Source: The Voice of Iranian Christians, http://goo.gl/iNqBu6 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports from the human rights activist group, the Voice of the Iranian Christian News Agency, Hamzeh Raziany, a former member of the…
Monthly Archives For August 2014
A Letter from Fariborz Baghi, A Convicted Baha’i
Source: HRANA News Agency, http://goo.gl/dvv8Tc Translation by Iran Press Watch August 6, 2014 A Letter from Fariborz Baghi, A Convicted Baha’i My name is Fariborz Baghi. I am a resident of Yazd, a city in southern Iran.…
Violation of Baha’i Rights Continues, Ranging from the Destruction of Cemeteries to University Entrance Exams Not Being Accepted
Source: http://taghato.net/article/7659 Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: August 9, 2014 Taghato: Human Rights sources report the restart of the destruction of the old Baha’i cemetery in Shiraz and the arrest of four Baha’i citizens in…
Increase in Arrests Highlights Continuing Persecution of Baha’is in Iran
Source: Bahai World News Service, http://news.bahai.org/story/1015 19 August 2014 GENEVA — The arrest last week of five Baha’is in Tehran signals a rising tide of detainments and imprisonments of Baha’is in Iran in recent months. Since June,…
Sasha Eskandarian: Iran’s Persecution of the Baha’i Goes beyond the Grave
Source: National Post, http://goo.gl/UvSn0f Sasha Eskandarian, National Post | August 19, 2014 6:51 AM ET It’s not difficult for me to remember the horrible days of hardship I experienced as a Baha’i teenager, living in Shiraz, Iran, in…
Shahram Chiniyan Miandoaab Beaten and Placed in Solitary
Source: http://goo.gl/wvKpTH Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-24p August 20, 2014 Shahram Chiniyan Miandoaab, a Bahai shopkeeper from Tehran who is serving an 8-year sentence, and who is held in block 1 of Rajai Shahr prison, which…
Remembering Seyed Jamal Hosseini
Iran Press Watch was deeply saddened by the sudden and suspicious death of one of the founders of Human Rights Activists News Agency and its editor, Seyed Jamal Hosseini. Jamal was a noble champion of human rights…
Shayan Tafazoli Continues to Be Imprisoned in the Quarantine Section of Mashhad Prison
Source: http://goo.gl/jfVKCu Translation by Iran Press Watch HARANA News (HRA) – A Baha’i resident named Shayan Tafazoli, who was arrested approximately two months ago by the Intelligence and Security Office of the city of Mashhad, and…
Iran: Dozens Unlawfully Held in City’s Prisons
Source: http://goo.gl/0wgcQH Others Imprisoned on Suspect Charges, Trials AUGUST 18, 2014 (Beirut) – Several dozen prisoners in a northern city are serving prison terms for exercising their basic rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report…
Baha’i War Veteran with 25% Disability Unable to Enrol Children at School in Shiraz
Source: HRANA at http://goo.gl/Z0IRPS Translation by Sen’s daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-243 The administration at the government-run Martyr Khonsari secondary school in Shiraz has refused to enroll the children of Behrouz Farzandi Ardekani because the family are Baha’is. Mr. Ardekani is…
Religious Representatives in Netherlands Respond to Iranian Cleric’s Call for Coexistence
Source: Bahai World News Service, http://news.bahai.org/story/1014 THE HAGUE — Fourteen representatives of faith organizations gathered here on 2 July to study the statement made by Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani last April on religious coexistence in Iran. Ayatollah Tehrani gifted an…
A Bahai Arrested in Karaj
Source: http://goo.gl/A1T02J HRANA News Agency – On August 17, Ruhiyyeh Qavami-nik, a Bahai from Karaj, was summoned by telephone to report to the offices of the Ministry of Intelligence. According to the report of Human Rights…
Iran’s Cradle-to-Grave Persecution
Source: http://goo.gl/bi2dxV Originally published: August 8, 2014 1:23 PM Updated: August 14, 2014 5:14 PM By HUSSEIN AHDIEH I lost a dear aunt many years ago. Today, her burial site is at risk of being callously destroyed…
Six Arrests in Tehran
Source: Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-23Q Babak Mobasher and his father-in-law Alaeddin Khanjani were arrested around 6 a.m. today when agents from the Ministry of Intelligence raided their home [which is apparently located in Tehran ~Sen]. Alaeddin…
Afif Na’imi and Amanullah Mostaqim Sent from Hospital to Raja’i Shahr Prison
Source: Campaign to stop harassment and imprisonment of Baha’i citizens (facebook group) Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-23G At the insistence of the security forces, Afif Na’imi , one of the seven Bahai ‘Yaran’ (national…
Shiraz Cemetery Destruction Resumes
Source: Bahai World News Service, http://news.bahai.org/story/1013 GENEVA — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has resumed its demolition of a historic Baha’i cemetery in Shiraz, Iran, after pausing for several months in the face of international pressure and the expression…
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