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…
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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…
Iranian President Rouhani Calls for End to Religious Sectarianism While His Government Continues to Persecute Baha’is
Source: www.bic.org United Nations—22 September 2016—Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s call today for an end to religious sectarianism ignored Iran’s own intense persecution of its largest religious minority, thus undermining the very point he was trying to…
Mr. Rouhani: What Have you Done to Protect the Rights of Your Baha’i Citizens?
Source: www.intpolicydigest.org By Reza Afshari As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani prepares to address the UN General Assembly for the fourth time – and the last time before the next Iranian presidential election in 2017 – I…
Economic Apartheid Thriving in Rowhani’s Minority-Hating Iran
Source: www.theaustralian.com.au By FARIBORZ MOSHIRIAN As Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joins world leaders in New York this week for the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, the word “apartheid” is being voiced in the corridors of…
Journalists! Ask Zarif About These Iranian Prisoners!
Source: www.iranwire.com By ROLAND ELLIOTT BROWN Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is set to attend the 71st United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, where he will likely hold court for the international press on…
Baha’i Optometry Shop Sealed in Isfahan
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews” reports, on Sunday September 11, 2016, an optometry shop belonging to a Baha’i was sealed in Isfahan. Based on comprehensive reports from “BahaiNews”, an informed…
BIC Calls on President Rouhani to End Systematic Economic Oppression
Source: news.bahai.org Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani (left); Principal Representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations, Bani Dugal (right). NEW YORK — The Baha’i International Community has called on Iran’s President, Dr Hassan Rouhani,…
Where Is the Murderer of Ataollah Rezvani, a Baha’i Resident of Bandar Abbas?
Source: www.justice4iran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Justice for Iran, August 22, 2016: Three years since the murder of Ataollah Rezvani, a Baha’i resident of Bandar Abbas, with a bullet in his skull, law enforcement and…
Letter from Sahba Rezvani, an Iranian Baha’i, to Iranian Leaders
Source: www.justice4iran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch In June 2014, Sahba Rezvani, sister of Ataollah Rezvani, wrote a number of letters to: the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani; Sadegh Amoli Larijani, Head of the Judiciary; Mohammad…
Putting a Face to the Crime; Islamic Republic Figures Responsible for the Persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran
Source: www.justice4iran.org March 10, 2013 Introduction The Persecution of Bahá’ís is not a new phenomenon. Bahá’ís have been persecuted throughout the history of their faith in Iran. As Eliz Sanasarian notes in her book, Religious Minorities…
Annual Report by U.S. State Department Finds Religious Freedom Violations
Source: irannewsupdate.com By INU Staff INU – As described in the United States State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2015, the Iranian constitution declares the country to be “an Islamic Republic, and Ja’afari Shia Islam to be the…
Underground University: Bay Area Teachers Beam Secret Online Classes to Iran
Source: www.mercurynews.com By Katy Murphy, [email protected] Farhad Sabetan poses for a photograph at Cal State East Bay in Hayward, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. Sabetan is an economics lecture at the university. (Anda Chu/Bay Area…
Secret Meetings
Source: www.ebtoday.com By Natalie Feulner Students of the Bahá’í faith are banned from education in Iran — but that doesn’t stop lecturer Farhad Sabetan from teaching them Cal State East Bay economics lecturer Farhad Sabetan…
The Story of the Economic Suppression of the Bahá’ís in Iran
This article is based on a short documentary entitled “The Story of the Economic Suppression of the Bahá’ís in Iran” which was produced by a few Bahá’ís and their friends in Iran to show Iranians…
Street Artist Astro Creates an Illusion of Light for Baha’is in Iran
Source: en.iranwire.com By Sean Nevins Taking her normal route to a lunch spot on Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Central Harlem on a hot summer day, Randi, 45, looked across the street and saw something she would describe…
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