(No. 251 – August 10, 2010 – 10:30 a.m. ET) The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement expressing Canada’s concern over Iran’s continued detention of seven Bahá’í community leaders…
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Appeals Court Should Overturn Unjust Sentencing of Baha’i Leaders
Shirin Ebadi: Trial “Riddled with Irregularities” (10 August 2010) Seven leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, each of whom has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on security, espionage and other crimes, should be…
BBC report on sentencing of the Yaran & interview with Shirin Ebadi
8 August 2010 Shirin Ebadi’s interview with BBC Persian Television Subject: Twenty years’ imprisonment for the Yárán. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P57D26H0hvE[/youtube] Question: Mrs. Ebadi, what is your opinion about the sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment? Answer: I was stunned; I…
Detainment of Behnam Mote'arefi, a Baha'i in Semnan
Wednesday 13 Mordad 1389 [4 Aug 2010] at 2:45 PM HRANA News – Behnam Mote’arefi, a Baha’i of Semnan, was arrested and taken to Semnan prison to serve his prison term.
International outcry at prison sentences for Iranian Baha'i leaders
GENEVA — Reports that seven Iranian Baha’i leaders have each received prison sentences of 20 years have been met with condemnation from governments and human rights organizations around the world. Australia, Canada, France, Germany –…
Transfer of the seven Baha’i leaders to Raja'i prison in Karaj (Gohardasht)
After announcement of sentence of 20 years imprisonment each: Transfer of the seven Baha’i leaders to Raja’i prison in Karaj (Gohardasht) Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Yesterday afternoon, after the announcement of a sentence of…
A total of 140 years of prison for the seven Baha'i leaders
HRANA News – Each of the 7 former leaders of the Baha’i community has been sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment. As reported by the Committee of Reporters on Human Rights, this sentence comes after…
Reports say Iran's Baha'i leaders "sentenced"
NEW YORK — The Baha’i International Community has received reports indicating that seven Iranian Baha’i leaders have each received jail sentences of 20 years. The two women and five men have been held in Tehran’s notorious…
Cultural Loaders
July 22nd, 2010 / Thursday 8th of July 2010 Homa Houshmand 17/4/1389 When loaders arrived at Ivel village, they were in fact cultural loaders which invaded people’s minds. Why? Why has the Department of Justice issued…
Detention extended for seven Iranian Baha'i leaders
GENEVA — The imprisonment of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran has been extended for a further two months, the Baha’i International Community has learned. The trial of the seven concluded on 14 June. No verdict…
The voices of the women of Ivel…
Just over a month has elapsed from the devastating demolishment of 50 homes of Baha’is in a remote and previously unknown village of Ivel in the northern provence of Mazandaran, Iran. (See in Persian, in…
Ongoing harassment and persecution of Bahai’s in Iran
HRA news – In the continuation of oppression of Baha’is in Iran, a person in Abadan was arrested and the Baha’i cemetery of Kerman was demolished.
Continuation of detainment of Afshin Heyratian, human rights activist for working children and Baha'is
Tuesday, 05 Mordad 1389 at 11:27 Hrana News – Afshin Heyratian, human rights activist for working children and Baha’i citizen, resident of Tehran, has been living under arrest since 13th of Khordad [3 June].
Video Series: The Story of Iranian Angel Mona Mahmudnizhad (Parsi)
Mona Mahmudnizhad (September 10, 1965 – June 18, 1983) was an Iranian Bahá’í who, in 1983, together with nine other Bahá’í women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her membership…
Prevention of burial of a Baha’i citizen in Mashhad
HRA News- On the morning of Monday Tir 28th [July 19th] , officers of “Behesht Reza” [i.e. the public cemetery] of Mashhad refused to release corps of a Baha’i woman named Marziyeh Gholamy (Pardel), who…
The physical well being of an imprisoned Baha'i is in danger
Wednesday 30 Tir 1389 at 16:40 Hrana News – The physical well being of Rozita Vasseghi, an imprisoned Baha’i in Mashad’s Vakil Abad prison has been reported as very serious during the last family visit.…
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