Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Sen’s daily Reports from Sari indicate that over 30 Bahai businesses have been closed by authorities, and that the closures are continuing. Most of the closures have now lasted from 3 weeks…
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Two Bahais in Sanandaj Targets of Vandalism and Official Pressure
Source: mafnews.net Translation by Sen’s daily Azarakhsh Mansouri and Majid Abdul-Motallebi, two Baha’is from Sanandaj, were detained at a prayer meeting in a private house on April 1, 2014, and interrogated for a few hours. They…
Saba Golshan Begins 4-Year Sentence in Isfahan
Source: sensday.wordpress.com Mr. Saba Golshan reported to the central prison on Isfahan this morning, to begin serving a 4-year sentence. His sentence also includes a one-year suspended sentence. On August 1, 2011, agents from the Ministry…
In Iran, Anti-Baha’i Actions Hurt People and Business
Source: www.ihrb.org (Institute for Human Rights and Business) by Bayan Towfiq1 August 11, 2015 The airwaves are still buzzing with news of the historic nuclear dealbetween six major world powers and Iran. As foreign corporations begin to consider…
Human Rights Activists Visit the Family of Navid Khanjani on the Occasion of His Birthday
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On the occasion of the birthday of Navid Khanjani * – a Baha’i citizen who has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for his belief in the Baha’i Faith…
Three Members of Khanjani Family Share 36 Years of Prison
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch by Behnam Roghani Since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, Iranian Baha’is have systematically faced several types of pressure by officials. They met with many atrocities, including capital punishment,…
A Quiet Genocide
By Shapour Daneshmand AQUIETGENOCIDE.COM is a project that evolved out of the mounting concern of alarmed Americans and Iranians appalled by the atrocities committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran against an entire group of…
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Chided for Religious Persecution
Source: www.washingtontimes.com By Cheryl Wetzstein – The Washington Times – Monday, August 3, 2015 Iran’s president, who reached his second anniversary in office Monday, was again implored to release prisoners of conscience — including an Iranian-American pastor…
Rouhani: Two Years Later
Source: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week marks the two-year anniversary of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s assumption of…
50 Iranian Women You Should Know: Jinous Nemat Mahmoudi
Source: en.iranwire.com Tuesday 04 August 2015 IranWire Global and Iranian history are both closely intertwined with the lives and destinies of prominent figures. Every one of them has laid a brick on history’s wall, sometimes paying the…
Iran is Economically Missing Out by Repressing Baha’i Faith
Source: religiousfreedomandbusiness.org by Bruce Rahmani 31 Jul, 2015 In this “Leaders Speak!” edition, U.S. entrepreneur Bruce Rahmani argues that Iran is missing a great resource for economic growth by repressing the country’s largest religious minority – the Baha’is. For instance,…
Family of Shahriar Cyrus Denied Prison Visiting Rights
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Despite the orders of the prosecutor, authorities at Evin prison, in Tehran, have refused to allow Shahriar Cyrus, a Bahai painter and a respected art critic, to receive family visits.…
Thirty-Four Months Imprisonment without Even a Day of Furlough – about the Prisoner of Conscience, Farhad Fahandej
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch July 27, 2015 Kian Sabeti Tens of unknown prisoners of conscience are serving time in different cities of Iran, but only the names of a few of them are…
Expulsion of a 17 Year Old Baha’i Student from High School for Her Religious Beliefs
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports received by the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is” campaign, on July 1st 2015 Kamand Agahi, a 17 year old Baha’i resident of Isfahan,…
Religious Persecution On the Rise: Minorities Under Threat in the Middle East
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com By Doug Bandow 07/25/2015 All religious faiths are victims of persecution somewhere. In this supposedly enlightened, tolerant age, people routinely are brutalized, jailed and killed for their faith — or lack of faith —…
Siavosh Khanjani: In Iran, Baha’is Are Deemed Unfit to Attend University, Hold Public Sector Jobs, or Teach
Source: news.nationalpost.com July 16, 2015 6:37 PM ET I own and operate a business in Toronto. Since coming to Canada, I have been welcomed by other Canadians, and feel very much a Canadian now, too. I…
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