Source: www.radiozamaneh.com May 12, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch A group of Noshahr shopkeepers, in protest to the closure of Baha’i businesses in this city, have written to the governor of Noshahr demanding the reversal&hellip
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No Mother Can Be Deprived of Seeing Her Children Grow!
Source: goodtobemom.com Today is Mother’s Day! A day when we all can celebrate the unique and blessed station of motherhood in the company of our children and family. But there are two mothers in Iran&hellip
U.S. Calls On Iran To Free Jailed Baha’i Leaders
Source: www.rferl.org The United States has condemned Iran’s imprisonment of leaders of the Baha’i religious minority and called on Tehran to release them and other prisoners of conscience. Seven Baha’i leaders were arrested by Iranian authorities&hellip
Falsely Imprisoned Grandparents Wish to be with their Grandchildren
Source: medium.com By Sarv Mithaqiyan (a.k.a. Sodid) Religious freedom and practice are taken for granted in the USA. This is not true for countries like Iran. Soon after its inception in 1844, the Baha’i Faith provoked suspicion&hellip
Whoever Wins Iran’s Election, Its Religious Minorities Lose
Source: www.wsj.com By Kristina Arriaga May 11, 2017 4:11 p.m. ET What will Iran’s May 19 presidential election mean for the Baha’i, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious group? Given that every candidate was handpicked by Supreme&hellip
Global Campaign Launches for Imprisoned Baha’i Leaders
Source: news.bahai.org 12 May 2017 NEW YORK — The Baha’i International Community is launching a global campaign calling for the immediate release of the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders, unjustly imprisoned now for nine years. The campaign,&hellip
42 Bahai Businesses in Rafsanjan and Kerman Remain Sealed After Two Years
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The businesses of 42 Baha’is in Kerman and Rafsanjan were shut down and sealed two years ago by the Office of Properties of both cities due to&hellip
No Mercy for Iran’s Baha’i
What Their Repression Reveals About the Regime Source: www.foreignaffairs.com By Elliott Abrams Iran will elect a new president on May 19. But the real event will take place days before, on May 14, and it will&hellip
A Century and a Half of Imprisonment; A look at the Conditions of 25 Bahá’í Prisoners in Tehran and Alborz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Bahá’ís in Iran are being deprived of basic human and civil rights due to their religious beliefs. Discrimination, othering, vengeance, prejudgment, hate-mongering, harassment and murder, as well&hellip
“Not Another Year!”
Source: www.bic.org Release the Baha’i seven now Nine years ago, seven innocent men and women were rounded up by Iranian authorities and thrown into the infamous Evin prison solely because of their religious beliefs. The seven&hellip
Closure of 18 Baha’i-Owned Businesses in Shaheen-Shahr
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, 18 Baha’i-owned businesses in Shaheen-Shahr, Isfahan Province, were closed and sealed on Monday, May 1, 2017 by officers of the provincial Office of Public Places. The&hellip
Berkeley Architect Fights Religious Oppression With Education …
Source: www.nbcbayarea.com By Garvin Thomas It is late on a Wednesday evening and in Niknaz Aftahi’s second-floor Richmond apartment an underground class is just about to start. “Has anyone new joined?” asked Aftahi, looking at the&hellip
Seven Baha’is Arrested in Bandar Abbas and Qeshm by Ministry of Intelligence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Seven Baha’i citizens were arrested on Tuesday18th of April in the cities of Bandar Abbas and Qeshm, by the Ministry of Intelligence. Those arrested are Mahnaz Jan-nesar,&hellip
Get Involved in Passing Resolutions That Call for the Release of All Baha’i Prisoners – Including the Baha’i Leaders – and Other Religious Prisoners in Iran
Source: U.S. Baha’i Office of Public Affairs Get Involved Persecution of the Baha’is in Iran The Baha’is of the United States have worked with members of Congress for more than 30 years to pass resolutions&hellip
Bahai-Owned Businesses Shut down and Confiscated in Semnan on Account of Being Najis
Source: Shirdel Firouzian’s facebook post Translation by Iran Press Watch Once, these companies were very active in Semnan. Suddenly, they closed all of these companies and we were ordered to stop working. because the milk,&hellip
Florida Congressional Reps Call for Getting Tougher With Iran
Source: www.sunshinestatenews.com By KEVIN DERBY This week, members of the Florida congressional delegation called for tougher actions against the Iranian regime. On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the House Middle East and North&hellip
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