Source: nytlive.nytimes.com By Nina Ansary 6/23/15 One was strangled by her executioners with a silk scarf, and the other two were masters of the written word. The insistent cry for women’s freedom has been heard for…
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The High Council for the Cultural Revolution, in a Secret Document: the Development and Advancement of Baha’is Must Be Blocked.
Source: sahamnews.org The High Council for the Cultural Revolution, in a secret document: The development and advancement of Baha’is must be blocked. According to a document with a security classification of “secret”, which has been made…
Iran’s Abuse of Minorities about to Get Much Worse
Source: www.commentarymagazine.com By Michael Rubin | @mrubin1971 06.21.2015 – 10:00 AM Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s 1979 Islamic Revolution ushered in what Khomeini and his supporters promised would be an Islamic democracy, but what in reality would quickly reveal itself to…
Imprisoned Bahai Leader Expresses Gratitude to Nasrin Sotoudeh
Source: Work Right, Dissent Right (facebook group) By Saeid Rezaie (1) To the brave, honorable attorney, Nasrin Sotoudeh- Upon entering the eighth year of my twenty year sentence, with reference to what you expressed in your…
Another Bahai Business Closed in Sari
Source: BahaiNews1 A carpentry workshop belonging to Qavamoddin Sabetian a 74-year-old Bahai from Sari, is still closed, almost two months after local authorities moved to close about a dozen Bahai-run businesses in the city. This workshop…
Adnan Rahmatpanah Released after One Year in Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Adnan Rahmatpanah, a Bahai from Shiraz, has been released from in Adel-Abad prison at the end of a one-year sentence. He was arrested during a raid on his home on…
Bahai Children’s Rights Activist Released at the End of Sentence
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Afshin Heiratian, a Bahai children’s rights activist, was released from Raja’i Shahr prison, near Tehran, today at the end of a four-year imprisonment. Mr. Heiratian wrote and published various articles about…
Baha’i Shopkeepers in Iran Pressured against Observing Their Religious Holy Days
Source: Baha’i World News Service GENEVA — Tens of Baha’is’ shops in the cities of Rafsanjan, Kerman, Sari and Hamadan have been sealed by government authorities in an effort to pressure Baha’is not to observe their…
Former Mainstream Iranian Journalist Apologizes to Baha’is
Source: www.youtube.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Greetings to all my Iranian compatriots, especially my Baha’i compatriots! I just want to say that we the Shi’ite population of Iran, have not been decent faithful brothers…
Beginning of Prison Term for a Baha’i in Hamadan
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency: The one-year prison term of Hamid Azizi, a Baha’i from Hamadan ‒ a city in central Iran ‒ was implemented. According to HRANA ‒ Human Rights…
Imprisoned Baha’i Leader Taken to Hospital
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Afif Naeimi a Baha’i prisoner of conscience and one of the seven Yarn (national facilitators for the Bahai community in Iran), has been transferred to the Tehran Heart Center. His physical…
Sasan Haghiri Begins a One-Year Sentence in Isfahan
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Mr. Sasan Haghiri, a Bahai from Isfahan, has begun a one-year sentence in the city’s central prison, on charges of propaganda against the regime and society, and conspiracy against national…
“Tehran and Portland: Cities of Light” Two Baha’i Couples’ Stories
Source: www.youtube.com This documentary film, through the use of animation and live-action footage, tells the stories of two Baha’i couples, one of whom was imprisoned in Iran, for their beliefs in the Baha’i Faith, and…
Sarang Etehadi Released at the End of His Sentence
Source: wp.me/pNMoJ-2kr Sarang Etehadi was released from prison in Tehran today, at the end of a one-year sentence on charges of “propaganda against the state through participation in Bahai worship and prayer groups.” His wife, Nasim…
Omid Djalili: ‘I’m Taking on the Iranian Government on Behalf of Women. It’s Nutty’
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk By Louisa Peacock 7:30AM BST 04 Jun 2013 British-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili is gearing up to launch Prison Poems tonight, a collection of work written by a former teacher currently behind bars in Iran’s notorious…
Their Crime Was Their Faith
Source: yadyaraniran.blogspot.se Translated by Iran Press Watch A campaign to say no to the harassment and imprisonment of Baha’i citizens of Iran What was their crime? You may participate in this campaign by sending your…
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