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Baha’i Scholar Arrested in Tehran

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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…

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Update on the Baha’is of Iran

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The Persian page of Baha’i World News Service (BWNS) has provided several updates on Wednesday, July 23, 2009, which appear below in translation by Iran Press Watch. Shiraz: Temporary leave of two Baha’i youth prisoners…

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Two Historical Documents

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Editor’s Note:  In our continual effort to document the mistreatment of the Baha’is of Iran and the regime’s role in bringing about systematic discrimination against the Baha’is, two official documents by Iranian authorities relating to…

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A bleak future for Baha'is

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International pressure may have set Roxana Saberi free, but the plight of seven Iranian Baha’is, imprisoned in Tehran a year ago has gone largely unnoticed. In an article in the International Politics section of the…

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