Source: en.iranwire.com By Saleem Vaillancourt David “Rabi” Torres, one-half of the artist duo Cyrcle, painted this “Mad in Iran” broken ruler in Harlem. New York, US The Not A Crime campaign is back in New York to paint a…
Monthly Archives For April 2016
New Campaign Launched on Behalf of Seven Imprisoned Iranian Baha’i Leaders
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—29 April 2016—In observance of the eighth anniversary of the arrest and incarceration of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders, the Baha’i International Community is launching a global campaign calling for their immediate release. Taking…
Kavian Milani: Message to the Torturer
Source: en.iranwire.com Thursday 28 April 2016 Message the Torturers and the Murderers Each of us have perhaps found ourselves in a situation where we have been bullied by somebody in a powerful position, and remained silent out…
Closure of Eighteen Baha’i Shops
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency- On the morning of April 20, 2016, agents from the Chamber of Commerce illegally and concurrently shut down sixteen Baha’i-owned businesses in Qaemshahr and at least…
Kamran Morteza’i Farid Released from Raja’i Shahr Prison
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA: At the end of his 5-year prison sentence, Kamran Morteza’i Farid, a Baha’i, has been released from Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj. According to HRANA (Human Rights Activists…
Iran’s Coming in from the Cold, but Bahá’ís Are Still Frozen Out
Source: www.timeshighereducation.com Discrimination and university expulsions continue to blight the lives of this religious minority, writes Shabnam Moinipour Source: Corbis “Kids, we are leaving Iran,” said my dad in a calm but firm manner. I was…
State Department Highlight’s Iran’s Violations of Civil Rights and Free Expression
Source: irannewsupdate.com By INU Staff INU – On Thursday, the Human Rights Activists News Agency pointed out that the United States Department of State had issued its annual report on human rights throughout the world. As in years past,…
Baha’i Expelled by University Police
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the No Harassment or Imprisonment of Baha’is Campaign, Sarah Shakib, a student of applied statistics at the University of Kashan, was expelled from the University after what…
Fifteen Baha’i Citizens’ Shops Sealed in Qaemshahr
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch The “BahaiNews” reported few minutes ago that fifteen Baha’i-owned businesses in Qaemshahr were sealed because they closed their stores on Baha’i holidays. According to this report, officials with the…
Kurdpa’s Exclusive Interview with the World Baha’i Community Spokesperson
Source: www.kurdpa.net Translation by Iran Press Watch In recent years, pressure on adherents of Baha’i Faith has systematically increased. This pressure has been manifested in oppression, arrests, and deprivation of the followers of the Baha’i Faith…
Iran: Call for a Coherent and Multi-Faceted Human Rights Strategy
Source: www.fidh.org 12/04/2016 OPEN LETTER On 12th April 2016, FIDH and its Iranian leagues LDDHI and DHRC sent this open letter to Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,…
Is It Ethical to Trade with Totalitarian Iran?
Source: www.newsweek.com By Moojan Momen and Jason Pack British Prime Minister David Cameron meets with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2014. Like other Western leaders, Cameron is leading…
Business Leaders around the World Call for an End to Iran’s Closure of Baha’i Businesses
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Letter to Khamenei Urges Respect for Economic Rights of Baha’is In a signed statement addressed to Iran’s supreme leader, 54 leading business people and economists from countries around the world asked Ayatollah Khamenei to stop the…
Iranian Baha’i Educator Faran Hessami Released
Source: en.iranwire.com Faran Hessami, an Iranian Baha’i educator, has been released after four years in prison. Faran Hessami and her husband Kamran Rahimian were arrested along with dozens of teachers and administrators at the Baha’i Institute of…
Ramin Idelkhani Released at the End of His Sentence
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the Stop Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens Campaign, Ramian Idelkhani, a Baha’i citizen from Pars Abad in Ardebil province, was released after…
Soroush Shadabi Released on Bail
Source: bahaicamp.com According to the No Harassment & Incarceration of Baha’is Campaign of Iran, Soroush Shadabi, a Baha’i citizen from Karaj, who had been arrested after the detention of four other Baha’is earlier, has been released…
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