Source: Masih Alinejad A Jewish man, formally announced, and the media also wrote that, if Donald Trump really wants to do such a thing, I would be the first person to register as a Muslim.…
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A Poem for Yaran
Source: Corrin J. Corbin By Corrin Corbin I have been a Baha’i for basically my entire life. My mother has been a Baha’i my entire life, therefore I was raised using the principles of the…
Open Letter of Baha’i Community Leader, Fariba Kamalabadi, from Evin Prison to Her Grandchild Bahar
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News- Fariba Kamalabadi, one of the members of the Yaran of Iran, Baha’i community leaders, was arrested in 2008 and sentenced to twenty years in prison. A short…
UN Condemns Iran’s Harassment of Its Religious Monitories, Particularly Bahá’ís
Source: www.ecumenicalnews.com By Peter Kenny The Nov. 15 rebuke was the 29th such censure since 1985 for the Islamic Republic of Iran. It came in an annual resolution on human rights in Iran, approved by a…
“We too are Iranian and have a right to live.”
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org November 12, 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch A Baha’i resident of Karaj whose production workshop was sealed on 6 November 2016 by the Law Enforcement Forces of the Office of Public Property, said:…
2000 Baha’is and Human Rights Activists to Rouhani: “Provide Education to Baha’is”
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch More than two thousand Baha’is inside and outside of Iran, as well as a number of human rights activists and some former student activists, in a letter to Hassan…
Iran: Abuse and Repression of Baha’i Religious Minority Again on the Rise
Source: www.fidh.org On 2 and 3 November 2016, police agents sealed off more than 100 small businesses belonging to followers of the Baha’i faith in several cities across Iran, including in the northern cities of Qaemshahr,…
Arrest of at Least Five Baha’i Citizens at the Provincial Governor’s Office of Mazandaran
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch As reported by the BahaiNews, on the morning of 8 November 2016 at least five Baha’i citizens were arrested at the Mazandaran’s Provincial Governor’s Office, and a large…
Speaking out Through Art: Waco Baha’i Center Hopes Mural Raises Awareness of Persecution
Source: www.wacotrib.com By CASSIE L. SMITH [email protected] The Iranian government is systematically persecuting a group of 300,000 Baha’is. Since the 1970s, the government has executed the religion’s followers and leaders and continues to target, jail and…
Forced Closure of Shops in Iran on an Unprecedented Scale
Source: news.bahai.org Over one hundred Baha’i-owned businesses in cities across Iran, including Sari, Ghaemshahr, and Bandar Abbas, were sealed by Iranian authorities after they were temporarily closed to observe Baha’i Holy days on 1 and 2…
“We Killed a Baha’i to Buy us Paradise for Seven Generations”
Source: www.iranwire.com When the doorbell rang, his elderly mother, who lives on the floor below, pushed the button to open the door without asking any questions. She assumed that a friend or a relative had come…
Baha’i Minority Says Iran Is Trying to Crush the Religion
Source: www.abcnews.go.com By EDITH M. LEDERER, ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED NATIONS — Oct 25, 2016, 12:05 AM ET The Baha’i International Community said Tuesday that Iran’s effort to crush the religious minority has continued unabated and intensified…
October 2016 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source: www.shaheedoniran.org The Special Rapporteur submits the present report, his sixth to the General Assembly, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 31/19. In his report the Special Rapporteur primarily presents information gathered from government sources and…
Treatment of Iranian Baha’is of Grave Concern
Source: www.editorials.voa.gov “The very existence of the group is declared to be illegal. Its leaders are in jail in many cases, and often many of those in jail end up facing significant human rights abuses there…
Iran’s Economic Apartheid
Source: www.commentarymagazine.com By MICHAEL RUBIN AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File Often lost in the debate about whether reintegrating Iran into the world economy will lead it to dedicate itself to the health and well-being of its citizenry is…
Commercial Unit Owned by a Father and Son Sealed in Karaj
Source: www.goldnews.biz Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report by Gold News, a commercial unit belonging to two Baha’i citizens of Karaj has been sealed. Javid Spare Parts Store, owned by Mr. Emad Ighanian…