[ejiltalk.org, 10 Dec 2013] Nazila Ghanea 100 days into his presidency, Iranian President Hassan Rohani delivered a partial result on the nuclear issue (see EJIL:Talk! discussion by Dan Joyner)and released his draft Charter of Citizens’ Rights (henceforth…
Source: www.reuters.com Editor’s note: Below are excerpts on confiscation of Baha’i properties from a report by Reuters that investigates how Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, built his financial empire. Read the report in its entirety here. _____ Some of…
[huffingtonpost.ca, 1 Oct 2013] Payam Akhavan, Associate Professor, McGill University Elementary psychology teaches us that without confronting repressed memories of past trauma, a person’s future health and happiness is seriously compromised. It is common knowledge,…
[Persian BBC, www.bbc.co.uk/persian, 25 Sep 2013] Sepehr Atefi Journalist 3 Mehr 1392 (25 September 2013) 31 Shahrivar 1359 (22 September 1980) was the beginning of a bitter chapter in Iran’s history; a chapter that lasted…
[mohsenbabazadeh.blogspot.ca, 28 Murdad, 1392] Mohesen Babzadeh The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Iran issued the order for the destruction of the Baha’i cemetery in the city of Sanandaj, which is located near the medical school in…
[www.asoyroj.com] The Islamic Revolutionary Court of the city of Sanandaj confirmed an order issued by its sixth branch regarding the destruction of the Baha’i cemetery on August 3, 2013. More than 40 Baha’i families currently…
[washingtonpost.com] By Reza Aslan, Michael Brooks, Published: September 25 at 7:27 am Hassan Rouhani’s speech at the United Nations on Tuesday signaled the possibility of a thaw in relations between Iran and the United States. Indeed,…
[gnstv.net, 31 Sharivar 1392] Harana News – Behzad Shokuhi, a 75 year-old Baha’i citizen, who had initiated a court action in connection with his claim for unpaid funds against the Ministry of Agriculture, was summoned…
[news.bahai.org, 25 Sep 2013] NEW YORK — Having heard Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s address to the United Nations today, the world will be watching to see how he will, beyond his general call for hope…
Sources: nurizad.info Translation by Iran Press Watch It was last night that Dr. Maleki1 invited me to go to house of Taraneh Taefi, a 17 year old girl that our Islamic Government, using the excuse of…
[facebook, facebook.com/m.nourizad, 9 Sep 2013] I invite all the people of Iran and the world, in particular the Shi’ites, to accompany me in sweeping away the ideology of the ritual “untouchable” [i.e. Najis نجس *]. This ideology…
[http://hra-news.org] Sunday 24 Shahrivar 1392 (15 September, 2013) – 15:01 Harana news – Nasrin Sotoudeh*, human rights lawyer and political prisoner, in a letter addressed to the President, has connected the murder of a Baha’i in…
[taghato.net, 23 Shahrivar, 1392] After assuming his new position as the Minister of Higher Education in Iran, Mr. Jafar Toufighi, in repeated statements has declared that no student would be blacklisted for political or religious…
[nurizad.info. 17 Sep. 2013] One of the officials of the ministry of Higher Education approached me at a gathering, and in a shivering voice which was an indication of his deep worry, fear and sadness,…
[camara.leg.br, 28 Aug, 2013] Walter Feldman Federal Deputy Mr President, Members of Congress, The world is going through a turbulent moment in which disputes for power overthrow love for our neighbors. Wars -announced or undeclared; terrorist…
[birangi.com] One of Khamenei’s latest religious judicial decrees (fatwas) expresses his view about Baha’is. The leader of the Islamic Republic has said [in his fatwa] that interaction with Baha’is is unlawful, and any interaction with…
