HRA News: Peyman Kashfi Najaf Abaday, a Baha’i resident of Tehran who was arrested by Ministry of Information and released on bail, is sentenced to 4 years in prison.
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Attack on Iran’s Baha’i is a Human Rights Outrage
The destruction of 50 Baha’i homes demonstrates the Iranian government’s disregard for its international obligations Written by Barney Leith for the Guardian [“]The governor general is like a physician … if he feels that there…
To be a Baha'i is a crime in the Islamic Republic
Thursday, 17 Tir 1389 [8 July 2010] Report of Rooz on human rights violations in Iran By : Fereshteh Ghazi, [email protected] Baha’i citizens, whose homes in Ivel village in Mazandaran were destroyed by trucks and…
Expulsion of a Baha’i student from the International University of Qazvin
HRA News – Vesal Momtazi, a Baha’i students at International University of Qazvin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imam_Khomeini_International_University] was expelled from this university due to being a member of the Baha’i faith.
The Baha'is of Ivel: Undaunted spirit
11 July 2010 GENEVA — Following the demolition of Baha’i homes in the Iranian village of Ivel – reported last week – there is another story that must also be told: that of sympathetic villagers…
A tale of suffering of a Baha'i in Ivel.
[Editor’s Note: The destruction of 50 Baha’i homes in Ivel on 24th of June, 2010, has seen an overwhelming reaction by the people of the world to an extend that Iran Press Watch (IPW) is…
President of European Parliament condemns attacks on Baha’is
[At the opening of the Strasbourg plenary session of the European Parliament on 5 July, President Jerzy Buzek condemned recent attacks on the Baha’i community in Iran and the ongoing use of the death penalty…
Latest update about the demolition of homes of Baha'is in the village of Ivel
Although more than a week has passed since the demolition of a number of houses of Baha’is residing in the village of Ivel in Mazandaran, Baha’i residents of this village have not been able to…
Arrest and implementation of a sentence against a Baha'i
Thursday 10 Tir 1389 [1 Jul 2010] at 10:13 AM Hrana news – Susan Tebyanian, a Baha’i resident of Semnan, was called before the Executive Circle of the Revolutionary Court , arrested on the spot…
Weekly Report on Violation of Baha’i Rights (26 June – 2 July)
Ruling and enforcing prison sentences for Baha’i citizens were the most important instances of violating their rights in the past week. RAHANA- The summary of weekly instances of violation of Baha’i rights during the the…
Iran's Bahai community fear rise in persecution
By Kasra Naji BBC News First there are the images of wooden beams on fire. Then buildings come into view, some without windows and doors, others reduced to rubble. The shaky mobile phone footage posted…
Islamic Government, Domestic Crisis and the Baha’i Community in Iran
(HRANA) FRIDAY, 07 MAY 2010 21:46 *This article has been developed for the human rights community and civil rights activists to clarify and spread awareness about the trial of a Baha’i person and his confessions.…
Arrest of Sara Mahboobi, one of the students deprived of education
Thursday 03 Tir 1389 [24 Jun 2010] at 18:32 [6:32 PM] Hrana News- Sara Mahboobi, a university student who had been deprived of her right to a university education residing in Sari, was arrested this…
Weekly Report on Violation of Baha’i Rights
RAHANA: The recent Baha’i rights violations are as follows: June 22 Navid Khanjani’s Bail Amount Increased Student rights activist, Navid Khanjani, presented his last defense in the 3rd branch of Prosecutor based Interrogation Center in…
Video of the Site where 50 Homes of Baha'is in Ivel, Mazandaran, were demolished.
On 24th fo June, 2010, 50 homes of the Baha’is in Ivel were demolished. The news of this cruel act has filled the media. The following is a cell phone video recording of the site:…
Homes demolished in campaign to drive Baha'is out of Iranian village
(BWNS) GENEVA — Homes belonging to some 50 Baha’i families in a remote village in northern Iran have been demolished as part of a long-running campaign to expel them from the region. The action occurred…