Source: en.iranwire.com Mahrokh Gholamhosseinpour Everything Azita Rafizadeh said ended with this question: “What will happen to Bashir if they take Peyman away to serve his sentence?” Her trembling voice showed the deep anxiety of a mother…
Monthly Archives For March 2016
Sarmad Shadabi, Tara Houshmand and Rouhie Safajoo Released on Bail
Source: BahaiNews1 Sarmad Shadabi, Tara Houshmand and Rouhie Safajoo have been released on bail after 20 days in Evin Prison in Tehran. Mr. Sarmad Shadabi’s bail was set at 200 million tumans ($66,120) while bail for…
Iranian Judiciary Took No Action Despite Formal Complaint Detailing Torture of Baha’is in Prison
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Letter Comes To Light Three Years after Brutal Physical Abuse of Detained Baha’is Details of torture inflicted upon twelve Baha’is by interrogators three years ago at Amir Abad prison and detention centers in Iran’s Golestan…
Iran: Baha’i Student Writes of Being Deprived of Higher Education
Source: freedomessenger.com Delaram Akbari, a Baha’i college student in the city of Sari, northern Iran, studying computer software, was expelled from college on January 13 after finishing her first term. She writes about the difficulties she…
With Flawed Legal System, Iran Continues to Violate Human Rights Say Top UN Officials
Source: Bahai International Community Geneva—15 March 2016—Iran continues to violate a wide range of human rights, including those of its Baha’i citizens, according to reports issued by two high-level United Nations officials. UN Secretary General…
Human Rights in Iran Are Still Atrocious
Source: www.economist.com While Iran reopens to the West, repression still prevails at home Mar 24th 2016 | Middle East and Africa DESPITE a lessening of tension between Iran’s government and the West since last year’s agreement…
“You Baha’is Have No Place in This Country”
Source: en.iranwire.com By Parvaneh Masoumi On Tuesday March 8, Behzad Zabihi Mahforouzaki, a member of Iran’s Baha’i minority, was arrested for the fourth time in the past five years. Zabihi, a resident of the city of Sari in northern…
Arrested, Four Times; Business Shut down and Sealed, Three Times
Source: hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Behzad Zabihi-Mahforujeki, a Baha’i from city of Sari, Iran who was arrested around 08:30 am of 8 March 2016 and held in a solitary confinement at the Intelligence and Security…
Iran: Joint Letter to Member States of the UN Human Rights Council
Source: Human Rights Watch MARCH 17, 2016 To: Member States of the UN Human Rights Council Your Excellency, We, the undersigned human rights and civil society groups, write to you to call on your…
Mr. Zarif’s Disconnect on Human Rights
Source: www.washingtonpost.com By Masih Alinejad May 15, 2015 Masih Alinejad is an Iranian journalist living in New York and creator of the My Stealthy Freedom campaign on Facebook. During an interview last month with TV host Charlie Rose, Iranian…
Four Baha’is Arrested
Source: en.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On Tuesday March 8, while most Iranians were preparing for Persian New Year festivities, authorities arrested four members of the Baha’i minority in Tehran, Karaj and Sari. Their names are Rouhie Safajoo, Sarmad…
“For Bashir” by Rouhie Safajoo
Source: en.iranwire.com Sunday 13 March 2016 Rouhie Safajoo Rouhie Safajoo is a 20 year-old Iranian student who was arrested on March 8 after protesting for her right to an education. She is a member of Iran’s Baha’i…
The Quiet Arrest of a Baha’i Student
Source: en.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Around 9 am the doorbell rings. The picture of a man in police uniform is on the intercom screen. “Open the door,” says the man. “I am from the police.” They open…
Soroush Shadabi Arrested in Karaj
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Soroush Shadabi, a Baha’i from Karaj, near Tehran, was arrested on March 11, and his business was shut down. This follows the arrest of three young Baha’is who…
Baha’i Couples Welcoming Spring in Prison
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch In the final days of the current year, in which Iranian families are preparing to welcome the New Year*, a Baha’i couple, Payman Kooshakbaghi and Azita…
Iran Justice System Explored at Screening of BBC film at UN
Source: Baha’i International Community GENEVA—7 March 2016—The justice system in Iran continues to be arbitrary and unfair, according to a group of experts who spoke following the screening of a BBC documentary about Iran’s “revolutionary…
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