(HRA 14 May 2011) HRANA News Agency – On Wednesday, May 12, 2011, after being summoned and arraigned by Karaj’s Revolutionary Court, Ruhollah Zibahi, a Baha’i citizen from Karaj, was transferred to Ghezel Hesar Prison.
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(HRA 14 May 2011) HRANA News Agency – On Wednesday, May 12, 2011, after being summoned and arraigned by Karaj’s Revolutionary Court, Ruhollah Zibahi, a Baha’i citizen from Karaj, was transferred to Ghezel Hesar Prison.
On Saturday (May 14, 2011), six of Iran’s seven Baha’i Leaders – Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli and Vahid Tizfahm – will begin their fourth year in prison. The seventh member…
(BWNS 16-May-2011) GENEVA — The injustice being faced by countless citizens of Iran has been highlighted around the world, as supporters marked three years since the arrest of the country’s imprisoned Baha’i leaders. In a message…
(RAHANA 8 May 2011) The family of Baha’i citizen Vajiollah Mirza-Golpour has stated that he has been transferred to the Execution Ward.
Toronto, Ontario, 28 April 2011 (CBNS) — When 81-year-old Ashraf Khanjani-the wife of jailed Baha’i leader Jamaloddin Khanjani, 77, was on her deathbed, her last wish was to see her husband, said Nika Khanjani, her…
Participants in the Capitol Hill reception to honor the seven leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, entering their fourth year of imprisonment, included: U.S. Senator Mark Kirk, U.S. Representative Michael Grimm, State Department’s Kathleen Fitzpatrick,…
(2 March 2011) Four members of Congress from Illinois, the state that is home to the Baha’i House of Worship for North America, are asking the U.S. government to call on the Iranian government to change its policies towards the…
by Fereshteh Ghazi interview, May 9, 2011, Families of Female Political Prisoners Transferred to Varamin’s Qarchak Prison in Interview with Rooz: The families of several female political prisoners raised alarm about their transfer to the Qarchak…
(BWNS 10-May-2011) NEW YORK — As seven Baha’i leaders in Iran complete their third year in jail, the Baha’i International Community has confirmed that the two women amongst them have been transferred to another prison.…
U.S. Senator Kirk hosts a reception for human rights supporters and speaks for the Baha’is of Iran in a reception, May 12th, 2011. Watch Senator’s Kirk comment in YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/IranRooyan#p/a/u/0/f2JErIyi_FQ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/user/IranRooyan#p/a/u/0/f2JErIyi_FQ[/youtube]
Reminder: The Reception for Human Rights Supporters in the Hart Room of the U.S. Senate building regarding the plight of the Baha’is in Iran being held on Thursday, May 12, can be viewed on “live…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 5, 2011 Contact: Ginous Alford | O: 202-833-8990 | M: 202-643-1612 | [email protected] BELIEF BEHIND BARS: LAWMAKERS, PERFORMERS TO DRUM UP SUPPORT AT CAPITOL HILL RECEPTION FOR IRAN’S SEVEN IMPRISONED…
In November of 2009, Iranian authorities banned Hamshahri Newspaper, the popular daily, for using a photo of the Baha’i House of Worship (temple) in India, also known as the Lotus Temple, in an ad by…
(HRANA 29 April 2011) By a notice from “Union of Retail workers & Manufacturers , Gold & Silver & Clock & Glasses” the business of a Baha’i citizen in Abadan was shut down.
(RAHANA 29 April 2011) Sari Baha’i citizen Vajiollah Mirzagolpour was arrested after being summoned by the Intelligence Ministry.
(RAHANA 29 April 2011) Sari Baha’i citizen Vesal Mahboubi was arrested after being summoned to the Intelligence Ministry.