Source: news.ca.bahai.org For the past six years, the first week of May has been marked by members of all federal political parties as “Iran Accountability Week”. The initiative was started by former Attorney General Irwin Cotler,&hellip
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War Of Hashtags Brings Zarif Under The Spotlight
Source: en.radiofarda.com A war of hashtags has taken over social media following a Q&A session with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Council on Foreign Relations on April 23. The online warfare, which started&hellip
3000 Iranian Students Protest Against Deprivation of Religious Minorities on Higher Education
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch June, 2nd 2017 More than three thousand Iranian students from various universities are protesting educational restrictions imposed on Gonabadi Dervishes, and are demanding education equality for all religious and&hellip
US Leaders Tell Persecuted Believers: ‘You Are Not Alone’
Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Apr 6, 2017 / 04:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious freedom advocates at the United States capitol on Thursday sent a message of solidarity to all those imprisoned or tortured&hellip
Nowruz Holiday Action for Iranian Prisoners of Conscience
Source: Amnesty International The Iranian holiday Nowruz نوروز (“new day”) is an ancient holiday celebrated on the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere to welcome in the new year. On this Nowruz we&hellip
Thirty-Two European Parliamentarians Call for an End To “Economic Apartheid” Against Baha’is in Iran
Source: Baha’i International Community Brussels—15 March 2017—Calling Iran’s efforts to oppress Baha’i businesses a form of “economic apartheid,” 13 members of the European Parliament and 19 MPs from seven national parliaments have signed a statement&hellip
More Voices from Islamic Countries Call for Iran to Stop Persecuting Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org DHAKA, Bangladesh — A group of Bangladeshi lawyers have joined the increasing numbers of Muslim intellectuals, religious leaders, and professionals worldwide who have called for an end to the persecution of Baha’is in Iran. In a letter&hellip
Iran Must End State Persecution of Baha’is, Say Exiled Iranian Political Figures
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org In the wake of the intense criticism by Iranian officials and religious leaders of Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, for her meeting with Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi, several exiled Iranian political&hellip
The Right of Baha’is to Teach Their Faith
Source: iranwire.com Translation By Iran Press Watch 17 November 2015 The arrests of 20 Baha’i citizens in Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz and the closing of 23 Baha’i-owned businesses in Mazandaran Province is evidence of continued pressure&hellip
Constructive Resilience: The Baha’i Way to Respond to Human Rights Abuses
Source: www.amnesty.org.uk In Iran, followers of the Baha’i faith face discrimination, arrest and arbitrary detention, some have even been executed because of their religion. Although founded in 1863, the country’s constitution does not recognise and protect&hellip
Award-winning Film Explores Power of Religion
Source: news.bahai.org 20 October 2015 Internationally renowned Iranian director, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, has made available to the general public his award-winning film, The Gardener. Filmed in the Baha’i gardens on the slopes of Mount Carmel and in the&hellip
Iranian Baha’i Refugees the Subject of Carleton University Symposium
Source: www.bahainews.ca Toronto, Ontario, 1 October 2015 (CBNS) — “You will be scattered like gems across the country.” That is what Mina Sanaee recalled Douglas Martin telling her when he visited Baha’i refugees in Pakistan&hellip
Canadian Baha’i Refugee Experience Sheds Light on Topical Issue
Source: news.bahai.org 6 October 2015 OTTAWA — The Baha’i Community of Canada in partnership with the Canadian Immigration Historical Society as well as Carleton University’s Centre for Public History, Migration and Diaspora Studies Initiative, and its Department&hellip
Parliamentarians From 50 Countries Call for Greater Religious Freedom
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—23 September 2015 Concerned about increasing restrictions on religious freedom worldwide, parliamentarians from more than 50 countries have pledged to pursue efforts to strengthen and promote freedom of religion or belief in their&hellip
A Heartfelt Note from Masoud Bastani after the Release of Kamran Rahimian
Source: www.facebook.com/bahainews1 “BahaiNews” released a heartfelt letter from Masoud Bastani, a journalist, human rights activist and former political prisoner who was the cellmate of Kamran Rahimian. The text is below: Welcome friend; a friend in my&hellip
A Quiet Genocide
By Shapour Daneshmand AQUIETGENOCIDE.COM is a project that evolved out of the mounting concern of alarmed Americans and Iranians appalled by the atrocities committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran against an entire group of&hellip
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