Source: en.iranwire.com By Sean Nevins Taking her normal route to a lunch spot on Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Central Harlem on a hot summer day, Randi, 45, looked across the street and saw something she would describe…
Monthly Archives For July 2016
Two Baha’i Businesses Sealed in Miandoab; Seals on Baha’i Owned Businesses Removed in Qaemshahr, Sari, and Urumieh
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report from BahaiNews, the businesses of two Baha’i citizens in the city of Miandoab have been sealed. In addition, the seals on businesses of more…
Five Baha’is Arrested in Shiraz
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch In the morning of 16 July 2016, officers of the Office of Information in Shiraz raided a Baha’i residence in which a few Baha’i friends had gathered to…
Yekta Fanhandezh Sa’adi Arrested
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Yekta Fanhandezh Sa’adi, a Baha’i citizen of Shiraz, was arrested this morning. According to the website Human Rights in Iran, which was quoting “BahaiNews”1, in addition to the search…
Two Baha’is Arrested in Shiraz
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency- Nabil Tahzib and Naim Ghaed Sharafi, two Baha’is from Shiraz, were arrested yesterday by agents of the Intelligence Services. According to a report by HRANA…
Human Rights Priority Country update report: January to June 2016
Source: www.gov.uk There has been little change in the human rights situation in Iran between January and June 2016. In many respects, the situation has worsened, despite President Rouhani pledging to improve the rights and freedoms…
Big and Bold: Not A Crime Strikes in the Heart of Brazil
Source: en.iranwire.com By Sean Nevins Milza Diana, 66, wakes up every morning in her two-bedroom flat in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil, slides open the window, and looks out across Roosevelt Square at a gigantic mural…
Iranian Artists Are Under Attack And We All Need To Care
Source: thoughtcatalog By Tara Abhasakun On July 2, Iranian-Canadian artist Parviz Tanavoli was scheduled for a flight from Tehran to London, where he planned to speak at the British museum. His plans were canceled when airport security confiscatedhis…
Iran: Health Taken Hostage: Cruel Denial of Medical Care in Iran’s Prisons
Source: www.amnesty.org Significant new report from Amnesty International. Among other things, it says: “Prisoner of conscience Afif Naimi, one of seven imprisoned leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for peacefully practising his religious…
Security Forces Destroy Baha’i Cemetery in Ghorveh, Kurdistan
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports received by “BahaiNews”, law enforcement agents in Kurdistan province have demolished Golestan Javeed2 (a Baha’i cemetery), cut more than 300 trees, and have also confiscated…
More Voices from Islamic Countries Call for Iran to Stop Persecuting Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org DHAKA, Bangladesh — A group of Bangladeshi lawyers have joined the increasing numbers of Muslim intellectuals, religious leaders, and professionals worldwide who have called for an end to the persecution of Baha’is in Iran. In a letter…
Fouad Moghaddam Released on Two Months’ Furlough with Moratorium on His Sentence
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, Fouad Moghaddam, a Baha’i resident of Isfahan, came home for two months’ leave, which may be extended, and his conviction was suspended. According to a…
Elham Farahani; An Account of the Sufferings of a Baha’i Mother and Her Family in Prison
Source: bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report by Bazdasht, as conveyed by HRANA, Elham Farahani is a 54-year old Baha’i citizen who is serving a four-year sentence at Evin Prison, despite illness.…
Revolutionary Court in Shiraz ئentencing Baha’i, Yekta Fahandezh Saadi, to Five Years in Prison
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch An Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court in Shiraz has sentenced Yekta Fahandezh Saadi to five years in jail without parole, accused of “propaganda against the regime” and “assembly and collusion”.…
Report on the Status of Incarcerated Baha’i Couple Iman Rashidi and Shabnam Mottahed
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Iman Rashidi and Shabnam Mottahed, a Baha’i married couple, are now spending the sixteenth month of their sentences in Yazd prison. According to the Human Rights in Iran website,…
Situation of the Bahá’í Minority in Iran and the Existing Legal Framework
Source: jia.sipa.columbia.edu Sunday, June 5th, 2016 By Shahin Milani Regions Middle East Keywords: Bahá’í, Citizenship Rights Charter, Iran Vol 69, No 2 Spring/Summer 2016 Article Page 137-146 This article examines the situation of Iran’s Bahá’í community, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority,…
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