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Baha’i Citizen Vahid Ghodrat Detained in Yazd
Vahid Ghodrat, a 54 year old Baha’i resident of Yazd, has been detained. (RAHANA, 5 Oct 2010): The authorities have stated that the reason for his arrest has been anti- regime propaganda.
Unidentified individuals attack Bahá’í Citizen on exile
4-Oct-2010, Human Rights News Agency of Iran – RAHANA Foad Naeemi, Bahá’í citizen who was sentenced to two years incarceration and exiled to Eghlid, was attacked and brutally beaten by two unidentified individuals.
Why am I not a Baha'i (by Hadi Haddad)
By Hadi Haddad. – 1:04 PM 18 Mordad, 1389 [9 Aug 2010] Why am I not a Baha’i? Why? The question “why am I not a Baha’i” is a very intriguing proposition. For example, one…
Iran sentences Baha'i aide to Nobel laureate to 2 years in jail
Tehran, Iran (CNN) — A Baha’i assistant of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has been sentenced to two years in prison in Iran, the semi-official Mashregh news website said Saturday.
Weekly Report on Violation of Baha’i Rights
Two years of imprisonment for the secretary of the Defenders of Human Rights Center and a Baha’i citizen who has been deprived of education, the pressure on the Mashhad female Baha’i prisoners of conscience and…
Workplace of a Baha'i in Karaj is burned down
(HRANA, Monday, 27 Sept 2010): In keeping with the latest escalation of the persecution and repression of Baha’is in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the workplace of one Baha’i in Karaj [a suburb of Tehran]…
A Baha'i resident of Semnan arrested
(HRA News, 25 Sep 2010) Ali Ehsani, a Baha’i resident of the city of Semnan, was arrested on his way to work, and given a sentence of two years imprisonment.
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on the Persecution of the Baha'is in Iran
September 29, 2010 Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I want to take a moment to call the Senate’s attention to members of the Baha’i faith who have and continue to suffer severe persecution by the Iranian…
Iranian Bahai activist sentenced to two-year jail term
[There has been many news articles about the arrest and prison sentence of Mrs. Jinous Sobhani, the former aide to Nobel laureate Mrs. Shirin Ebadi. Iran Press Watch has carried some of these articles. The…
Iran sentences Ebadi's former aide [Jinous Sobhani] to jail
(AFP) TEHRAN — Iran has sentenced a former aide to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi to two years in jail, an opposition website reported on Thursday. “Jinous Sobhani, a Bahai citizen and former secretary of the…
Pressure Intensified on Baha’i Women in Mashhad Prison
Due to the new limitations, the pressure has intensified on 4 female Baha’is in the Mashhad Vakilabad Prison.
Baha’i Deprived of Education Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison
(RAHANA 29-Sep-2010) A Baha’i, Leva Khanjani, has been sentenced to 2 years in prison.
Canada Condemns Iran’s Continued Imprisonment of Bahá’í Community Leaders and Denial of Prisoners’ Legal Rights
(No. 302 – September 17, 2010 – 8:30 p.m. ET) The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement on the rights of prisoners in Iran and on reports that Iran…
Noora Nabil-Zadeh, a Baha'i, Released from Jail
Human Rights Activists in Iran reporters (HRA) — Noora Nabil-Zadeh, a Baha’i of Mashhad, a city in the Khorasan province of Iran, was released yesterday [Saturday Sept 18th] on bail of 50 million Tomans [approx.…
New wave of attacks on Baha'is of Semnan
September 10th, 2010 / 16 Shahrivar, 1389 . . HRANA News – Following provocative speeches against Baha’is which recently took place in some mosques in Semnan, a new wave of attacks and pressure against the…