(CBNS) A Canadian-led resolution condemning Iran for its human rights record is being put forward this week at the United Nations. Strong resolutions passed last week in the European Union (EU) Parliament and in the…
Monthly Archives For October 2009
Temporary Release of Mr. Sasan Taqva in Shiraz
The temporary release of Mr. Sasan Taqva from Shiraz Prison on 15 Mehr 1388 (7 Oct., 2009) has been extended. The date of his return to the Prison is not known at the present time.…
Temporary Release of Two Baha'is in Yasuj
A temporary release was granted to Mr. Askar Ravanbakhsh and Mrs. Ruhiyyih Yazdani (Baqai) from Yasuj, who were originally arrested during Aban 1387 (Oct. 2008). For Mr. Ravanbakhsh, the release was from 14 to 16…
Peyman Kashfi Arrested in Tehran
Mr. Peyman Kashfi was arrested in Tehran on 27 Mehr, 1388 (19 Oct., 2009). Mr Kashfi received an order on 26 Mehr, 1388 (18 Oct., 2009), to present himself to the Revolutionary Court on 27…
Three Baha’i students expelled from Semnan University
Although they had only attended one week of classes at the university, Ms. Mojdeh Nourani, Ms. Farahnaz Felfeli, and Mr. Aradalan Tebianian, who had passed the national university entrance examination in 1388 (2009), were expelled…
International Religious Freedom Report 2009
The situation of the Baha’is of Iran dominates the 2009 report on international religious freedom on Iran issued by the U.S. Department of State, with more than 100 references. Editor’s Note: The report is long…
Report on Imprisoned Baha'is in Yazd
According to recently received news, four Baha’is are currently in prison in Yazd. According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], based on reports from the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Mr.…
Announcing a Court Date for the Baha’i Youth of Shiraz
The court hearing for the five Baha’i youth of Shiraz has been scheduled to be held on 18 Aban [November 9, 2009] of this year. According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], based on…
Court Hearing of 9 Iranian Baha’is in Mashhad
The second and the last hearing of 9 Iranian Baha’is in Mashhad was held on Sunday, 3 Aban [October 25, 2009], in that city’s Revolutionary Court in the presence of the judge, the accused and…
Rep. Kirk speaks on H.Res.175 in defense of Iran's Baha'is
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcpEkdzBVAQ[/youtube] Read more on the passing of the 11th Resolution by the U.S. House of Representatives condemning the persecution of Baha’is in Iran at http://iran.bahai.us/
Interview with human rights lawyer Soltani
Editor’s Note: Abdolfattah Soltani is a well-known Iranian human rights lawyer, and spokesman for the Defenders of Human Rights Center, which was co-founded by the Nobel Peace-Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi. He has twice been incarcerated in…
We Are All Baha’is (Jewish Journal)
Are we our brother’s and sister’s keepers? Last week I joined a group of distinguished community leaders in a resounding affirmative response to this timeless question. We gathered together at the University of Southern California…
For my Father
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by the daughter of one of the seven Baha’i prisoners who are former members of the informal committee, set up to loosely manage the affairs of the 300,000-strong…
Baha’i Students Deprived of Higher Education
Editor’s Note: Upon its founding over 30 years ago, the Islamic Republic of Iran adopted a policy of barring Baha’i students from universities and all institutions of higher education. Occasionally, a few Baha’is have been…
Deprived of Education
Editor’s Note: The following is a letter written by a Baha’i college student upon expulsion from the university at which she had been studying. This letter appears below in translation. I, Mona Rezai, born in…
Vandalism in Semnan
The following report was posted on the online site of Human Rights Activists News Agency on Tuesday, September 29, 2009: The automobile of a Baha’i resident of Semnan was vandalized multiple times by unknown assailants.…
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