Published 14 May 2014 | Carey Lodge Source: christiantoday.com, http://goo.gl/wDIb46 Further reports have emerged of Christians being violently tortured and beaten while serving prison sentences for their faith in Iran. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), an international…
Source: Almonitor, http://goo.gl/KQNHlB July 28, 2014, Barbara Slavin A year after Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration as Iran’s president, the human rights situation in the country has deteriorated for many human rights defenders and especially for Baha’is and Christian converts as…
By Camelia Pasandaran on 07:40 pm Jul 25, 2014 Source: http://goo.gl/ldXYHA Jakarta. The new religious affairs minister has indicated that the Baha’i religion should be the seventh religion to be recognized by Indonesia as an official faith. “Baha’i is a religion,…
Source: http://iranwire.com/blogs/6272/6075/ Translation by Iran Press Watch As you read this letter, I am behind bars Sarang Etehadi As you read this letter, I, Sarang Etehadi, have left my home, along with my small bag, for…
Source: Taghato (Intersection), http://taghato.net/article/7417 Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: July 15, 2014 Taghato: Continuing with arrests and imprisonments of Baha’is in Iran, another Baha’i couple is headed to Evin and Rajai Shahr prisons – within…
Source: http://goo.gl/2MKYZN Translation by Iran Press Watch Friday, July 19, 2014 HRANA News Agency- The Revolutionary Court of Shiraz has issued jail sentences of 18 months to 3 years for 15 followers of the Baha’i Faith…
Source: http://goo.gl/TErdst Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – On Sunday, July 13th, the day that Shabnam Isakhani was arrested, intelligence officers searched Rashin Saberi’s home and summoned her to court. According to reporters of HRANA, the news…
Source: https://www.facebook.com/Iran.ARAM Shabnam Issa Khani, a mother of two was arrested on Saturday, July 12 in Tabriz without prior notice. Following an intensive search of her residence, the representatives of Ministry of Intelligence confiscated various personal…
Source: http://goo.gl/ATSSiL The Full Text of an Article by Morteza Esmailpour (1) – One of the Aid Workers Arrested after the Earthquake in Azerbaijan (2) – Written Two Years after the Incident Translation by Iran…
Source: persian.iranhumanrights.org/1393/04/sarang-ettehadi/ Translation by Iran Press Watch Sarang Etehadi*, a Baha’i citizen, told the International Human Rights Campaign in Iran that on 06 July he was asked by telephone to report to Evin…
Source: http://goo.gl/JFVKAG Translation by Iran Press Watch Saturday, July 12, 2014 HRANA News- The fifth ward of the women’s prison of the central prison of Mashhad, in Vakilabad (1), is designated for female prisoners of conscience. The…
Source: http://goo.gl/cgNOZk Translation by Iran Press Watch By: Kian Sabeti …
Source: http://iranwire.com/news/20/6353/ Translation by Alliance for Rights of All Minorities-ARAM According to a report from Iran Wire, on Saturday, July 12, a Baha’i family was arrested from their house and sent to detention on charges of “instruction…
Source: http://melliun.org/iran/44106 Translation by Iran Press Watch Wednesday, July 9, 2014 From the Melliyun-i Iran [Nationalists of Iran] website On July 8, a number of political and human rights activists from Kermanshah, as well…
Source: http://iranwire.com/blogs/6264/2781/ Translation by Iran Press Watch By Jahan Shahjavid For a secular person like me, it may seem strange to see the delightful Baha’i gardens in Haifa, Israel. However, this was indeed the…
Source: National Review Online, http://goo.gl/OKkVmZ We must prioritize protecting religious minorities under threat. By Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Earlier this year, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 15th annual report on the…
