Source: bahaicamp.com, www.farsnews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Clear example of violation of the rights of Baha’i citizens by a Deputy of Judiciary Branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the “Conference of the Religions” in…
Monthly Archives For June 2015
Teenage Bahai Lost 40% of His Hearing in Prison
Source: sensday.wordpress.com Faez Baqheri, a 17-year-old Bahai from Yazd who was arrested, along with his father Nasser Bagheri, in their home on February 28, 2015, has been moved from prison to hospital because of a severe…
Foreign Students Study in Iran Universities While Iranian Baha’is Are Not Allowed!
Source: news.gooya.com Monday, June 8, 2015 by Hamed Sabouri Joyful news has been broadcast by the news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mr. Mohammad Haj Jabbari, Director General of Foreign…
Shop Closing in Iran a Violation of Economic Rights
Source: www.bic.org UN Human Rights Council – 29th Session, June 2015 Agenda ITEM 4 24 June 2015 Geneva On 24 May, agents of the Iranian government Public Places Supervision Office sealed eleven shops in…
Fresh Attacks on Baha’i Businesses
Source: en.iranwire.com Tuesday 23 June 2015 OstanWire Iranian authorities have launched a renewed attack on Iran’s Baha’i community, targeting Baha’i-run shops and small businesses. In a bid to prevent the religious minority from observing holidays, authorities ordered…
3 Brave Ladies Who Fought for Equality in Iran — Even If Iran Is Still WAY behind on Women’s Rights
Source: nytlive.nytimes.com By Nina Ansary 6/23/15 One was strangled by her executioners with a silk scarf, and the other two were masters of the written word. The insistent cry for women’s freedom has been heard for…
The High Council for the Cultural Revolution, in a Secret Document: the Development and Advancement of Baha’is Must Be Blocked.
Source: sahamnews.org The High Council for the Cultural Revolution, in a secret document: The development and advancement of Baha’is must be blocked. According to a document with a security classification of “secret”, which has been made…
Iran’s Abuse of Minorities about to Get Much Worse
Source: www.commentarymagazine.com By Michael Rubin | @mrubin1971 06.21.2015 – 10:00 AM Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s 1979 Islamic Revolution ushered in what Khomeini and his supporters promised would be an Islamic democracy, but what in reality would quickly reveal itself to…
Imprisoned Bahai Leader Expresses Gratitude to Nasrin Sotoudeh
Source: Work Right, Dissent Right (facebook group) By Saeid Rezaie (1) To the brave, honorable attorney, Nasrin Sotoudeh- Upon entering the eighth year of my twenty year sentence, with reference to what you expressed in your…
Another Bahai Business Closed in Sari
Source: BahaiNews1 A carpentry workshop belonging to Qavamoddin Sabetian a 74-year-old Bahai from Sari, is still closed, almost two months after local authorities moved to close about a dozen Bahai-run businesses in the city. This workshop…
Adnan Rahmatpanah Released after One Year in Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Adnan Rahmatpanah, a Bahai from Shiraz, has been released from in Adel-Abad prison at the end of a one-year sentence. He was arrested during a raid on his home on…
Bahai Children’s Rights Activist Released at the End of Sentence
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Afshin Heiratian, a Bahai children’s rights activist, was released from Raja’i Shahr prison, near Tehran, today at the end of a four-year imprisonment. Mr. Heiratian wrote and published various articles about…
Baha’i Shopkeepers in Iran Pressured against Observing Their Religious Holy Days
Source: Baha’i World News Service GENEVA — Tens of Baha’is’ shops in the cities of Rafsanjan, Kerman, Sari and Hamadan have been sealed by government authorities in an effort to pressure Baha’is not to observe their…
Former Mainstream Iranian Journalist Apologizes to Baha’is
Source: www.youtube.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Greetings to all my Iranian compatriots, especially my Baha’i compatriots! I just want to say that we the Shi’ite population of Iran, have not been decent faithful brothers…
Beginning of Prison Term for a Baha’i in Hamadan
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency: The one-year prison term of Hamid Azizi, a Baha’i from Hamadan ‒ a city in central Iran ‒ was implemented. According to HRANA ‒ Human Rights…
Imprisoned Baha’i Leader Taken to Hospital
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Afif Naeimi a Baha’i prisoner of conscience and one of the seven Yarn (national facilitators for the Bahai community in Iran), has been transferred to the Tehran Heart Center. His physical…
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