Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The petition by 22 Baha’i citizens in Urmia whose businesses have been shut down for over a year has been reviewed by the Superior Administrative&hellip
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New Methods to Prevent Baha’is from Studying
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti In Iran at the moment, most young Iranians aged 18 or 19 are impatiently waiting for their results in the nationwide university entrance exams. But Pegah, who lives in Karaj near&hellip
The Baha’i Prisoner of Semnan: 2,000 Days and Counting
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti “I am thinking of Pouya Tebyanian, of a person who since the winter of 2013 has been in prison for Baha’i proselytization,” tweeted student activist Zia Nabavi, who was at one time Tebyanian’s cellmate.&hellip
Preventing the Burial of a Baha’i in Kerman
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Security forces have blocked the burial of a Baha’i citizen from Kerman, who died on August 7, and after four days forced his family to&hellip
Arrest of A Bahá’i Citizen in Yazd
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Mehran Bandi Amirabadi, a Baha’i citizen residing in Yazd, has been arrested by security forces. According to HRANA, the human rights activists News Agency in&hellip
Three Young Baha’is Fired from Work in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency: In continuing efforts to put pressure on the Baha’i community by preventing them from carrying out economic activities, three Baha’is have been fired from their jobs&hellip
Baha’i Couple in Shiraz Sentenced to Combined Three-and-a-half Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Ever Increasing Pressure on the Iranian Baha’i Community HRANA News Agency – Rouhiyeh Nariman, a Baha’i resident of Shiraz, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years imprisonment by Branch 17&hellip
Baha’i Nika Kholousi Released from Mashhad Prison After Serving 5-year Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – As reported by HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, today, Sunday August 5, 2018, Nika Kholousi, a Baha’i resident of Mashhad, who had&hellip
Baha’i Student Expelled Weeks Before Finishing Degree
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Sarir Mooghen, a 23-year-old Baha’i student, has been expelled from Isfahan’s Azad University just one semester before she was due to complete her Bachelor’s degree in architecture. She had been at the&hellip
After a Year, Businesses of 22 Baha’is in Urmia Still Sealed
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRNA News Agency – The businesses of 22 Baha’is in Urmia that were sealed by officials of that city’s Office of Public Places in July and August of&hellip
Woman Expelled From Iranian University Just Before Obtaining Degree Because She’s Baha’i
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org A young Baha’i woman was expelled from Iran’s Islamic Azad University in the city of Isfahan one semester before completing her bachelor’s degree in architecture because of her religious beliefs. “Sarir Movaghan had declared&hellip
Seven Baha’is in Yazd Sentenced to Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency ‒ Seven Baha’i citizens living in Yazd have been sentenced to three years imprisonment and exile by the third district court of appeals. According to the&hellip
Zabihollah Raoufi, Elderly Baha’i Citizen, Sentenced to Prison and Exile
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Zabihollah Raoufi, a 69-year-old Baha’i from Sanandaj, has been sentenced by the Fourth Branch of the Kurdistan Appeal Court to one-year in prison in&hellip
Baha’i Delegate to US Religious Freedom Conference: Pressure Iran
Source: www.voanews.com A Baha’i International Community representative who participated in a first-of-its-kind U.S. conference on religious freedom says she urged delegates to press Iran to stop mistreatment of its Baha’i minority. Speaking to VOA Persian&hellip
Discrimination Or A Subtle And Slow But Steady Persecution Of Baha’is In Iran?
Source: www.forbes.com Recently, I was asked to consider the situation of the Baha’i religious minority group in Iran. I was warned that the persecution of the Baha’is differs from the cases that I have covered to&hellip
The Forbidden University
Source: www.zeit.de First published in DIE ZEIT, 5th of July 2018 Mannheim, Germany Translated from German by Kiumars Yazdani Members of the Baha’i religion are banned from higher education in Iran. For thirty years they have been&hellip
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