Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch July 27, 2015 Kian Sabeti Tens of unknown prisoners of conscience are serving time in different cities of Iran, but only the names of a few of them are…
Monthly Archives For July 2015
Expulsion of a 17 Year Old Baha’i Student from High School for Her Religious Beliefs
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports received by the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is” campaign, on July 1st 2015 Kamand Agahi, a 17 year old Baha’i resident of Isfahan,…
Religious Persecution On the Rise: Minorities Under Threat in the Middle East
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com By Doug Bandow 07/25/2015 All religious faiths are victims of persecution somewhere. In this supposedly enlightened, tolerant age, people routinely are brutalized, jailed and killed for their faith — or lack of faith —…
Siavosh Khanjani: In Iran, Baha’is Are Deemed Unfit to Attend University, Hold Public Sector Jobs, or Teach
Source: news.nationalpost.com July 16, 2015 6:37 PM ET I own and operate a business in Toronto. Since coming to Canada, I have been welcomed by other Canadians, and feel very much a Canadian now, too. I…
Qom Seminary Holds Anti-Baha’i Classes
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Qom Seminary1 has recently started planning classes called “Understanding Baha’ism” and “Understanding Ahl-e Haqq”. These classes, which present a one-sided view of religious minorities, have the sole purpose of…
Ten Day Notice to Vacate a Travel Agency for Being a Baha’i
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch July 19 2015 According to reports provided to “BahaiNews”, pressure on Baha’i residents of Tehran and Karaj has recently intensified. According to a reliable source, security agents of Tehran…
Baha’i Family in Iran Forced to Give up Body of a Loved One for Unlawful Burial
Source: news.bahai.org 17 July 2015 NEW YORK — The recent experience of a Baha’i family in Sanandaj, a town in the Kurdistan province of Iran, highlights the cruel absurdities practiced by the Iranian authorities towards some of…
Iran Is Open for Business but We Cannot Ignore Its Human Rights Record
Source: www.ibtimes.co.uk By Dr Nazila Ghanea July 16, 2015 10:30 BST In a village in south-western Iran, a family awakes to find their property on fire. Some days earlier, they had rented out the store below their…
Letter of Farah Baghi from Yazd Prison: Rejection of Parole for a Baha’i Citizen
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Tuesday, 7 June 2015 HRANA News – Farah Baghi, a Baha’i citizen who has been imprisoned since 10 February 2015, has written a letter to the head of the…
Trial of Four Baha’is in Gorgan
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – For the fourth time, a group trial of Baha’i citizens of Golestan Province has been held, in this case for Ms. Roofia Pakzadan, Ms. Shohreh…
Prohibition of Burial of a Baha’i in Sanandaj
Source: sahamnews.org Translation by Iran Press Watch July 13, 2015 More than 50 police officers and plain clothes agents interfered with the burial of the body of Ms. Badji Khanoom Mohamadifar at a cemetery in Sanandaj,…
Foad Moghadam’s Critical Condition
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by sen’s daily The condition of Dr. Foad Moghadam, a 63-year-old physician and one of the administrators of the Baha’i online university (BIHE), who is serving a five year prison sentence, is reported…
Education Is Not a Crime | Laura Hemmati | TEDxULB
“Education is not a crime”, which tries to get education recognized for some of the most determined students there is! Universal education is a vital factor for the full participation of individuals in every society.…
When the Thought Police Come for You
Source: medium.com/@towfiq By Mark Towfiq “There was a sound of trampling boots below, inside the house and outside. The yard seemed to be full of men.” — George Orwell, in his book 1984, describing what happens when the “Thought…
Personal Letter Of “Sasan Haghiri”, an Imprisoned Baha’i Citizen
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch I am Sasan: my surname and my fame and distinction is also Haghiri [“humble” in English]. I am not able to write even a brief account of my life,…
A Child’s Plea in Iran
Source: www.washingtoninternational.com June 28, 2015 (Editor’s Note: The following letter, written by Farid Kashani, was given to the judge at a Iranian court hearing the case of his mother for practicing the Baha’i faith. Surprisingly, the…
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