[BWNS 22 May 2011] GENEVA — A coordinated series of raids have been carried out on the homes of several Iranian Baha’is, active in a community initiative to provide a higher education programme for young members who…

[BWNS 22 May 2011] GENEVA — A coordinated series of raids have been carried out on the homes of several Iranian Baha’is, active in a community initiative to provide a higher education programme for young members who…
The Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studied in corporation with Foundation for Iranian Studies presents an International Symposium on Intellectual Othering and the Baha’i Question in Iran at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July…
[19 May 2011] HRANA News Agency – Saman Ostevar, a Baha’i citizen and children’s rights activist, who was arrested on March 2, 2011 in the city of Kerman, still remains in Bam’s Prison, and uncertainty surrounds…
(FrontLine, 18 May 2011) Tehran Bureau of Frontline reported: The appeals court in Tehran has suspended the one-year prison sentence of university student Dorsa Sobhani for five years. Sobhani, a human rights advocate and member of…
(edu-right.net) Letter of Maria Horr, mother of Mr.Vesal and Ms. Sara Mahboobi, two citizens denied access to higher education because of their Baha’i religion, arrested in the city of Saari (Northern Iran) . 05/10/2011: Community Against…
On April 28, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2011 Annual Report.The report describes – beginning on page 78 – the “severe” persecution of the Baha’i community in Iran from April 2010 to March 2011. Iran…
(HRA 14 May 2011) HRANA News Agency – On Wednesday, May 12, 2011, after being summoned and arraigned by Karaj’s Revolutionary Court, Ruhollah Zibahi, a Baha’i citizen from Karaj, was transferred to Ghezel Hesar Prison.
On Saturday (May 14, 2011), six of Iran’s seven Baha’i Leaders – Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli and Vahid Tizfahm – will begin their fourth year in prison. The seventh member…
(BWNS 16-May-2011) GENEVA — The injustice being faced by countless citizens of Iran has been highlighted around the world, as supporters marked three years since the arrest of the country’s imprisoned Baha’i leaders. In a message…
(RAHANA 8 May 2011) The family of Baha’i citizen Vajiollah Mirza-Golpour has stated that he has been transferred to the Execution Ward.
Toronto, Ontario, 28 April 2011 (CBNS) — When 81-year-old Ashraf Khanjani-the wife of jailed Baha’i leader Jamaloddin Khanjani, 77, was on her deathbed, her last wish was to see her husband, said Nika Khanjani, her…
Participants in the Capitol Hill reception to honor the seven leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, entering their fourth year of imprisonment, included: U.S. Senator Mark Kirk, U.S. Representative Michael Grimm, State Department’s Kathleen Fitzpatrick,…
(2 March 2011) Four members of Congress from Illinois, the state that is home to the Baha’i House of Worship for North America, are asking the U.S. government to call on the Iranian government to change its policies towards the…
by Fereshteh Ghazi interview, May 9, 2011, Families of Female Political Prisoners Transferred to Varamin’s Qarchak Prison in Interview with Rooz: The families of several female political prisoners raised alarm about their transfer to the Qarchak…
(BWNS 10-May-2011) NEW YORK — As seven Baha’i leaders in Iran complete their third year in jail, the Baha’i International Community has confirmed that the two women amongst them have been transferred to another prison.…
U.S. Senator Kirk hosts a reception for human rights supporters and speaks for the Baha’is of Iran in a reception, May 12th, 2011. Watch Senator’s Kirk comment in YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/IranRooyan#p/a/u/0/f2JErIyi_FQ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/user/IranRooyan#p/a/u/0/f2JErIyi_FQ[/youtube]