Source: fa.rfi.fr By Azadeh Vala Translation by Iran Press Watch Mohammad Ali Pourmokhtar, member of the Parliamentary Islamic Council on Legal and Judicial Affairs Commission, said on Tuesday, September 3, that the commission is considering a&hellip
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti An Iranian Baha’i is part of the team behind Google’s newly-announced “discovery of the millennium” — the world’s first quantum computer. On 22 October, Google researchers announced that a computation that&hellip
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRA News Agency (HRANA) – Azita Rafizadeh, a Baha’i citizen, was released from Evin Prison today after completing her sentence. She was arrested by security forces in November 2015&hellip
Source: www.icmc.net Geneva, 1 October 2019 – Imagine having to pack a few of your most precious belongings in haste before fleeing overnight across international borders. Holakou Rahmanian, a former Iranian refugee now resettled in the United&hellip
Source: www.forbes.com Ewelina U. Ochab In early September 2019, Iranian news reported that the Iranian Minister for Education had ruled that if students mention that they belong to an officially unrecognized religion, like the Baha’i faith, this can&hellip
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency- This year, a number of Baha’i participants in the National Entrance Exam (NEE) have been denied access to higher education for their religious beliefs. The reason&hellip
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—12 September 2019—As millions of children and youth begin the new school year in Iran, Bahá’ís across the country prepare to diligently pursue their studies to better serve their compatriots. The Bahá’í International&hellip
Source: iranwire.com A film about the Baha’is of Iran and their commitment to education and resilience despite hostility from the leaders of the Islamic Republic has attracted thousands of public votes in the 2019 American Institute&hellip
Source: persian.iranhumanrights.org Translation by Iran Press Watch An informed source has told the Campaign that Negin Tadrisi, a Baha’i resident of Isfahan, who was arrested in 2017 during the bicentenary celebration of the birth of the&hellip
Source: iranwire.com Saleem Vaillancourt Rooha Haghar, aged 19, is a Baha’i originally from Shiraz, Iran, now living in Dallas, Texas. On Saturday, June 1, she gave the valedictory address at Emmett J. Conrad High School, during&hellip
Source: www.iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Kian Sabeti They were prevented from visiting each other for five months. Foujan is 20 years old and Milad 31 years old. They were both arrested for being Baha’is&hellip
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Shayan Manavi, a third semester student in civil engineering at Islamic Azad University in the City of Qods, was expelled from the university and&hellip
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News- Sama Zazifi, a student majoring in architecture at the University of Shahriar, was expelled for being a Baha’i. Despite depriving Baha’is from attending universities by the&hellip
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Behrouz Farzandi, a Baha’i residing in Shiraz, who was imprisoned for more than 2 years during the war and was 25% injured[i], after more than&hellip
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency: Hassan Momtaz Sarvestani, a Baha’i citizen detained at Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, has been prevented from hospitalization despite his acute heart problems. Today is&hellip
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency- Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran- the First Branch of the Administrative Court of Appeal upheld the ruling of the initial court regarding the&hellip
