Source: www.bahai.org.au Sydney, 18 May 2015 By Mehrzad Mumtahan (1) For the seventh anniversary of the unjust imprisonment in Iran of my uncle and his six colleagues, I have been involved in the creation of an installation…
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Baha’i Jalayer Vahdat Released from Jail after Five Years
Source: iranrn.net Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Baha’i News, Mr. Jalayer , who had been sentenced to five years in prison, was freed from prison this morning. On 24 October, 2010, Mr. Jalayer Vahdat,…
My Noble Cousin
Source: www.bahai.org.au By Bruce Vasli (1) Sydney, 17 May 2015 My cousin, Afif Naeimi, is dedicated to improving the community in which he lives. He has contributed by teaching spiritual education to children and participating in study…
Statement by Minister Nicholson on Seventh Anniversary of Arrest and Imprisonment of Bahá’í Leaders in Iran
Source: www.international.gc.ca May 15, 2015 – Ottawa, Ontario – Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement: “This…
A Leader Who Wins Respect
Source: www.bahai.org.au SYDNEY, 16 MAY 2015 Jamaloddin Khanjani, 81, is a successful businessman known for his dynamic, loving personality. Mr Khanjani established the first automated brick factory in Iran, employing hundreds of people. And when the authorities…
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Video Message in Support of the Seven Baha’i Leaders
Source: www.youtube.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Nasrin Sotoudeh ‒ attorney and human rights activist Anniversary of the seventh year of the imprisonment of the leaders of the Baha’i Community ‒ the Yaran (“Friends”…
MP Bezan Advocates for Seven Bahá’í Leaders
Source: www.facebook.com May 15, 2015 at 1:22pm Ottawa, ON – Yesterday marked the beginning of the eighth year of incarceration for six of the seven members of the Bahá’í Faith leadership group in the…
Iran Religious Persecution: Baha’i Faith Leaders Remain Imprisoned After Seven Years
Source: www.ibtimes.com By Lora Moftah @LoraMoftah [email protected] on May 15 2015 2:20 PM EDT Events are being planned around the world this week to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the arrest of Iran’s Baha’i religious leaders. Multiple pictures of the Baha’i…
She Committed “The Crime of Love Again”
Source: www.bahai.org.au Sydney, 14 May 2015 The first of seven Baha’i leaders to be unjustly imprisoned in 2008 was Mahvash Sabet, a poet whose thoughts and feelings have since inspired people the world over. While in her…
My Innocent Mother Is in Jail
Source: www.bahai.org.au By Vargha Taefi (1) MELBOURNE, 15 MAY 2015 My mother, Fariba Kamalabadi, is an educational psychologist and is a warm, compassionate, spiritual and intelligent person. She is now serving a jail sentence of 20 years…
Another Baha’i Student Expelled from University
Source: www.farzanfaramarzi.coml Translation by Sen’s daily Samim Dokoohaki, a Bahai student of music at the Beyza campus of the Azad University, was expelled from the University on March 1, 2015 because of his religious beliefs. He…
Baha’is Mark Seventh Year of Unjust Jail Terms
Source: en.iranwire.com Thursday 14 May 2015 Natasha Bowler The Baha’i International Community (BIC) today launches a global campaign to raise awareness about the situation for Baha’is in Iran, and to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the unlawful…
Iran Escalates Persecution of Religious Minorities Under Rouhani
Christians, Baha’is jailed despite election of the purportedly moderate president Source: freebeacon.com May 13, 2015 5:00 am BY: Daniel Wiser Iranian authorities have escalated their persecution of religious minorities since the election of President Hassan Rouhani despite…
Mansour Osanlou, Human and Labour Rights Activist Who Was in Prison with the Yaran, Has Joined YadeYaran Campaign.
Mansour Osanlou (1) is a trade union and human rights activist. He is a former leading personality of the Syndicate of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (2) (Vahed Company) who has been imprisoned on numerous…
Don’t Forget the Baha’is
Source: thehill.com May 11, 2015, 10:00 am By S. Rob Sobhani, Ph.D President Obama and his foreign policy team should be commended for trying to solve the difficult problem of Iran’s nuclear program. While…
Selective Truths Revealed: The Case of Iranian Search Engines
Source: globalvoicesonline.org From top to bottom, the logos of Parsijoo, Yooz, and GorGor. Mixed by Amin Sabeti. This post was written by Small Media researcher Kyle Bowen, and is based on Small Media’s latest Iranian Internet Infrastructure and Policy (IIIP) report.…
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