Late Night Arrest of 17 Baha’i Citizens in Yazd
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch August 3, 2016 As reported by Bazdasht, last night around 10 pm a number of Ministry of Intelligence agents attacked the home of a...
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Disabled Son of Imprisoned Baha’i Has to Make a 9-Hour Trip to Visit Father
Source: www.manoto.news Translation by Iran Press Watch In November of 2012, Koroush Ziyari, employed in the production and distribution of clothing, and a Baha’i from Gonbad-e Qabus city in Golestan Province,...
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...
Underground University: Bay Area Teachers Beam Secret Online Classes to Iran
Source: www.mercurynews.com By Katy Murphy, kmurphy@bayareanewsgroup.com 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...
Interview with BIHE Instructor
Source: Amber Lee (facebook page) By Amber Lee It’s easy to take education for granted. I met a Cal State East Bay professor who teaches economics to students on campus....
Bahá’í Leader Writes to Her Newborn Grandson from Prison
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the Bazdasht’s site, Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi1, one of the Yaran (a coordinating group of seven people who facilitated the...
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...
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...
HRAI and Religious Minorities; an Interview with Two Representatives of Bahai Community
Source: hra-news.org Peace Line Monthly - It is no secret that after the Revolution the civil rights of the Baha’is in Iran has been constantly violated. Today, these violations of rights have...
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...
Two Baha’i Businesses Sealed in Miandoab; Seals on Baha’i Owned Businesses Removed in Qaemshahr, Sari, and Urumieh
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report from BahaiNews, the businesses of two Baha’i citizens in the city of Miandoab have been sealed. In addition, the...
Five Baha’is Arrested in Shiraz
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch In the morning of 16 July 2016, officers of the Office of Information in Shiraz raided a Baha’i residence in which a few...
Yekta Fanhandezh Sa’adi Arrested
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Yekta Fanhandezh Sa’adi, a Baha’i citizen of Shiraz, was arrested this morning. According to the website Human Rights in Iran, which was quoting “BahaiNews”1,...
Two Baha’is Arrested in Shiraz
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency- Nabil Tahzib and Naim Ghaed Sharafi, two Baha’is from Shiraz, were arrested yesterday by agents of the Intelligence Services. According...
Human Rights Priority Country update report: January to June 2016
Source: www.gov.uk There has been little change in the human rights situation in Iran between January and June 2016. In many respects, the situation has worsened, despite President Rouhani pledging to...
Big and Bold: Not A Crime Strikes in the Heart of Brazil
Source: en.iranwire.com By Sean Nevins Milza Diana, 66, wakes up every morning in her two-bedroom flat in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil, slides open the window, and looks out across Roosevelt...
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