On Sunday, 21 September 2008, Human Rights Activists in Iran filed the following report (http://www.hrairan.com/Archive_87/1066.html): Raha Sabet, Heleh Rouhi and Sasan Taqva were accused of forming illegal groups and promoting interests contrary to the Islamic&hellip
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Saturday, 20 September 2008
News Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), which often echoes the archconservative sentiments of Iran’s Islamic regime, reported on Friday, 19 September 2008, (http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1201091&Lang=P) that a petition was signed earlier in the day at the Friday&hellip
Friday, 19th of September
The organization Human Rights Activists of Iran reports (http://www.hrairan.com/Archive_87/1044.html) that on Thursday, 11 September 2008, the following incident occurred: Four Baha’i students who have been denied access to institutions of higher education decided to follow&hellip
Petition for dissolution of the Baha’i administration in Iran
[Updated: Pictures at the bottom of post] On Wednesday, 17 September 2008, an ominous development was announced by Shahbnews.com (http://www.shahabnews.com/vdcc.1qma2bqxsla82.html), which impacts the entire Baha’i community of Iran. The report stated that this Friday, 19&hellip
Nabil’s Narrative: What History has Forgotten
By Dr. Soheila Vahdati [Dr. Vahdati is an Iranian-American human rights activist and freelance writer who has published extensively on the effects of the death penalty, women’s rights and gender issues in Iranian journals. Some&hellip
An Outstanding Baha’i Student Deprived of Education for Being Baha’i
[The following is a translation of a letter by Hulaku Rahmanian. This letter is on file at the office of Human Rights Activists of Iran and was published on Thursday, 4 September 2008, on the&hellip
I am a Baha'i too!
by Khosro Shemiranie [Shemiranie was born in Iran, studied in Germany and lives in Canada. He is a freelance writer specializing in analytical articles on the socio-political issues of Iran and violations of human rights.&hellip
A New Year and a New Trick
[Human Rights Activists of Iran filed the following report (No. 87-1032) on Wednesday, 17 September 2008, at http://www.hrairan.com/Archive_87/1055.html. Ahang Rabbani, translator.] After announcing the results of the national college entrance examination in 2008, many of&hellip
If I were a Shiite
by Reza Fani [Reza Fani-Yazdi is an Iranian-American human rights activist and freelance writer who has published extensively on the plight of Iranians under the current regime. On 8 August 2008, he published the following&hellip
The Baha'is and Higher Education in Iran
By Ahmad Batebi [Ahmad Batebi (b 1977) came to international notice through his appearance on the 17 July 1999 cover of The Economist magazine, holding up a shirt splattered with the blood of a fellow&hellip
We are all Iranian Baha'is
By Ali Keshtgar [On Friday, 15 August 2008, the online journal Gooya News published the following analysis by the non-Baha’i Iranian journalist, Ali Keshtgar. The original Persian text may be accessed at: http://news.gooya.com/politics/archives/2008/08/075377.php Ahang Rabbani,&hellip
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