Source: www.ebtoday.com By Natalie Feulner Students of the Bahá’í faith are banned from education in Iran — but that doesn’t stop lecturer Farhad Sabetan from teaching them Cal State East Bay economics lecturer Farhad Sabetan&hellip
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Fouad Moghaddam Released on Two Months’ Furlough with Moratorium on His Sentence
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, Fouad Moghaddam, a Baha’i resident of Isfahan, came home for two months’ leave, which may be extended, and his conviction was suspended. According to a&hellip
Dire Health Condition of Dr Foad Moghaddam in Raja’i Shahr Prison
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The Bazdasht website has reported the dire health condition of the 66 year old Baha’i prisoner Dr Foad Moghaddam. Dr Moghaddam, who is a physician, has been in Raja’i&hellip
Shahin Negari’s Charges: Teaching Baha’i Youth
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Shahin Negari was born in September 1969 in a family of six (father, mother and four sons) in Mashhad. He is the second son, and his&hellip
Two Years Have Passed Since the Imprisonment of Nasim Bagheri
Source: bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Bazdasht, 27 April 2016 is the second anniversary of the imprisonment of Nasim Bagheri. Mrs Nasim Bagheri was born in Tehran in 1983. She was arrested on&hellip
Not a Crime’s Very Own Harlem Renaissance
Source: en.iranwire.com By Saleem Vaillancourt David “Rabi” Torres, one-half of the artist duo Cyrcle, painted this “Mad in Iran” broken ruler in Harlem. New York, US The Not A Crime campaign is back in New York to paint a&hellip
Kamran Morteza’i Farid Released from Raja’i Shahr Prison
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA: At the end of his 5-year prison sentence, Kamran Morteza’i Farid, a Baha’i, has been released from Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj. According to HRANA (Human Rights Activists&hellip
Iranian Baha’i Educator Faran Hessami Released
Source: en.iranwire.com Faran Hessami, an Iranian Baha’i educator, has been released after four years in prison. Faran Hessami and her husband Kamran Rahimian were arrested along with dozens of teachers and administrators at the Baha’i Institute of&hellip
These Students Surprised Me When I Thought I Could No Longer Be Surprised
Source: bangordailynews.com By Sandra Lynn Hutchison, Special to the BDN April 10, 2016 With a quarter-century of experience as a university professor behind me, I thought I could no longer be surprised by my students. I&hellip
Baha’i Parents Sent to Prison, Leaving Their Child Alone
Source: en.iranwire.com Mahrokh Gholamhosseinpour Everything Azita Rafizadeh said ended with this question: “What will happen to Bashir if they take Peyman away to serve his sentence?” Her trembling voice showed the deep anxiety of a mother&hellip
My Unwanted Sabbatical, Why I Went to Prison for Teaching Physics
Source: www.technologyreview.com On April 30, 2015, I was standing behind the very tall and heavy door of Rajaee-Shahr prison in the suburbs of Tehran, anxiously waiting for a moment I’d been imagining for four years. At&hellip
Imprisonment of Both Parents of a Child for Their Promotion of Higher Education
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—1 December 2015—As part of an outrageous effort to block Baha’i youth from higher education, Iranian authorities have imprisoned the mother and are threatening to imprison the father of a six-year-old boy, depriving him&hellip
Education Becomes Her
Source: www.examiner.com By Randolph Dobbs The year is 2010 and an Iranian architectural student is hunched over a drafting table, adding last minute details to complete an assignment. Recalling the timber frame construction used in traditional&hellip
BIHE Instructor Released From Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Sen’s daily Amanollah Mostaghim one of the imprisoned staff members of the Bahai Open University (BIHE) in Iran, was released from Raja’i Shahr prison today. He was sentenced to five years in&hellip
BIHE Instructor Transferred to Evin Prison to Serve Four Year Sentence
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports by No to Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Compatriots: Azita Rafizadeh, who had previously been sentenced to four years imprisonment for teaching at the online Baha’i&hellip
Imprisoned BIHE Instructor Has Been Denied the Right to a Furlough
Source: hra-news.org October 6, 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Nasim Bagheri, one of the instructors at the Baha’i online university (BIHE), who has been imprisoned in the women’s ward of Evin&hellip
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