Source: iranwire By Kian Sabeti 115 Iranian Baha’is have banned from universities. This year the officials told Baha’is who had passed the entrance exams they might be able to study, but they said they need&hellip
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Kamal Kashani and Farahmand Sanaei, Baha’i Prisoners Released after 5 Years
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Kamal Kashani and Farahmand Sanaei, two Baha’i religious prisoners from Gorgan, were released from Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, on 22 September 2017, after completing&hellip
English Pen Is Delighted to Welcome the Release of Teacher and Poet Mahvash Sabet After More Than a Decade in Prison
Source: www.englishpen.org Teacher and poet Mahvash Sabet was one of a group of seven Baha’i leaders known as the ‘Yaran-i-Iran’ – ‘Friends of Iran’ – detained in 2008 for their faith and activities related to running&hellip
Bahraini King’s Declaration of Worldwide Religious Tolerance Unveiled at Historic Simon Wiesenthal Center Interfaith Event
Source: www.wiesenthal.com The Bahrain Declaration on Religious Tolerance – a plain-speaking attack against terrorism authored by HRH King Hamad of Bahrain – was released at an historic event co-sponsored by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles.&hellip
Multiple Baha’i and Non-Baha’i Family Residences Searched in Gilan Providence, Two Baha’i Women Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On the 11th of September 2017, units of intelligence agents affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence and holding orders from Prosecutor’s Office, conducted a series&hellip
More than 70 Iranian Baha’is Denied University In September
Source: en.radiofarda.com By Mahtab Vahidi Rad More than 70 Baha’i students have reportedly been denied entry to universities in Iran despite successfully passing the national admissions tests. According to some sources, the number of Baha’is who&hellip
Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof Summoned to Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Ministry of Culture and Media / Passport Confiscated
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
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
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