Source: www.bbc.com By Rozita Riazati For 45 years, Iran’s most famous modern monument, the Azadi (Freedom) Tower in Tehran, has been the backdrop to every major news story coming out of the country. A plaza for…
Recent Posts
Maziar Bahari Visits Dave the Chimp’s New London Mural for #NotACrime and Explains Why He Started the Campaign
Source: Education Is Not a Crime Maziar Bahari visits Dave the Chimp‘s new London mural for #NotACrime and explains why he started the campaign. “The Iranian government is discriminating against the Baha’is and other Iranians on a regular basis. So…
#notacrime Mural Moves Plight of Iran’s Baha’i Community to Bondi Beach
Source: www.abc.net.au PHOTO: The Bondi Beach mural is the third in Sydney as part of the campaign. (Supplied: Hayley Francis) A concrete wall in Bondi Beach has been transformed by street artists as part of a worldwide campaign…
The Role of Baha’is in Semnan Province, Why Is 98% of the Population of Semnan Province Literate?
Source: www.pyknet.net Translation by Iran Press Watch The head of the Education Ministry in Semnan province announced that 98% of the population of Semnan is literate, and that the province of Semnan ranks first in terms…
Sanandaj Ministry Of Intelligence Applies A New Tactic Against Baha’is
Source: hra-news.org HRANA NEws Agency – The Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj has detained a number of persons who have contact with a Bahai family, and has pressured them to submit private complaints against the family,…
Final Trial Of The Gorgan Baha’is
Source: hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – On December 27, 2015, the Revolutionary Court in Gorgan, in Iran’s Golestan Province, held the eighth and last in a series of trials of the Baha’is who were arrested in…
Afshin Ighani Released at the End of His Sentence
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports from the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran” campaign, Afshin Ighani, a Baha’i resident of Semnan in northern Iran, has been released…
Foad Khanjani Released at the End of His Sentence
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency: The Baha’i Foad Khanjani has been released from Rajai Shahr prison, as he had served his entire sentence. According to the report of Human Rights Activists…
Iran’s Hypocrisy on Persecution
Source: www.commentarymagazine.com MICHAEL RUBIN / JAN. 4, 2016 Saudi Arabia executed Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, perhaps Saudi Arabia’s most famous Shi‘ite scholar and a man who has professed non-violence even as urging Shi‘ites to protest in order to achieve…
Arrest of Two Baha’i Citizens in Sanandaj
Source: kurdane.com Translation by Iran Press Watch It has been three months since Mr. Zabihollah Raoofi – a Baha’i citizen residing in Sanandaj – was arrested based on the false charge of propaganda against the regime.…
After Seven Months Several Baha’i Shops in Sari Still Sealed!
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the “No to the harassment and imprisonment of Baha’i citizens” campaign’s report: Several Baha’i citizen’s shops in Sari were sealed in May- June of this year because…
The Surreal Upside-Down World of the Islamic Republic of Iran: The Ominous Arrest of Mr. Navid Aghdasi
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com By Payam Akhavan, Professor of International Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (Photo of Navid Aghdasi) Imagine an upside-down world in which murderers enjoy impunity while those seeking justice are punished. Sadly, this surreal world of inverted…
My Unwanted Sabbatical, Why I Went to Prison for Teaching Physics
Source: www.technologyreview.com On April 30, 2015, I was standing behind the very tall and heavy door of Rajaee-Shahr prison in the suburbs of Tehran, anxiously waiting for a moment I’d been imagining for four years. At…
Ayatollah Masoumi Tehrani Supports Baha’i Rights
Source: Abdolhamid Masoumi Tehran Translation by Iran Press Watch Over the last week, in appreciation of Ayatollah Masoumi Tehrani’s efforts and follow-up in support of upholding citizens’ civil rights, a number of Baha’i families whose loved…
Ongoing Human Rights Violations in Iran Spotlighted in UN Vote
Source: news.bahai.org 18 December 2015 UNITED NATIONS — Last month, 20 Baha’is were arrested by the Iranian authorities, which also carried out a series of coordinated shop closures, affecting some 28 Baha’i-owned businesses. Today the UN…
U.S. Senate Passes Resolution 148 Condemning the Persecution of the Baha’i Community in Iran
Source: publicaffairs.bahai.us December 18, 2015 WASHINGTON — Last night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution “condemning the government of Iran’s state-sponsored persecution of its Baha’i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.” Senate…
Follow Us
