Source: www.examiner.com By Randolph Dobbs The year is 2010 and an Iranian architectural student is hunched over a drafting table, adding last minute details to complete an assignment. Recalling the timber frame construction used in traditional…
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Europeans Voice Concern About the Economic Oppression of Iranian Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org BRUSSELS — Prominent Europeans, including members of parliament, are calling on Iran to end its economic repression of Baha’is. Among the most prominent of such expressions was one that came from the European Parliament…
Fifteen Baha’is Arrested by Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org In a fresh crackdown on Iran’s Baha’i community, one of the most persecuted religious minorities in Iran, 15 followers of the faith were simultaneously arrested in Tehran, Isfahan, and Mashhad on November 15, 2015,…
The Government Shut Down Baha’i-Owned Businesses for Observing Religious Holy Days
Source: United for Iran How would you feel if the government shut down your business because you observed a religious holy day? #Bahai #Iran #stopshopclosings
Intelligence Agents Launched a New Crackdown on Baha’is Across Iran
Source: Iranwire English On Sunday, November 15, intelligence agents launched a new crackdown on Baha’is across Iran. They arrested 20 people in Tehran, Isfahan and Mashhad.
Authorities Launch New Crackdown on Baha’is
Source: en.iranwire.com Monday 16 November 2015 Kian Sabeti On the morning of Sunday, November 15, Iranian Intelligence Ministry agents carried out the arrest of 20 Baha’is in Tehran, Isfahan and Mashhad. As part of a massive operation,…
The Price of Seeking Justice
Source: aasoo.org By Shadi Sadr Translation by Iran Press Watch We are the audience to this bitter history… The two hour footage of the 27 December 1981 trial of the Baha’i community leaders (the seven…
Property of Semnan Baha’i Confiscated
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA (Human Rights Activists Association of Iran news agency), on 1 November 2015 security forces entered Afrasiab Khanjani’s glass warehouse with a warrant, confiscated his entire stock…
Supplementary Report on the Process of Searching the Residences of Three Baha’i Citizens in the City of Yazd
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The “No to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens” campaign reports: After three Baha’i residences in Yazd were attacked and searched by security forces, a reliable source prepared…
Confiscation of the Property of a Baha’i Citizen; A Political and Non-Religious Act
Source: didgahenow.com Ali Kalai, human rights activist Every human being should be revered, and so should his property, life, honor and reputation. This rule is the foundation of people’s lives in today’s world, people of different…
At the UN, Religious Minorities Describe Day-To-Day Persecution in Iran
Source: www.bic.org UNITED NATIONS—4 November 2015—Growing up in Iran, Naeim Tavakkoli recalls being forced to sit on the floor in school to dry out on rainy days so that the “unclean” water he shed as a…
Susan Tebyaniyan Released From Prison at the End of Her Sentence
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Susan Tebyaniyan, a Bahai from Semnan who has been serving a one-year sentence in Isfahan prison, was released from prison on November 2. She was charged with propaganda against the…
BIHE Instructor Released From Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Sen’s daily Amanollah Mostaghim one of the imprisoned staff members of the Bahai Open University (BIHE) in Iran, was released from Raja’i Shahr prison today. He was sentenced to five years in…
“Their Progress and Development Are Blocked” — The economic oppression of Iran’s Baha’is
Source: www.bic.org A special report of the Baha’i International Community (October 2015) Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the government of Iran has engaged in a broad, systematic persecution of its Baha’i minority. One lesser known aspect…
October 2015 report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source: shaheedoniran.org 27/10/2015 Summary The Secretary-General has the honor to transmit the fifth report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human…
Constructive Resilience: The Baha’i Way to Respond to Human Rights Abuses
Source: www.amnesty.org.uk In Iran, followers of the Baha’i faith face discrimination, arrest and arbitrary detention, some have even been executed because of their religion. Although founded in 1863, the country’s constitution does not recognise and protect…
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