[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…
Monthly Archives For May 2012
17 NGOs Call on Iran to Uphold the Right to Education and Academic Freedom
[democracyinaction.org] Washington, D.C. – Today 17 non-governmental organizations published a joint statement calling upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to uphold the right to education and immediately address the alarming state of academic freedom in…
Calls for Iran to uphold right to education intensify
[BWNS, 31 May 2012] GENEVA — The Baha’i International Community has joined with 16 other non-governmental organizations to call upon the government of Iran to urgently address the state of higher education in the country. A…
New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof to Visit Iran
[Education Under Fire] New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof is visiting Iran this June and is requesting “themes and topics to ask about” during his time there. He’s not been to Iran for six years and…
For What Sin?
Iran Press Watch received this open letter form an individual. It is translated form its original Persian into English and presented here for general interest. In reading the letter I couldn’t help but thinking of…
Report reveals "grim picture" of human rights in Iran
[BWNS, 27 May 2012] WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — Iran’s human rights record continued to display “many negative trends” last year, according to a US government spokesman. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and…
Canada Remains Concerned by Iran’s Continued Persecution of Bahá’ís and Other Religious Minorities
May 14, 2012 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada remains deeply concerned by Iran’s ongoing, persistent and pervasive persecution of religious minorities. “Today, on the fourth anniversary of the…
Iranian minority gets local help: Louisvillian among those educating persecuted members of Baha’i faith
[19 May 2012] From a laptop computer in his Louisville home, Behrooz Sabet instructs university students in courses on research techniques, educational theory, curriculum development and the like. But these students live half a world away…
Minister of Foreign Affairs and House of Commons mark anniversaries of Baha’i arrests
[bahainews.ca, 15 May 2012] Ottawa, Ontario, 15 May 2012 (CBNS) — As seven Baha’i leaders begin their fifth year of incarceration, arrested and sentenced solely because of their religious faith, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs,…
Film Review: A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS from Education Under Fire on Vimeo.
[educationunderfire.com] The story of Roxana Saberi’s time in prison with Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, two, of The Yaran (“the Friends”), sentenced to 20 years in prison simply for helping administer the needs of the Baha’i community in…
Paper Review: SET IN STONE: RELIGIOUS AMBIGUITY AND POSTMORTEM IDENTITY
First Name: Mehrdad Last Name: Amanat Institutional Affiliation : Independent Scholar Academic Bio: Born in Tehran, Mehrdad Amanat completed an engineering degree from UCLA (1976), a Master’s degree in Islamic Studies from UCLA (1979), and…
Persecution intensifies as former Baha’i leaders mark anniversary behind bars
[BWNS, 14 May 2012] GENEVA — Iran’s former Baha’i leaders begin their fifth year in prison today amid an intensification of the persecution of their co-religionists. The seven prisoners each face the bleak prospect of…
On anniversary of arrests, Canadian MPs highlight Iran’s human rights violations
[BWNS, 16 May 2012] OTTAWA — In a wide-ranging debate that took place on the fourth anniversary of the arrest of imprisoned Iranian Baha’i leaders, members of the Canadian Parliament voiced their grave concern about worsening…
Iranian Bahai man imprisoned for marrying a Muslim girl
[CNN iReport, By senmcglinn] On April 19, four members of the Bahai religious minority were arrested in Qaemshahr, Iran. the day before, a young Bahai couple, Sahel Miri and Raheleh Ma`sumi had been arrested following a search…
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.…
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