the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) asked&hellip
Iran: Caught in a Web of Repression: Iran’s Human Rights Defenders Under Attack
Source: www.amnesty.org The Iranian authorities are intensifying their crackdown against human rights defenders, who have already been working under suffocating levels of repression. Human rights defenders are routinely portrayed in official statements and court verdicts as&hellip
Baha’i Released at End of Prison Sentence, But Daughters Still in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Manouchehr Kholousi, a Baha’i resident of Mashhad, was released from the Vakilabad prison in Mashhad after the end of his one-year prison term, while his two daughters,&hellip
Threat to Close and Seal Baha’i Business in Karaj
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Following the widespread closures of Baha’i businesses in recent weeks, the Office of Public Property of Alborz Province has sent a letter to Mehran Naseri, a Baha’i resident of&hellip
Iran Tried To Deny Their Education, So These Baha’is Went Underground
Source: www.buzzfeed.com Canadian universities are now recognizing degrees from an underground school for the religious minority. Anisa Rawhani At each ring of his phone, Shakib Nasrullah and his family jumped. The caller ID was blocked, but&hellip
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