Situation of the Baha’is of Iran Source: www.bic.org/statements/Situation-Bahais-Iran-1 Human Rights Council 27 – item 4 16 September 2014 Geneva Yesterday, the Baha’i International Community released a document entitled “Unfulfilled Promises”, which reviews the commitments the Islamic…
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No Baha’i Student Has Ever Returned to University
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com/174825 Translation by Iran Press Watch 10 September, 2014 In an open letter to Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s President, 360 Baha’is who have been barred from university have declareed: “despite the current government’s promises, barring…
Iran’s President Has Not Delivered on Pledges of More Freedom – U.N.
Source: Reuters, goo.gl/I96kX3 BY LOUIS CHARBONNEAU UNITED NATIONS, Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:04pm BST (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s promises of greater freedoms for the Islamic Republic have not resulted in any major improvements regarding human…
Bahai Home Raided in Shiraz
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-72 Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-26K On September 9, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence broke into the home of Wahideh Dana in Shiraz, searched it for about an hour, and confiscated religious books, images…
New Report on Iran’s Failed Promises on Human Rights
Source: news.bahai.org/story/1019 GENEVA — Iran has completely failed to live up to a series of promises it made regarding its treatment of Iranian Baha’is four years ago, says the Baha’i International Community in a new report. Titled…
Execution of the Seven Baha’is in Hamadan; “Judgment Day in the Eyes of Bahireh”
Source: iranwire.com/features/6478/ Translation by Iran Press Watch Aida Ghajar Monday, September 1, 2014 Following the 1978 revolution and the rule of the clerics, opposition to Baha’is began in Iran. Arrests of members of local and National…
Saqi Fedai Rearrested in Mashhad
Source: HRANA, goo.gl/Y3rp9B Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-26E Saqi Feda’i, a Bahai from Mashhad, has been summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence and arrested. She was first arrested by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence…
Iran Is World’s Leading Jailer of Female Journalists and Netizens
Source: en.rsf.org/iran-iran-is-world-s-leading-jailer-of-28-07-2014,46712.html PUBLISHED ON MONDAY 28 JULY 2014. Ten women who work in the media are currently behind bars in the Islamic Republic The arrest on 22 July of two journalists and a photographer, including…
Denial of Higher Education Continues in the New Academic Year for Bahai’s
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-63 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Tara Hooshmand, a Baha’i resident of Shiraz who had participated in the national university entrance exam this year, has been deprived of higher education despite passing the…
Susan Tabyaniyan Sentenced to One Year in Prison
Source: hra-news.org/en/susan-tabyaniyan-sentenced-1-year-prison Susan Tabyaniyan, a Bahai from Semnan who was arrested on May 31, 2014, has been sentenced to one year in prison. Her trial took place on August 7. After her arrest she was…
Persecution of Baha’is in Hamadan, : A letter to Mohamad Javad Larijani
Source: iranwire.com By Aida Ghajar Translation by Iran Press Watch Persecution of Baha’is in Hamadan, : A letter to Mohamad Javad Larijani Mr. Sohrab Habibi, a member of the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Hamadan,…
Another Baha’i Student Expelled from University in Shiraz
Source: PCED Translation by Sen’s daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-25Y September 10, 2014. On August 19, Farnaz Rouhani, who has completed four semesters of study in English translation at the Azad University in Shiraz, was expelled because of…
Top Ranking Baha’i Student in Mathematics Denied Access to Higher Education
Source: taghato.net Translation by Iran Press Watch The person holding rank 113 in the university entrance exam in the field of mathematics was prevented from selecting a major because she is a Baha’i. (Do you…
Imprisoned Baha’i Educators Refused Early Release Unless They Repent and Promise Not to Teach
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org/2014/09/imprisoned-bahais/ Three imprisoned Baha’is have been refused early release and furlough to visit their small children unless they recant their faith and pledge not to teach at the Baha’i university, a relative told the International Campaign…
Top Ranking Student Denied Access to Education
Source: Alliance for Rights of All Minorities (facebook group) Shadi Shirazi, a math student with top tier ranks in her entrance exams was denied admission to university because of her religious beliefs in Baha’i faith, according…
Three Top UN Human Rights Experts Call for a Halt to Shiraz Cemetery Destruction
Source: news.bahai.org/story/1016 4 September 2014 GENEVA — Three high-level United Nations human rights experts today called on Iran to halt the ongoing destruction of a historic Baha’i cemetery in Shiraz, Iran, saying the action is an…
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