Source: www.newsweek.com By Moojan Momen and Jason Pack British Prime Minister David Cameron meets with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2014. Like other Western leaders, Cameron is leading…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Letter to Khamenei Urges Respect for Economic Rights of Baha’is In a signed statement addressed to Iran’s supreme leader, 54 leading business people and economists from countries around the world asked Ayatollah Khamenei to stop the…
Source: en.iranwire.com Faran Hessami, an Iranian Baha’i educator, has been released after four years in prison. Faran Hessami and her husband Kamran Rahimian were arrested along with dozens of teachers and administrators at the Baha’i Institute of…
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the Stop Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens Campaign, Ramian Idelkhani, a Baha’i citizen from Pars Abad in Ardebil province, was released after…
Source: bahaicamp.com According to the No Harassment & Incarceration of Baha’is Campaign of Iran, Soroush Shadabi, a Baha’i citizen from Karaj, who had been arrested after the detention of four other Baha’is earlier, has been released…
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from “BahaiNews”, Baha’i businesses and shops in the province of Kerman remain sealed and closed after almost a year. According to this report, on 26and…
Source: bangordailynews.com By Sandra Lynn Hutchison, Special to the BDN April 10, 2016 With a quarter-century of experience as a university professor behind me, I thought I could no longer be surprised by my students. I…
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Delaram Akbari, a Baha’i citizen residing in Sari, a student of computer science at Ghodsieh University, was expelled from that university on January 4, 2016.…
Source: www.noghtenazar.org Translation by Iran Press Watch There are some court judges who, based on mere hatred and prejudice against Baha’is, have signed the final verdict of twenty Baha’is without a glance at their files ‒…
Source: bahaicamp.com Sara Panahi and Navid Moghaddam have been expelled from the Payam-e Nour University’s campus in Urmia because of their belief in the Baha’i Faith. Miss Panahi was in the fifth term of a degree…
Source: www.hrw.org (Sanaa) – Yemeni authorities should drop all charges against a member of the Baha’i faith detained since December 2013, apparently for his religious beliefs. Prosecutors are expected to seek the death penalty for Hamed Kamal Muhammad…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Rouhie Safajoo, a student banned from Iranian universities because of her Baha’i faith and arrested for her online activism, was released on March 27, 2016 on 500 million rials (about $16,500 USD) bail, nearly…
Source: www.ibtimes.co.uk By Brendan Cole With economic links between the West and Iran expected to become stronger in coming years, more than 50 business leaders and economists have signed a letter to the Islamic republic’s supreme leader…
Source: BahaiNews1 According to a “Bahainews” report, Sorush Shadabi of Karaj, who was detained after the arrest of three other Baha’is, is still in Evin prison. According to the informed “BahaiNews” sources, this Bahai citizen has been in solitary confinement…
Source: en.iranwire.com Mahrokh Gholamhosseinpour Everything Azita Rafizadeh said ended with this question: “What will happen to Bashir if they take Peyman away to serve his sentence?” Her trembling voice showed the deep anxiety of a mother…
Source: BahaiNews1 Sarmad Shadabi, Tara Houshmand and Rouhie Safajoo have been released on bail after 20 days in Evin Prison in Tehran. Mr. Sarmad Shadabi’s bail was set at 200 million tumans ($66,120) while bail for…
