Source: iranwire.com By KIAN SABETI On Monday, April 23, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addressed the American Council on Foreign Relations, discussing a wide range of issues, from US-Iranian relations to Syria and the nuclear deal. Following the…
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Baha’i Family Imprisoned for their Faith: Khanjani Family Sentenced to Combined Twenty-Six Years Imprisonment
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Five members of the Khanjani family, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Behfar Khanjani, Navid Khanjani, Leva Khanjani and Foad Khanjani, have been sentence for a combined total of 26 years because of…
“The Story of Four Prisoners”
Source: taraneh.org By Nasser Sedghi “The Story of Four Prisoners” – this is NOT a Hollywood Blockbuster movie! This is a story of real life and unspeakable cruelty This photo is taken a few days ago…
Shahab Dehghani, Baha’i Citizen, Released from Rajai Shahr Prison at the End of His Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the HRANA news agency, the news wing of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Shahab Dehghani, a Baha’i citizen, was released from Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, upon…
Baha’i Prisoner Released from Evin Upon Completion of 4-Year Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA- This afternoon, Elham Farahani, an Iranian Baha’i who was sentenced to 4-year prison terms in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Moghiseh, was released after…
Baha’i Citizen of Yazd Released from Prison upon Completion of Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Iman Rashidi, a Baha’i citizen living in Yazd, who was sentenced to three years imprisonment and one year suspended imprisonment as one of the 20…
Baha’i Citizen Transferred to Prison to Serve One-Year Sentence
Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA, the Human Rights Activists’ News Agency in Iran, Sima Kiani, a Baha’i citizen residing in Shahr-e Rey, has been taken to prison to begin serving a…
Children’s Rights Activist Arrested and Transferred to Evin Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – Afshin Hayratian, children’s rights activist and former prisoner of conscience, was arrested on October 20, 2017 by security forces at his own house in Tehran. The Baha’i citizen has been…
Yashar Rezvani, Baha’i Citizen of Tehran, Receives Two-Year Prison Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Yahshar Rezvani, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, who was previously detained by the agents of Ministry of Intelligence in July of last year and…
Baha’i Prisoner Transferred to Hospital Following Temporary Release from Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Bahman Salehi, a Baha’i from Birjand, was transferred to the hospital after posting bail and securing a temporary release from prison. Mr. Salehi was suffering…
18 Years Imprisonment for 6 Baha’is in Sistan and Baluchestan Province
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Six Baha’i citizens were sentenced at Branch Three of the Revolutionary Court of Zahedan (Sistan and Baluchestan Province), to a combined total of 18 years imprisonment on…
Iranian Baha’i Singer Facing Prison Time After European Concert Tour
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org After being repeatedly interrogated while spending a month in solitary confinement, Iranian singer Behnam Rohani-Fard was released on 100 million tomans bail (approximately $30,156 USD) from Tehran’s Evin Prison on October 3, 2017. Rohani-Fard, a member of…
Four Bahá’í Citizens of Kerman Sentenced to Combined 20-Years Imprisonment
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Amrollah Khaleghian, Ehsanollah Amirinia, Nima Rajabzadeh and Arman Bandi were sentenced to a combined total of twenty-years imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court of Kerman. Based on a report by…
IranWire’s Exclusive Report on the Dire Situation of Prisoners in Rajai Shahr
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Over the last few days, 53 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience were suddenly transferred from Ward 12 to Ward 10 of Rajai Shahr prison for…
Baha’i Released at End of Prison Sentence, But Daughters Still in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Manouchehr Kholousi, a Baha’i resident of Mashhad, was released from the Vakilabad prison in Mashhad after the end of his one-year prison term, while his two daughters,…
In the Last Two Days, at Least Six Baha’is Have Been Arrested in Iran
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch July 05, 2017 According to reports from Iran, at least six Baha’is have been arrested in Gorgan, Kashan and Shiraz in the last two days. In Kashan, two Baha’is,…