Source: en.iranwire.com By Aida Qajar Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has redoubled its efforts to crackdown on businesses run by Baha’is. In direct contradiction of government claims that it does not actively target Baha’is, Iran’s largest religious minority, IranWire has…
Source: Human Rights Watch Freedoms Restricted; Executions Soar (Beirut) – Security and intelligence forces were the main perpetrators of human rights abuses in Iran during 2015, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report…
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the “No to Oppression and Imprisonment of Our Fellow Iranian Baha’is” Campaign, the Associate Degree of Mahnoush Shafi’i was revoked by Samangan University officials once her expulsion…
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran” Campaign, referring to Baha’i News, Pooya Tebyanian, a Baha’i student who has been…
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran” Campaign, citing Baha’i News: 24 Baha’is have been sentenced to over 193 years…
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, Sahba Avazpour and Rabee’ Khalili have been expelled from the University of Applied Science of Kermanshah because of their Baha’i religious beliefs. According to the report, the…
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a “BahaiNews” report, after three days the family of a deceased Baha’i citizen who passed away on Friday the 15th of January could not secure a…
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran” campaign; Elham Pakrou Miandoab was expelled from the Islamic Azad University, Malard Branch,…
Source: BahaiNews1 “BahaiNews” reports, Mr. Sina Ravankard, a Baha’i citizen, was transferred to the Yasouj Prison. According to “BahaiNews” and sources close to Sina Ravankard, the Revolutionary Court of Yasouj had summoned him, in multiple…
Source: BahaiNews1 According to “BahaiNews” Mina Mohammadi, a resident of Birjand, South Khorasan province, was expelled from the university because of her belief in the Baha’i faith. According to this Baha’i student in November 2015…
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch “BahaiNews”– Shahram Fallah has been released from prison in Kerman, after serving one year of a 3-year sentence for his Bahai beliefs. He began his sentence on January…
Source: en.iranwire.com By Saleem Vaillancourt IranWire is thrilled and relieved that Jason Rezaian, Amir Hekmati, Saeed Abedini and Nasrollah Khosravi were released from Iranian jails on January 16. The lives of these four Iranian-American men and their families can…
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com By Geoffrey Cameron Geoffrey Cameron is a PhD candidate and Trudeau Scholar at the University of Toronto. He is also principal researcher with the Baha’i Community of Canada. Now that nuclear-related economic sanctions against Iran…
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Sahba Farnoush: Sahba Farnoush, a Baha’i resident of the city of Tehran, who was detained and sent to prison some time ago, along with at least 15 other Baha’is,…
Source: bahaicamp.com By Shaheen Rowhanian Translation by Gloria Yazdani and Saghi Jaihoon Morning flirts its way through my window… While from amidst the spheres which are my thoughts; Your countenance, even a brighter morn,…
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: January 11, 2016 Arsalan Mirzaei, a sophomore studying materials engineering, has been expelled from university. Based on a report by the Human Rights in Iran website quoting the…
