Source: www.iranwire.com On the morning of Wednesday, November 14, Dori Amri Esmaeelpour, a Baha’i citizen of Mashhad, presented herself at the city’s Vakilabad Prison to start serving her one-year prison sentence. In 2012 Amri had also&hellip
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UN Resolution Calls for End to Iran’s Rights Violations Against Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations General Assembly called on Iranian authorities to end ongoing human rights violations against the Baha’is in Iran. A resolution, adopted Thursday by a vote of 85 to 30, with 68&hellip
Iran Update: Reports of Persecuted Baha’is October 24 – November 11
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) -Baha’i citizens of Iran have continued to face persecution this month, in the form of grave desecrations, business shutdowns, and interference by authorities in their places of employment. Meanwhile,&hellip
Furlough Granted to Bereaved Baha’i Prisoner Azita Rafizadeh
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Authorities have granted a November 7th to November 10th furlough period to Baha’i prisoner Azita Rafizadeh, who will attend memorial services for her father, Seyed Yadollah Rafizadeh, who&hellip
Violation of Baha’i Citizenship Rights Disgusting and Disgraceful
Source: www.zeitoons.com Translation by Iran Press watch Letter from a number of progressive Muslims condemning the violation of Baha’i rights Zeitoon – A group of progressive Muslims has strongly condemned the “desecration and excavation of the&hellip
‘Suspicious Murder of General Khademi’ the First Head of HOMA, a Few Months Before the Iranian Revolution
Source: bbc.com Pejman Akbarzadeh Translation by Iran Press Watch In the 1970’s, Iran Air (known in the country as HOMA) had garnered the title of “fastest growing” among the world’s airlines. According to Encyclopedia Iranica,&hellip
Exhuming the Grave and Removing the Body of a Deceased Baha’i in Gilavand
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The body of a Baha’i citizen, Shamsi Aghdasi Azamian, from Gilavand, a suburb of the city of Damavand, on October 24, was exhumed by unknown individuals several&hellip
Evin Prison Infirmary Officials Deny Access to Emergency Dental Treatment for Negin Ghedamian
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Negin Ghedamian, a Bahá’í citizen imprisoned in the women’s ward of Evin Prison since 18 December 2017, has been deprived of going to a specialty&hellip
Update on Arrested Shirazi Baha’is
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) – Baha’i citizen Bahareh Ghaderi, who was arrested September 15th, was released Saturday, November 3rd on a bail of 200 million tomans [approximately $13,500 USD] pending completion of her&hellip
Baha’i Mother and Daughter Begin Prison Term
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – At 5 p.m. on October 31st, a Baha’i mother and daughter turned themselves in to begin serving one-year prison sentences. Mashhad resident May Kholousi, her daughter Saghi Fadaei,&hellip
Mehdi Hajati Banned From Shiraz City Council For Seeking Release of Detained Baha’is
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Iran’s judiciary has banned Mehdi Hajati from his seat at the Shiraz City Council because he tried to secure the release of two fellow citizens who were arrested for their Baha’i faith. “Based on a ruling&hellip
Baha’i Citizen Zabihollah Raoufi Begins Prison Term in Sanandaj
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – On the morning of Wednesday, October 31st, Baha’i Sanandaj resident Zabihollah Raoufi, age 69, went to Sanandaj Prison to begin his one-year prison sentence. In July, Branch 4&hellip
No News on Baha’is Arrested in Karaj
Source: www.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Tuesday, 23 October 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch In the last two months, more than twenty Baha’is in different cities of Iran have been arrested or sentenced to imprisonment in Islamic&hellip
UN Expert Calls for End to ‘Serious Violations’ Against Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—25 October 2018—The UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran has raised concerns regarding “serious violations” against the Baha’i community in Iran. Presenting a major report on the situation&hellip
Iranian Baha’is Risk their Lives for Education
Source: www.iranwire.com On the evening of October 18, 100 people gathered at Howard University, a historic African-American center of higher education in Washington, DC, to hear the actor Penn Badgley in conversation with Iranian Baha’i&hellip
Living Through Discrimination on Twitter
Source: www.iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch A recent Twitterstorm (#زندگی_در_تبعیض) in support of the rights of Baha’is in Iran has been widely welcomed by human rights organizations and social media users. Users in about twenty&hellip
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