Source: www.embassynews.ca President Rouhani has failed to deliver on promises to protect civil rights and respect religious minorities’ rights. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Human Rights Council on March 2. UN Photo: Jean-Marc…
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#NotACrime: A Global Street Art Project for Human Rights in Iran
Source: en.iranwire.com Tuesday 15 December 2015 Saleem Vaillancourt Freddy Sam’s mural of a boy and injured bird in Cape Town The #NotACrime campaign launched a global street art project this year with nearly a dozen murals across New York…
Letter from Shabnam Tolouie to Mohammad Javad Larijani
Source: iranwire.com By Shabnam Tolouie 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Wednesday 16 April 2014 Mr. Mohammad Javad Larijani, Rahmatollah son of Mirza Asadollah, was born in the year 1902. I remember this because he…
Top Student Among Baha’i’s Banned from Higher Education
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com 7 December 2015 By Sepehr Atefi Translation by Iran Press Watch April 2015 – Delaram Sadeghzadeh, a Masters degree applicant in educational psychology at Shahid Beheshti University, waits in the office of the Director…
Arrest of a Baha’i Citizen in Tehran
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report by the Baha’i News Agency and informed sources, Shahram Najaf Tomarai – a Baha’i citizen residing in Tehran – was arrested this morning.…
Afif Naeimi Has Been Returned to Prison After an Incomplete Hospital Treatment
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch “No to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is Citizens Campaign” reports that Afif Naiemi, one of the seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders, who has been detained in Raja’i Shahr prison…
Residents of Kermanshah Prohibited from Associating with Baha’is
Source: mafnews.net Translation by Iran Press Watch MAF News: The Ministry of Information in the city of Kermanshah summons and threatens Muslims who associate with Baha’is. Based on a report by MAF…
Why is Iran’s Regime Afraid of a Baha’i Calendar?
Source: en.iranwire.com Monday 07 December 2015 Firouz Farzani Anyone with an ear to the ground knows what the hardliners are up to – where they’re cracking down and who they’re arresting. But it’s not always easy to…
Ayatollah Masoumi Tehrani’s Gift to Newly Arrested Bahai’s in Tehran
Source: www.amasumi.net Translation By Iran Press Watch In November 2015 Ayatollah Masoumi Tehrani1 presented as a gift to the newly arrested Bahá’ís in Tehran a piece of his calligraphy work from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the prophet founder of…
The TV Series “The Mystery of the Shah” and Reassertion of the Myth of Political Affiliation Between Baha’is and the Court of the Pahlavis
Source: www.facebook.com A note by Ali Afshari [1], Tuesday 12/1/15 Translation by Iran Press Watch Baha’i News Magazine (Modaaraa) – Recently an Iranian TV station has been showing a series called “The Mystery of the Shah”. Aside…
Constructive Resilience: The Bahá’í Response to Oppression
Source: bahai-library.com by Michael Karlberg Abstract: Against the backdrop of dramatic struggles for social change in the twentieth century, characterized by non-violent opposition and civil disobedience, the Bahá’í community of Iran has pursued a distinctively non-adversarial approach to…
An “Englishman’s” Reply to the Supreme Leader
Source: en.iranwire.com Guest Blogger The Supreme Leader has cited many failings with Western lifestyles, many of which bare striking resemblance to happenings in Iran, writes satirical blogger Sharagim Zand. Greetings! My name is Michael and I’m…
Imprisonment of Both Parents of a Child for Their Promotion of Higher Education
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—1 December 2015—As part of an outrageous effort to block Baha’i youth from higher education, Iranian authorities have imprisoned the mother and are threatening to imprison the father of a six-year-old boy, depriving him…
No News of a Baha’i Citizen Two Weeks After His Arrest
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Two weeks after his arrest, there is still no news of the reasons for the arrest nor the whereabouts of the Baha’i citizen, Navid Aghdasi. Based on reports by HRANA (Human Rights…
Shahram Chinian, Baha’i Citizen, Freed from Prison at the End of His Sentence
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Report from the “No to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens” campaign: Shahram Chinian, a Baha’i citizen, after completing his five year imprisonment sentence, has been freed from…
The Right of Baha’is to Teach Their Faith
Source: iranwire.com Translation By Iran Press Watch 17 November 2015 The arrests of 20 Baha’i citizens in Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz and the closing of 23 Baha’i-owned businesses in Mazandaran Province is evidence of continued pressure…