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New Wave of Attacks on Baha’is
Source: Saham News Translation by Iran Press Watch 25 February 2015 In recent days a number of anti-Baha’i posters have been displayed in Tehran metro stations. The propaganda and the simultaneous arrest of 14 Baha’is…
Two Fresh Arrests in Yazd
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily HRANA – Security forces in Yazd have searched the home of the Bagheri family, for the third time in the past year. According to HRANA Press, the news portal of Human…
Authorities Target Baha’is in New Arrests
Source: en.iranwire.com Friday 27, 2015 By Natasha Schmidt, Kian Sabeti Intelligence Ministry agents raided a number of Baha’i homes in Tehran, Isfahan and Kerman and arrested 16 Baha’i citizens on February 16 and 17.…
From Iran to Canada, Education Is Not a Crime
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com By Maziar Bahari Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Feb. 25 2015 Across the country, Canadian schoolchildren are celebrating Freedom to Read week, a public affirmation of freedom of expression through the process…
Baha’i Couples Spend Valentine’s Day in Prison
February 13, 2015 Source: www.radiozamaneh.com/205372 By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Human Rights activists report of intensified pressures on Baha’i citizens and incarceration of a large number of them in the past year.…
Start of Prison Sentence of Fariba Ashtari, Baha’i in Yazd
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Fariba Ashtari, a Baha’i resident of Yazd, started her two-year sentence on Saturday at the central prison of the city. She is the fourth of the…
“I Was Embarrassed by My Freedom”
Source: www.roozonline.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Excerpts from Bahman Ahmadi Amouee’s report on Prison Conditions Fereshteh Ghazi Thursday, January 29, 2015 From the moment he was arrested together with his wife at midnight on June 20…
Widespread Raids and Arrests of Baha’is by Security Forces in Tehran
Source: Population of Combat against Educational Discrimination (P.C.E.D.) Translation by Iran Press Watch On the 16th of February 2015, security forces raided and searched Baha’i citizens’ residences in Tehran. After the raid and search, five…
Bandar Abbas Baha’i Assaulted, Threatened With Death
Source: sahamnews.org Translation by Iran Press Watch 19 February 2015 On Saturday 14 February, Kalim Jahandari, a Baha’i citizen of Bandar Abbas, was attacked and threatened by unknown armed assailants. According to reports received by Saham,…
Ten Baha’is Released
Source: hra-news.org/fa Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Ten Baha’is who were arrested last week and transferred to Dastgerd prison in Isfahan were released without a bail a few hours ago. According to HRANA…
Leader of the Fatwa against Baha’is: No One Has Any Objections to Non-Muslims
Source: http://digarban.com/node/21325 Translation by Iran Press Watch 17 February, 2015 Ali Khamenei, who does not consider the association of Muslims with Baha’is to be permitted, in his most recent speech claimed that in the Islamic Republic…
Extensive Raids in Tehran and Isfahan: 17 Baha’is Arrested
Source: www.rahesabz.net/story/90215/ Translation by Sen’s daily On February 16 and 17, security officers raided and searched the homes of Baha’is in Tehran and Isfahan, and arrested 17 Baha’is. In Tehran, the homes of Sasan Yadegar, Ehsan…
Human Rights in Iran: Marginalized and Sanitized
Source: www.huffingtonpost.ca By Irwin Cotler 02/10/2015 As P5+1 proceeds, it is important to appreciate that the prevention of a “nuclear breakout” capability is inextricably intertwined with the Iranian regime’s ongoing massive repression of human rights. Indeed, negotiations…
Branch One of the Judiciary Administrative Court Voted to Bar Baha’is from Higher Education
10 February, 2015 Source: hra-news.org/fa/students/a-15 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News – Branch One of the Judiciary Court has denied the request of a group of Baha’i youth to investigate their higher education applications…
Farah Baghi Begins Her Sentence in Yazd
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-511 Translation by Sen’s daily at wp.me/pNMoJ-2ep Farah Baghi, a Baha’i from Yazd who has been sentenced to one year in prison and a one-year suspended sentence, has reported to prison in Yazd to begin…
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