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
Education Is Not a Crime
Report on the Situation of Navid Khanjani: The Prospect of Freedom
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA NEWS – The 12-year discretionary sentence of Navid Khanjani, the human rights activist, in Raja’i Shahr Prison in Karaj by application of the “aggregation rules” has been reduced&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
Baha’i Expelled by University Police
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the No Harassment or Imprisonment of Baha’is Campaign, Sarah Shakib, a student of applied statistics at the University of Kashan, was expelled from the University after what&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
A Tumultuous Account by Delaram Akbari, a Baha’i Student Deprived of Education
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Delaram Akbari, a Baha’i citizen residing in Sari, a student of computer science at Ghodsieh University, was expelled from that university on January 4, 2016.&hellip
Two Baha’i Students Expelled from Urmia University
Source: bahaicamp.com Sara Panahi and Navid Moghaddam have been expelled from the Payam-e Nour University’s campus in Urmia because of their belief in the Baha’i Faith. Miss Panahi was in the fifth term of a degree&hellip
Young Woman’s Quest for Higher Education Exposes Iran’s Discrimination Against Baha’is
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Rouhie Safajoo, a student banned from Iranian universities because of her Baha’i faith and arrested for her online activism, was released on March 27, 2016 on 500 million rials (about $16,500 USD) bail, nearly&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
Iran: Baha’i Student Writes of Being Deprived of Higher Education
Source: freedomessenger.com Delaram Akbari, a Baha’i college student in the city of Sari, northern Iran, studying computer software, was expelled from college on January 13 after finishing her first term. She writes about the difficulties she&hellip
Four Baha’is Arrested
Source: en.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On Tuesday March 8, while most Iranians were preparing for Persian New Year festivities, authorities arrested four members of the Baha’i minority in Tehran, Karaj and Sari. Their names are Rouhie Safajoo, Sarmad&hellip
“For Bashir” by Rouhie Safajoo
Source: en.iranwire.com Sunday 13 March 2016 Rouhie Safajoo Rouhie Safajoo is a 20 year-old Iranian student who was arrested on March 8 after protesting for her right to an education. She is a member of Iran’s Baha’i&hellip
The Quiet Arrest of a Baha’i Student
Source: en.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Around 9 am the doorbell rings. The picture of a man in police uniform is on the intercom screen. “Open the door,” says the man. “I am from the police.” They open&hellip
Three Bahai Students Held in Evin Prison to Be Tried
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Mr. Sarmad Shadabi one of three Bahai students arrested in Tehran and Karaj on March 8, and held in Evin Prison, has had telephone contact with his family. They&hellip
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