RAHANA: The recent Baha’i rights violations are as follows: June 22 Navid Khanjani’s Bail Amount Increased Student rights activist, Navid Khanjani, presented his last defense in the 3rd branch of Prosecutor based Interrogation Center in…
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Barring the Baha'is
Barring the Baha’is By Faraz Sanei — Researcher, Human Rights Watch — describes how Iran persecutes one of its largest minority groups. Late on the evening of March 2, members of the Iranian intelligence ministry…
Interrogation, Jail and Threatening in the Ministry of Science in response to Seeking the Human Right of Education
Editor’s Note: The following report was posted on the online site of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters and appears below in an edited form. By: Committee of Human Rights Reporters Deprivation of education is…
The Right of Baha’is to Education in the Past Year
Editor’s Note: An annual report on violations of the right of Baha’is in Iran to education was posted in Iran Press News (reference at the end) which appears below in translation. Kindly note that this…
Bahai's Living in Iran with No Human Rights
By Wahied Wahdat-Hagh, Die Welt, 12-Dec-2008 Editor’s note: A german translation of this article can be found at http://europeandemocracy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13278&catid=4&Itemid=22 Universal human rights are being trampled underfoot in the Islamic “Republic” of Iran. In particular, the…
Baha’i Students’ Open Letter on Student Day
In the charged atmosphere after the CIA-supported military coup of August 1953 which brought Muhammad-Reza Pahlavi back to the throne and suppressed a popular uprising in support of Dr. Mohammad Mosaddeq, university students in Iran…
Friday, 19th of September
The organization Human Rights Activists of Iran reports (http://www.hrairan.com/Archive_87/1044.html) that on Thursday, 11 September 2008, the following incident occurred: Four Baha’i students who have been denied access to institutions of higher education decided to follow…
IRAN 2022 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT
Source: www.state.gov Executive Summary The constitution defines the country as an Islamic republic and specifies Twelver Ja’afari Shia Islam as the official state religion. It states all laws and regulations must be based on “Islamic…
Iran: Mounting Pressure on Baha’is
[human rights watch] Iran: Mounting Pressure on Baha’is Facing Prison, Cemetery Destruction MAY 20, 2014 (Beirut) – Iranian authorities should ensure that prison sentences against 20 Baha’is unlawfully convicted of national security crimes are overturned.…
More Than Fifty Baha'i Citizens Imprisoned in Iran
[HRA 17 Aug. 2011] HRANA News Agency – While in various international gatherings and interviews conducted with foreign media, Iranian government officials continue to claim that no one is imprisoned in Iran because of their beliefs,…
Pressure Intensified on Baha’i Citizens
(RAHANA 6 Jan 2011) Two arrests, a conviction and a summons order are the recent pressures of Islamic Republic on Baha’i citizens living in Iran.
The Trial of the Yaran under Iranian Criminal Procedure: “The Justice of God” or Procedural Injustice?
THE TRIAL OF THE YARAN UNDER IRANIAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: “THE JUSTICE OF GOD” OR PROCEDURAL INJUSTICE? by Christopher Buck, Ph.D., J.D. [Editor: Iran Press Watch welcomes back Dr. Christopher Buck, a distinguished legal scholar. While most writers…
Violations of the Rights of our Baha’i Countrymen
By Hamid Hamidi Editor’s Note: The following is the text of a talk given by Mr. Hamid Hamidi and Iran Press Watch welcomes comments and reactions to this seminal piece. Mr. Hamidi is a much-respected…
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