Source: ejpress.org Written by EJP Friday, 12 February 2016 15:55 BRUSSELS (EJP)—Bastiaan Belder, a Dutch Member of the European Parliament will host Monday an exchange of views on ‘’Human rights in Iran and the EU’s Policy of…
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Another Baha’i Student Faces Expulsion and Contempt by Educational Officials
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Maedeh Khalili has been expelled from university because she is a Baha’i As reported by the “No to the Harassment of Baha’is” Campaign, Maedeh Khalili-Amiri, a Baha’i student in…
Eighty Days Have Passed Since the Closure of Baha’i Businesses in Salman-Shahr (Motel Ghoo)
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a “BahaiNews” report based on reliable sources, eighty days have passed since the closure of four business places owned by Baha’i citizens, who have not been…
Maghsoud Anvari Expelled from University
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, Maghsoud Anvari, a Baha’i citizen, has been expelled from Shahid Bahonar University2. According to this Baha’i citizen’s account, he was expelled during the final exams of…
A Letter from the Heart, by Ava Sana’i, a Baha’i in the City of Gorgan
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch As reported by the “No to Oppression and Imprisonment of Our Fellow Iranian Baha’is” Campaign, twenty four Baha’i residents were sentenced to over a combined 193 years of imprisonment,…
Vandalism of a Boutique Owned by a Baha’i in Aqqala
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Sometime after midnight on 21 January 2016, a bridal boutique owned by Neda Abdian, a Baha’i citizen, in the town of Aqqala, 15 kilometers from Gurgan, was vandalized by…
Farah Baghi, a Baha’i Citizen, Released from Prison
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the “No to the harassment and imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens” campaign, Farah Baghi, a Baha’i citizen, was released from prison after serving her one-year sentence. Some time ago, on August…
Baha’i Citizen Kosro Dehghani Released from Prison
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Campaign to Stop the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens, Khosro Dehghani, a Baha’i citizen, has been released upon completion of his prison term. Khosro Dehghani was…
A Note from Baher Hedayati, a Baha’i Citizen, Regarding His Wife’s Sentence of Nine Years in Prison
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran” campaign: 24 Baha’i citizens have been sentenced to 193 years’ imprisonment by a Gorgan court. These verdicts are among the…
A Note from Nariman Mavaddat, a Baha’i Citizen, Following the Sentencing of His Mother to 6 Years in Prison
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the campaign “No to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens”: Nariman, a Baha’i citizen, following the sentencing of his mother (Soudabeh Mehdi Nejad) to 6 years…
Dallas Mural Part of International Campaign Against Religious Persecution in Iran
Source: frontrow.dmagazine.com BY ALAENA HOSTETTER Harassed, arrested, jailed, tortured, killed…These are just a few of the options facing people of the Baha’i faith in Iran. Since its inception in 1844, the religion has been effectively criminalized…
A Baha’i Brought an Al Qaeda Man in from the Cold
Source: en.iranwire.com Monday 01 February 2016 Fereshteh Nasehi When I speak with Baha’i prisoners, the single phrase I hear most often is “My father was executed in the 1980s.” Rajai Shahr Prison near Tehran houses more Baha’i…
Iran’s Beleaguered Baha’is
Source: www.dailypioneer.com Following the dismantling of the sanctions regime, as India prepares to strengthen economic ties with Iran, it must ask itself: As a pluralistic nation, home to persecuted people from all over the world, can…
The Baha’i Blacklist: Iran’s Crackdown Continues
Source: en.iranwire.com By Aida Qajar Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has redoubled its efforts to crackdown on businesses run by Baha’is. In direct contradiction of government claims that it does not actively target Baha’is, Iran’s largest religious minority, IranWire has…
Iran: No Accountability for Abuses
Source: Human Rights Watch Freedoms Restricted; Executions Soar (Beirut) – Security and intelligence forces were the main perpetrators of human rights abuses in Iran during 2015, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report…
Mahnoush Shafi’i, a Baha’i, Has Been Expelled from University
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the “No to Oppression and Imprisonment of Our Fellow Iranian Baha’is” Campaign, the Associate Degree of Mahnoush Shafi’i was revoked by Samangan University officials once her expulsion…