Source: www.news.bahai.org In recent years, individuals and groups from within and outside of Iran have raised the call for justice, human rights, and a culture of inclusion in the country. Though more and more voices are…
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Kissing Bashir’s Feet
Source: Mohammad Nourizad Translation by Iran Press Watch Earlier I had kissed feet of four-year-old Artin1. This time I kissed Bashir’s feet. Bashir is a six-year-old boy. Bashir, with his little age, soul, and body, is very…
Holocaust Survivor Tomi Reichental Calls for Protection for Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.bahai.ie “As a Holocaust survivor I am calling on the people of Ireland and the international community to protect the Baha’i community in Iran. On June 8th a UN statement has revealed that their very existence may be…
Ayatollah Masoumi Tehrani’s Gift to Newly Arrested Bahai’s in Tehran
Source: www.amasumi.net Translation By Iran Press Watch In November 2015 Ayatollah Masoumi Tehrani1 presented as a gift to the newly arrested Bahá’ís in Tehran a piece of his calligraphy work from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the prophet founder of…
The Baha’is: Problem or Solution?
Source: http://iranglobal.info/node/35699 Translation by Iran Press Watch IRANGLOBAL Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Safa Rasti (Shintoo) In Iran, the rights of Baha’is are ignored in many different ways. Baha’is are even executed based on fabricated crimes.…
Baha’i Holocaust: Why, How, and To What Extent?
[khodnevis.org] 05 June 2014, by Majid Mohammadi After three decades of atrocities against Baha’is, Khamenei put an official government stamp on this oppression: “All believers should confront the trickeries of the misguided Baha’i sect……
Bahá’ís are Pure
Source : www.iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Mohammad Taghi Fazel Meybodi (1) Three types of fatwas have been issued by different religious jurists regarding the subject of the purity (2) of Baha’is. Some religious jurists…
A Conversation in Prison, The Story of their Trials and Tribulations
[roozonline] Sunday, April 13 2014 A Conversation in Prison, The Story of their Trials and Tribulations Massoud Bastani, Rajai Shahr Prison Little Artin has no role in this story, but he is the pivotal point…
Senior Anglican leaders praise “significance” and “courage” of Iranian ayatollah’s gift to Baha’is
[Bahá’í World News Service] 15 April 2014 LONDON — Two senior leaders of the Church of England have praised the ground-breaking action of an Iranian ayatollah who last week called for religious “coexistence” by dedicating to the…
Bishop of Coventry praises “courageous” support for Iranian Bahá’í community
09 April 2014 The Bishop of Coventry, Dr Christopher Cocksworth *, has described as a ‘courageous step’, the decision by a prominent Muslim cleric in Iran to gift to the Bahá’í community an important religious…
Baha'is in Brampton host meeting
[bramptonguardian.com, 24 May 2012]A Brampton organization wants Canada to use diplomatic pressure on the Iranian government and help stop the systemic and relentless prosecution of Baha’is, a religious minority group.The Baha’is of Brampton will hold…
The Bahá’í Threat to Iran’s National Security
[emadtalisman.com, 31 May 2012, by Emad Talisman] The Islamic Republic of Iran’s (IRI) nuclear ambitions have been the recent focus of both the popular news media and western foreign policy agendas; however, for a great…
Stop state-sponsored genocide and crimes against humanity
[www.thecommentator.com, By Wahied Wahdat-Hagh] The most negative aspect of the negotiations between the P5-plus-one (the UN Security Council Five plus Germany) and Iran is the dearth of attention being paid to human rights violations in that country.…
Publication Review: Baha'is of Iran: Power, Prejudices and Persecutions
The relationship between religious majorities and minorities in the Middle East is often construed as one of domination versus powerlessness. While this may indeed be the case, to claim that this is only or always…
World calls for unconditional release of Baha'i leaders and other Iranian prisoners of conscience
[BWNS 3 April 2012] NEW YORK — The plight of Iran’s seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders has been capturing the public’s attention in 12 of the world’s major cities, where a day of action marked the…
"In Their Place": Marking and Unmarking Shi'ism in Pahlavi Iran.
Dr. Aaron Vahid Sealy, in his Ph.D. thesis, includes the case of the Baha’is in Iran. With close to 400 references to the Baha’i Faith and the Baha’is in Iran, Dr. Sealy covers many cultural,…
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