Source: jia.sipa.columbia.edu Sunday, June 5th, 2016 By Shahin Milani Regions Middle East Keywords: Bahá’í, Citizenship Rights Charter, Iran Vol 69, No 2 Spring/Summer 2016 Article Page 137-146 This article examines the situation of Iran’s Bahá’í community, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority,…
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Four Years Have Passed Since Iranian Baha’i Azizullah Samandari Was Imprisoned
Source: bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports from Bazdasht, 7 July 2016 was the fourth anniversary of Mr. Azizullah Samandari’s imprisonment. On 7 July 2012, at 12 noon, security agents under the guise…
Appeals Court Sessions for Baha’is, Who Were Sentenced to Prison for a Collective 193 Years, Were Concluded in Just a Few Minutes
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A Quiet Genocide
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Baha’i Citizen’s Garage Sealed in Rafsanjan
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Afshin Seyyed-Ahmad Has Been Transferred to Prison to Serve a Three-Year Sentence
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Are Human Rights in Iran Getting Worse for Baha’is?
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Muin Mohammadi Deprived of Education for Being a Baha’i
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One-Year Imprisonment of Sheida Taeed
Source: humanrightsiniran Translation by Iran Press Watch On July 3, Sheida Taeed will be transferred to Babol Prison to serve her one-year prison sentence. According to the website of Human Rights in Iran: on the third…
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End Economic Discrimination in Iran
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Commentary: Iran’s Foreign Minister Toes the Supreme Leader’s Line on Human Rights
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