Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—18 September 2017—Mahvash Sabet, one of the seven members of the former leadership group of the Baha’is in Iran who were imprisoned due to religious beliefs, has been released after completing her unjust 10-year&hellip
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No Mercy for Iran’s Baha’i
What Their Repression Reveals About the Regime Source: www.foreignaffairs.com By Elliott Abrams Iran will elect a new president on May 19. But the real event will take place days before, on May 14, and it will&hellip
A Century and a Half of Imprisonment; A look at the Conditions of 25 Bahá’í Prisoners in Tehran and Alborz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Bahá’ís in Iran are being deprived of basic human and civil rights due to their religious beliefs. Discrimination, othering, vengeance, prejudgment, hate-mongering, harassment and murder, as well&hellip
Nowruz Holiday Action for Iranian Prisoners of Conscience
Source: Amnesty International The Iranian holiday Nowruz نوروز (“new day”) is an ancient holiday celebrated on the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere to welcome in the new year. On this Nowruz we&hellip
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&hellip
Cartoon 146: No Friendship with Baha’is!
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Faezeh Hashemi, the outspoken daughter of prominent former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has been threatened with prosecution by a high ranking Judiciary official following her meeting with Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi and other well-known civil&hellip
Political Storm in Iran as Rafsanjani’s Daughter Meets Bahai Leader
Source: www.bbc.com By Kasra Naji BBC Persian Faezeh Hashemi was photographed sitting next to Fariba Kamalabadi A political storm has erupted in Iran after the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani visited a leader&hellip
Reaction to Meeting with a Baha’i Exposes the Truth
Source: Bahai World News Service Bani Dugal, principal representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations NEW YORK — A storm of furious denunciation, in reaction to a simple meeting between two friends&hellip
Welcome Dear Fariba, Although for Such a Short Time!
Source: news.gooya.com, by Reza Alamehzadeh Translation by Iran Press Watch I became familiar with the name of Ms. Fariba Kamalabadi1, before I became involved with the making of the Iranian Taboo documentary 2, when&hellip
An Ayatollah’s Daughter Prompts a Debate on Religious Persecution in Iran
Source: www.nytimes.com By THOMAS ERDBRINK Faezeh Hashemi, center, in 2009. A visit by Ms. Hashemi, a daughter of a prominent ayatollah, to Fariba Kamalabadi, a leader in the Bahai faith, highlighted the harsh treatment of the group.&hellip
Iran’s Losing Battle Against the Baha’is
Source: en.iranwire.com Faezeh Hashemi visits Bahai prisoner Fariba Kamalabadi during her temporary leave of absence “It’s very simple,” tweeted journalist Mahsa Amrabadi on May 16. “When you live for so many months with somebody, you are&hellip
Cleric, Daughter Slammed for Her Meeting with Baha’i Leader
Source: en.radiozamaneh.com May 14, 2016 at 5:12 pm Faezah Hashemi and her father, the moderate cleric Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, have become the target of serious criticism by conservative factions of the establishment after the daughter met&hellip
Statement on the Iranian Bahá’í Leaders in the Canadian House of Commons, May 12, 2016
Source: openparliament.ca By James Bezan Mr. Speaker, Saturday, May 14, marks the eighth year of incarceration for the seven Iranian Bahá’i leaders. Their only crime is their religion and their efforts to serve the spiritual and&hellip
U.S. Slams Iran for Arrests of Baha’i Leaders 8 Years Ago
Source: www.cnn.com By Joe Sterling, CNN Adherents of the Baha’i religion can be found worldwide. Here is the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois. (CNN)–The United States condemned the 2008 arrests of Baha’i leaders&hellip
Omid Djalili Joins MPs in Urgent Appeal to Release Baha’i Leaders in Iran
Source: news.bahai.org.uk Actor and comedian, Omid Djalili, joined Members of Parliament Mark Durkan and Jim Shannon, together with members of the House of Lords and House of Commons, faith leaders, members of civil society, activists, and&hellip
U.S. Calls on Iran to Immediately Release Jailed Baha’i Leaders
Source: www.rferl.org The United States has called on Iran to immediately release jailed Baha’i leaders along with other prisoners of conscience. Seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community were arrested by the Iranian authorities eight years ago&hellip
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