Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Lack of Medical Care, Denied Family Visitation, Substandard Food, among Conditions in Ward June 20, 2016—Political prisoners held in the Women’s Ward at Iran’s Evin Prison are routinely denied medical care and hospitalization, face…
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From a Business Allegation to a Religious Allegation ‒ Consistency of a Lie
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch It has been almost one month since a bridal store was sealed under the pretense of publishing vulgar pictures (posting a photo of a bride in a bridal gown…
Baha’is of Urmia and Sanandaj Pressured to Convert to Islam
Source: www.goldnews.biz Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from Gold News which refers to a story by Maf News, twenty-seven Baha’i businesses in the city of Urmia in Northwestern Iran, and six more…
Five Days Since the Death of a Baha’i, Authorities Have Not Issued a Burial Permit
Source: BahaiNews 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, the body of Ms. Rezvanieh Nabavi Dehkharghani, a Baha’i citizen, is still being kept in the cold storage unit at the Vadi-e Rahmat Cemetery…
A Report Regarding the Current Condition of Kayvan Pakzadan
Source: BahaiNews 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports from “BahaiNews”, after ten days Kayvan Pakzadan is still under interrogation, and has been unable to contact his family. Based on an earlier report…
Building Bridges: Street Artist Keto Links West Africa and Iran
By Sean Nevins Among the bustle of afternoon traffic outside Public School #7 (PS7) in East Harlem, street artist Alexandre Keto from Sao Paulo, Brazil sat with his feet dangling from the railing where he was…
Iran Must End State Persecution of Baha’is, Say Exiled Iranian Political Figures
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org In the wake of the intense criticism by Iranian officials and religious leaders of Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, for her meeting with Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi, several exiled Iranian political…
Rone’s Harlem Mural Exposes Education Apartheid in Iran
By Sean Nevins “Growing up as a Baha’i in Iran I always had that fear that anything can happen in a second,” says Nasim Biglari, a 29-year-old Baha’i from Tehran, Iran. “And that fear remained in…
Iranian Prosecutor General Warns Those Who “Contact Baha’is”
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Following continuing attacks on the Baha’is and their human rights supporters, the Prosecutor General of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Muhammad Jafar Montazeri, has warned: “those individuals who contact…
UN: Iranian Authorities Inciting Hatred, Persecuting Baha’i Minority
Source: www.rferl.org June 08, 2016 UN human rights experts say Iranian officials are inciting hatred against members of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority. A statement issued on June 8 by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights…
New Video: Time for Anti-Baha’i Discrimination to End in Iran
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org State Officials Launch New Wave of Verbal Attacks after Former President’s Daughter Visits Baha’i Prisoner June 07, 2016—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Impact Iran released an animated video today calling for an…
Iranian News Agency Publishes List of Baha’i Businesses in Zahedan to Incite Violence and Intimidation Against Them
There have been many strategies by clerics in Iran over the years to oppress the embattled Baha’i community of Iran, starting from the beginning of the Baha’i Faith in 1844, through the establishment of the…
Baha’i-Owned Business Shut down in Babolsar
Source: www.goldnews.biz Translation by Iran Press Watch Gold News: According to reports, in addition to the four Baha’i businesses that were sealed and shut down on the 28th of May – one of the Baha’i religious…
Kayvan Pakzadan Arrested by Agents of the Ministry of Intelligence
Source: BahaiNews 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report by “BahaiNews”, this morning security agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in Tehran arrested Kayvan Pakzadan. Based on this report, the security forces went…
Education as a Weapon in Iran and South Africa
Source: en.iranwire.com By Amy Fehilly BIHE students graduate in Iran. The university is forced to operate underground Education is usually seen as the key to better societies and better futures. But it can also be used as…
Re-Closure of Baha’i Businesses in Sari and Fereydunkenar
Source: BahaiNews 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch “BahaiNews” reports that on the morning of the 28th of May 2016, agents from the Office of Public Places once again shut down several Baha’i businesses in…