Source: www.iranwire.com By SEAN NEVINS In 1961, a young immigrant by the name of Hussein Ahdieh arrived in New York Harbor aboard the RMS Queen Mary, an ocean liner carrying over 1,000 other passengers. He arrived…
Monthly Archives For August 2016
Baha’i Businessman Arrested with His Daughter in Shiraz, Iran
Source: bahaitoday On Saturday, August 27th 2016 agents arrested by raiding into the house of Mr. Nematollah Bangaleh. Through this situation, his daughter- Nazanin Bangaleh- was arrested also. Good in the house were demolished while inspecting…
Recording on 1988 Prison Massacre Exposes Early Fissure in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org The recently released audio recording of Grand Ayatollah Hosseinali Montazeri sharply denouncing the mass execution of political prisoners in the summer of 1988 has highlighted disagreements among prominent figures of the Islamic Republic that arose from…
Yashar Rezvani Arrested in Tehran
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch August 3, 2016 According to a report from Bazdasht News, this morning agents of the Ministry of Information and Intelligence attacked a Baha’i, Mr. Yashar Rezvani, and arrested him.…
Detainment of Zhila Shahriari, an Iranian Baha’i, in Ward 209 of Evin Prison
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch After an entire week, Zhila Shahriari, an Iranian Baha’i, continues to be held in detention in Ward 209 of Evin Prison. According to Tarnegar-Human Rights of Iran, at 3:00…
Another Baha’i Business in Karaj Sealed
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports from “BahaiNews”, the business of Hosein Shayegan, a Baha’i citizen residing in Karaj, was sealed today, 18 August, 2016, by agents of the Office of…
Sealing a Baha’i Business in Karaj
Source: goldnews.news Translation by Iran Press Watch August 16, 2016 The website of Gold News, quoting Bisharat News, reported that on August 16, 2016 an optometry business belonging to a Baha’i in Karaj ‒ a city…
Late Night Arrest of 17 Baha’i Citizens in Yazd
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch August 3, 2016 As reported by Bazdasht, last night around 10 pm a number of Ministry of Intelligence agents attacked the home of a Baha’i citizen in Yazd, having…
Disabled Son of Imprisoned Baha’i Has to Make a 9-Hour Trip to Visit Father
Source: www.manoto.news Translation by Iran Press Watch In November of 2012, Koroush Ziyari, employed in the production and distribution of clothing, and a Baha’i from Gonbad-e Qabus city in Golestan Province, was arrested by security agents…
Annual Report by U.S. State Department Finds Religious Freedom Violations
Source: irannewsupdate.com By INU Staff INU – As described in the United States State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2015, the Iranian constitution declares the country to be “an Islamic Republic, and Ja’afari Shia Islam to be the…
Underground University: Bay Area Teachers Beam Secret Online Classes to Iran
Source: www.mercurynews.com By Katy Murphy, [email protected] Farhad Sabetan poses for a photograph at Cal State East Bay in Hayward, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. Sabetan is an economics lecture at the university. (Anda Chu/Bay Area…
Interview with BIHE Instructor
Source: Amber Lee (facebook page) By Amber Lee It’s easy to take education for granted. I met a Cal State East Bay professor who teaches economics to students on campus. But when he’s off, he…
Bahá’í Leader Writes to Her Newborn Grandson from Prison
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the Bazdasht’s site, Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi1, one of the Yaran (a coordinating group of seven people who facilitated the administrative affairs of the Iranian…
Secret Meetings
Source: www.ebtoday.com By Natalie Feulner Students of the Bahá’í faith are banned from education in Iran — but that doesn’t stop lecturer Farhad Sabetan from teaching them Cal State East Bay economics lecturer Farhad Sabetan…
The Story of the Economic Suppression of the Bahá’ís in Iran
This article is based on a short documentary entitled “The Story of the Economic Suppression of the Bahá’ís in Iran” which was produced by a few Bahá’ís and their friends in Iran to show Iranians…
HRAI and Religious Minorities; an Interview with Two Representatives of Bahai Community
Source: hra-news.org Peace Line Monthly – It is no secret that after the Revolution the civil rights of the Baha’is in Iran has been constantly violated. Today, these violations of rights have clearly attracted the attention of…
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