(bahai.org.au, 5 July 2011) The peak body representing universities throughout Australia has repeated its concerns about the denial of university education to members of the Baha’i Faith in Iran, a Sydney seminar has been told. Universities…
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Baha'i Citizen, Riyaz Sobhani, Arrested
(HRA 15 June 2011) HRANA News Agency – Riyaz Sobhani, a Baha’i citizen residing in Tehran, was arrested this morning in his house.
Parliament of Canada: "particularly troubling" Persecution of Baha’is in Iran
Debates of the Senate (Hansard)1st Session, 41st Parliament, Volume 148, Issue 6, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, I rise before you today to speak…
CNN: For Baha’i educators, a lesson in power from Iran
Source: edition.cnn.com (By Mitra Mobasherat and Joe Sterling, 2 June 2011, CNN) — The three Iranian security officers rang the doorbell, politely informed the man of his arrest, thoroughly searched the house, confiscated high-tech gear and books,…
Illicit education: Bahai's struggle to educate their youth
The recent raid by the Government of Iran on the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) is not the only raid that BIHE has suffered. Below is a glimpse of a previous raid on the…
Many searches and 14 arrests of BIHE faculty
[Sen’s Daily, 22-May-2011] PCED, May 22 [updated May 23] Today, officials from the Ministry of Intelligence have been entering the homes of many of the academic staff of the Bahai Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), a…
USCIRF probes persecution of Iranian Baha’i community in 2011 religious freedom report
On April 28, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2011 Annual Report.The report describes – beginning on page 78 – the “severe” persecution of the Baha’i community in Iran from April 2010 to March 2011. Iran…
Persecution of the Baha'i community of Iran – a review
Toronto, Ontario, 28 April 2011 (CBNS) — When 81-year-old Ashraf Khanjani-the wife of jailed Baha’i leader Jamaloddin Khanjani, 77, was on her deathbed, her last wish was to see her husband, said Nika Khanjani, her…
Third anniversary in prison for Iran's Baha'i leaders
(BWNS 10-May-2011) NEW YORK — As seven Baha’i leaders in Iran complete their third year in jail, the Baha’i International Community has confirmed that the two women amongst them have been transferred to another prison.…
Shock at "duplicity" as 20-year sentence for Iran's Baha'i leaders is reinstated
(BWNS, 30 March 2011) NEW YORK — Just six months after Iran’s appeal court reduced to 10 years the jail terms handed down to seven Baha’i leaders, the prisoners have been told that their original…
More than 332 Arrested in Iran during the month of February
(RAHANA, 15 March 2011) According to confirmed reports, during the month of February 2010, more than 332 political and civil activists, students, and protesting citizens were arrested.
Canaries in the Coalmine: The Persecution of Iranian Bahá’í
(ASLAN MEDIA, 3 March 2011) As the Iranian regime continues to tighten the noose of oppression around the throats of all its citizens, one group of Iranians is being singled out for particular brutality. Last…
Prominent individuals and organizations renew support for Iran's seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders
New Delhi, 14 March, 2011 — The global support for Iran’s seven jailed Baha’i leaders is continuing as one of the prisoners begins her fourth year in detention. Mahvash Sabet – a schoolteacher and mother…
Roxana Saberi: Free Iran's Seven Baha'i Leaders
March 15, 2011 issue of the Wall Street Journal, By ROXANA SABERI (also see BBC Profile here) March 5 marked the third anniversary of the arrest of Mahvash Sabet, one of my former cellmates in Iran’s…
Human rights groups renew support for Iran's seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders
(BWNS 9 March 2011) NEW YORK — The global support for Iran’s seven jailed Baha’i leaders is continuing as one of the prisoners begins her fourth year in detention. Mahvash Sabet – a schoolteacher and mother…
Amnesty International's "Nowruz Action"
The Persian holiday Nowruz (“new day”) is an ancient holiday celebrated on the first day of spring to welcome in the new year. On this Nowruz we want to remember several courageous prisoners of conscience…