Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Jinous Sobhani, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, was arrested at her home some hours ago, and detained in an unknown location by security forces. It&hellip
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Baha’is in Small Towns Also Face Persecution — It’s Not Just About Tehran
Source: www.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Iranian activists have urged the media and campaigners to pay more attention to human rights violations against Baha’is in provincial areas of Iran, claiming that they give unequal weight to violations taking&hellip
22 Baha’is Began New Year in Prison
Source: www.iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Kian Sabeti The last month of the Persian year 1397 (corresponding to 2018-2019 in the Gregorian calendar) was an eventful month for Baha’i prisoners. On one hand, some of&hellip
Arrest of the Third Member of a Baha’i Family in Tehran
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists organizing committee in Iran, on Monday, March 11, 2019, Saeed Naseri, a Baha’i citizen residing&hellip
BIC Joins Expressions of Concern for Recent Sentence of Nasrin Sotoudeh
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA —19 March 2019 The Baha’i International Community joins the international community in expressing deep concern over the sentence leveled against Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent human rights lawyer imprisoned in Iran. Ms. Sotoudeh was&hellip
Incarceration, Unemployment and Expulsion from University, All for Being Baha’i
Source: www.iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Kian Sabeti They were prevented from visiting each other for five months. Foujan is 20 years old and Milad 31 years old. They were both arrested for being Baha’is&hellip
Hamid Nasseri, a Baha’i in Tehran, Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA news agency – Today, Hamid Naseri, a Baha’i living in Tehran, was arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location. It is said that the agents&hellip
BIC Representative Delivers Statement on Situation of Baha’is in Iran at UN Human Rights Council
Source: www.bic.org Diane Alai, Representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations in Geneva delivers a statement on the human rights situation of the Baha’is in Iran- the largest non-Muslim minority in the country-&hellip
Baha’i Pouya Tebyanian Released from Semnan Prison After Six Years
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Pouya Tebyanian, a Baha‘i citizen imprisoned in Semnan Prison, has been released. He had been sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment in 2012&hellip
Report on the Latest Situation of Baha’i Atousa Ahmadayi at Evin Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The lack of accountability of judicial-security institutions has led to a cloud of uncertainty around the fate of Atousa Ahmadayi, a Baha’i citizen detained in&hellip
Baha’i Ghazaleh Bagheri Tari Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Ghazaleh Bagheri Tari, a Baha’i citizen residing in Tehran, was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment; the decision was announced to her this week. Ms. Bagheri&hellip
Baha’i Prisoners Pardoned or Released Early
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch On the eve of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution on February 11, 2019, a number of individuals convicted by Iranian courts were pardoned or had their sentences reduced. &hellip
Open Letter of Baha’i Scholar and Translator After Court Hearing in Tehran
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – As reported by HRANA, the news agency for Human Rights Activists in Iran, the court hearing for the charges against Faruq Izadinia, scholar, translator and Baha’i citizen of Tehran, was&hellip
Baha’i Kasra Teifouri Begins Serving Prison Sentence in Isfahan; Hamed Rezvani’s Fate Unknown
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – As reported by HRANA, the news agency for Human Rights Activists in Iran, on December 17, 2018, Mohammad Reza (Kasra) Teifouri, a Baha’i in Isfahan,&hellip
Report of Arrest of Baha’i Roya Hosseinzadeh in Gilan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News- Roya Hosseinzadeh, A Baha’i resident of Manjil in the province of Gilan, was arrested on February 2, 2019 by security forces at her residence and transferred to&hellip
Continued Detention of Baha’i Maryam Ghaffarmanesh in Evin Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Maryam Ghaffarmanesh, a Baha’i resident of Karaj, who was arrested by security forces on September 16th and taken to Evin Prison, is still in prison&hellip
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