(BWNS – 7 Dec 2010) NEW YORK — In an open letter to the head of Iran’s Judiciary, the Baha’i International Community today contrasted the country’s persecution of Baha’is with Iran’s own call for Muslim…
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U.S. State Department: Iranian government creates “threatening atmosphere” for Baha’is and others
BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR International Religious Freedom Report 2010 November 17, 2010 The constitution states that Islam is the official state religion, and the doctrine followed is that of Ja’afari (Twelver) Shi’ism.…
"Mommy, why you?"
(Iranian.Com, 5-Nov-1010, by Mona) — Susan Tebyanian, a Baha’i, commenced serving her 18 month prison sentence on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 [see http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/6167]. She is in Evin Prison along with two other Baha’i women, Sahba Rezvani…
Weekly Report on Violation of Baha’i Rights
(RAHANA – 13 Nov 2010) The following are the Baha’i rights violations in the past week: Baha’i resident began serving his sentence, Baha’i resident Roufia Beidaghi was arrested, Baha’i student was expelled, and farms belonging…
Baha’i Citizen Summoned to Revolutionary Court
(RAHANA – 30 Oct 2010) Farid Rohani, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, has been summoned to the Revolutionary Court.
Iran sentences Baha'i aide to Nobel laureate to 2 years in jail
Tehran, Iran (CNN) — A Baha’i assistant of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has been sentenced to two years in prison in Iran, the semi-official Mashregh news website said Saturday.
Support for Iran's seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders spreads worldwide
(BWNS 16 Sep 2010) . GENEVA — The call to release seven Iranian Baha’i leaders – whose prison sentences have reportedly been reduced to 10-years each – is spreading around the world. Prominent figures in India,…
Prison sentences for Iran's Baha'i leaders reportedly reduced to 10 years
(BWNS – 18 Sep 2010) NEW YORK — The 20-year prison sentences received by Iran’s seven Baha’i leaders have reportedly been reduced. The Baha’i International Community has learned that the lawyers representing the seven were informed…
The Case of Baha’i Prisoner, Rozita Vasseghi: Learn More & Take Action!
(United4Iran – 7-Sep-2010) Over the last week, friends and family of various prisoners in Iran have emailed requesting that we highlight the specific cases and current conditions of their loved ones. Wherever possible, U4I will…
Baha'i woman recalls imprisonment in Iran
(Posted by: Moni Basu – CNN Wire editor) Minoo Vosough can still hear the guards’ boots marching down the cold hallways of Iran’s Gohardasht prison. The screams of other inmates burn her ears. She can…
Roxana Saberi: In Iran, shackling the Bahai torchbearers
By Roxana Saberi Saturday, August 28, 2010 For several weeks last year, I shared a cell in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison with Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, two leaders of Iran’s minority Bahai faith. I…
Seven Baha’i Leaders Given Harsh Prison Sentence
Seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community were sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran on 7 August 2010. Although they have done nothing more than peacefully practice their religion, they…
MRG concerned by reports of lengthy jail sentences for Iranian Baha'í leaders
17 August 2010 Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is deeply concerned by reports indicating that seven Iranian Baha’í leaders have each received jail sentences of 20 years. The seven prisoners are Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi,…
47 Baha’is Currently In Prison
13 Aug. 2010 Following the sentencing of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran, Diane Ala’i, the representative of the Baha’i International Community told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that currently 47 members of…
U.S.A. joins Netherlands, U.K. and European Union in chorus of condemnation at prison sentences
13 August 2010 GENEVA — The United States of America has said it “strongly condemns” the sentencing of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders to 20 years imprisonment. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the act…
Lord Avebury: Savage sentences
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010, Posted by lord avebury Savage sentences The seven Baha’i leaders who had been detained in Tehran’s fearsome Evin prison for 20 months without charge have finally been sentenced to 20 years’…
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