Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch A Baha’i’s response to the Questions of the Commission of Article 90 of the Constitution1 HRANA – In the past few days, a representative of the Commission of Article…
Monthly Archives For February 2017
Arrest of Sorour Foroughi Mehdi Abadi, a Baha’i Citizen Who Suffers from Cancer
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report by Bahainews, security agents arrested Mrs. Sorour Foroughi Mehdi Abadi (Roshan) at 7:30 AM on 21 February 2017, and transferred her to Evin Prison.…
Extrajudicial Killings Supported by Law and Islamic Jurisprudence
Source: www.ihrr.org By Kamyar Behrang Perhaps when Mirza Mohammad Reza Kermani shot the Qajar king, Naser al-Din Shah, on 30 April 1896, Iran’s contemporary history entered a different era. Mirza Reza Kermani was first attracted to the…
Baha’i Shopkeeper Working Outside of His Closed Shop for the past Four Months
Source: iranwire PHOTO OF THE DAY: a member of the religious minority Baha’i community whose business is shut down by the government has been working outside of his closed shop for the past four months. From Morteza…
As Vandals Trash a Jewish Cemetery, an Iranian Recalls the Persecution of the Bahá’í
Source: observer.com Violence aimed at minority cemeteries is a disturbing call for ethnic purification By Negar Mottahedeh Recent attacks on Jewish cemeteries and religious centers in the United States is shoring up the darkest of my…
Amnesty International’s Annual Report on Iran
Source: www.amnesty.org IRAN 2016/2017 The authorities heavily suppressed the rights to freedom of expression, association, peaceful assembly and religious belief, arresting and imprisoning peaceful critics and others after grossly unfair trials before Revolutionary Courts. Torture and…
Towards a History of Iran’s Baha’i Community During the Reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979
Irannamag By Mina Yazdani Moving away from simplistic and monolithic narratives, this paper investigates the multi-layered, multi-faceted history of the Baha’i community of Iran during the reign of the last Pahlavi monarch. It argues that the…
Baha’is of Iran website launches
Source: Baha’i World News Service Following the wave of national Baha’i websites that have launched in recent years, the site of the Baha’i community of Iran went online earlier today. The website, which can be…
Sepena Shadabi Expelled from University in his 6th Semester
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, Sepena Shadabi, a Baha’i resident of Kermanshah, was expelled from Kermanshah Islamic Azad University. According to informed sources, this student, who had taken 104 credits and…
Baha’i Scholar Arrested in Tehran
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, Faruq Izadinia, a Baha’i scholar, researcher and resident of Tehran, was arrested by security forces on Sunday morning, February 12, 2017. According to an informed…
Interview with Baha’i Shopkeeper About Forced Closure of Her Store
Source: Manoto TV Translation by Iran Press Watch Manoto TV Journalist: This is a store belonging to a Baha’i citizen in Sari. His store has been sealed because he closed it on his religious holiday,…
Two Baha’i Youths Arrested in Shiraz
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report by BahaiNews, on Sunday morning, February 12, 2017, security forces in the city of Shiraz in Fars province arrested two Baha’is, Farham Sabet and…
Seizure of Assets of 10 Baha’i-Owned Businesses in Karaj
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a BahaiNews report, government officials visited the sealed business premises of ten Baha’is, and confiscated all appliances and goods last week. BahaiNews stated, based on an…
Sogol Kazemi Deprived of Education in Fifth Semester
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Hrana News- Sogol Kazemi Bahnamiri, a Baha’i citizen, who was studying civil engineering at the non-profit University of Mashhad, was barred from continuing her education during her end-of-term exams.…
Three Baha’is From Kerman Arrested
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, today, Wednesday February 8th, 2017, Ehsan Amirinia, Nima Rajabzadeh and Arman Bandi, three Baha’is from the city of Kerman, were detained by provincial Intelligence and…
I fled Iran after being imprisoned for my religion. Now …
Source: www.thetab.com ‘You never think the horror stories are going to happen to you’ Born in Tehran, Iran, Nasim Biglari is a twenty-nine year-old visual art and media student at the University of California, San Diego.…
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