Source: humanrightsiniran Translation by Iran Press Watch On July 3, Sheida Taeed will be transferred to Babol Prison to serve her one-year prison sentence. According to the website of Human Rights in Iran: on the third…
Monthly Archives For June 2016
At Least 54 Baha’i Shops Sealed in Last Few Weeks
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch June 12, 2016 During three weeks in May 2016, the Office of Public Places in several Iranian cities has sealed at least 54 Baha’i shops in Sari, Urmia, Fereydunkenar,…
End Economic Discrimination in Iran
Source: Baha’i International Community Human Rights Council, Item 4 – General Debate GENEVA—22 June 2016 Mr. President, Last week in Iran, 27 Baha’i-owned stores in Orumieh and six in Sanandaj were shut and sealed by…
Commentary: Iran’s Foreign Minister Toes the Supreme Leader’s Line on Human Rights
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org ICHRI– When Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif recently tried to side-step questions about the country’s abysmal human rights record, he yet again exposed his government’s inability—or reluctance—to face the issue even though President…
Navid Khanjani Transfers from Raja’i Shahr Prison to Hospital
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Facebook, Navid Khanjani page: Navid Khanjani, because of his physical health problems, weakened immune system and sudden weight loss of about 20 kilograms (44 lbs) in two months, has…
Holocaust Survivor Tomi Reichental Calls for Protection for Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.bahai.ie “As a Holocaust survivor I am calling on the people of Ireland and the international community to protect the Baha’i community in Iran. On June 8th a UN statement has revealed that their very existence may be…
Burial Denied to a Baha’i in Ahvaz
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a “BahaiNews” report, a deceased Baha’i citizen was denied burial rights in the Baha’i cemetery in the city of Ahvaz for six days. Eventually the deceased…
New Report: Inside the Women’s Ward: Mistreatment of Women Political Prisoners at Iran’s Evin Prison
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Lack of Medical Care, Denied Family Visitation, Substandard Food, among Conditions in Ward June 20, 2016—Political prisoners held in the Women’s Ward at Iran’s Evin Prison are routinely denied medical care and hospitalization, face…
From a Business Allegation to a Religious Allegation ‒ Consistency of a Lie
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch It has been almost one month since a bridal store was sealed under the pretense of publishing vulgar pictures (posting a photo of a bride in a bridal gown…
Baha’is of Urmia and Sanandaj Pressured to Convert to Islam
Source: www.goldnews.biz Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from Gold News which refers to a story by Maf News, twenty-seven Baha’i businesses in the city of Urmia in Northwestern Iran, and six more…
Five Days Since the Death of a Baha’i, Authorities Have Not Issued a Burial Permit
Source: BahaiNews 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, the body of Ms. Rezvanieh Nabavi Dehkharghani, a Baha’i citizen, is still being kept in the cold storage unit at the Vadi-e Rahmat Cemetery…
A Report Regarding the Current Condition of Kayvan Pakzadan
Source: BahaiNews 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports from “BahaiNews”, after ten days Kayvan Pakzadan is still under interrogation, and has been unable to contact his family. Based on an earlier report…
Building Bridges: Street Artist Keto Links West Africa and Iran
By Sean Nevins Among the bustle of afternoon traffic outside Public School #7 (PS7) in East Harlem, street artist Alexandre Keto from Sao Paulo, Brazil sat with his feet dangling from the railing where he was…
Iran Must End State Persecution of Baha’is, Say Exiled Iranian Political Figures
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org In the wake of the intense criticism by Iranian officials and religious leaders of Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, for her meeting with Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi, several exiled Iranian political…
Rone’s Harlem Mural Exposes Education Apartheid in Iran
By Sean Nevins “Growing up as a Baha’i in Iran I always had that fear that anything can happen in a second,” says Nasim Biglari, a 29-year-old Baha’i from Tehran, Iran. “And that fear remained in…
Iranian Prosecutor General Warns Those Who “Contact Baha’is”
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Following continuing attacks on the Baha’is and their human rights supporters, the Prosecutor General of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Muhammad Jafar Montazeri, has warned: “those individuals who contact…
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