[by Sohrab Ahmari, 25 May 2011] Last winter, just as the first flowers of the Arab Spring were blooming, I was busy co-editing a compilation of essays by Mideast dissidents. It was an inspiring experience. Written…
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Educational Discrimination in Iran: Denied the Right to Learn; at University of California @Berkeley
Berkeley, California, April 22, 2011 Main speakers: Ms. Firuzeh Mahmoudi & Dr. Farhad Sabetan On a Friday evening almost a month ago, students, faculty, and community members from throughout Northern California gathered together in solidarity. The gathered…
Thou Shalt Not Learn!
The recent attack on the Baha’i Institue for Higher Education (see BIHE website, raid) by the Islamic Republic of Iran has been accompanied by mis-information on the nature and activities of BIHE by the same Government and…
At Least Fifteen Baha'i Citizens Summoned and Detained
[22 May 2011] HRANA News Agency – This morning, with search and arrest warrants, Iran’s Intelligence Agency raided the houses of at least fifteen Baha’i citizens, detained some of them, and seized their personal properties.
Further Reports on the Arrest of Baha’i Citizens in Shiraz
[RAHANA 22 May 2011] At around 6 am, the authorities went to the homes of Amanollah Mostaghim, Mehran Behmardi, Amin Talei, Naghmeh Mostaghim and Shahnaz Samei. According to the Human Rights House of Iran, detained…
The Story of the Arrest of Baha’i Citizen Amanollah Mostaghim
[RAHANA 22 May 2011] Baha’i citizen Amanollah Mostaghim has been arrested this morning in connection to the online Baha’i university BIHE. [see BIHE raid] Shiraz Intelligence agents raided the homes of several Baha’i families located…
Academic staff of Baha’i distant education university arrested in Iran
The security forces have raided the houses of the staff of several online Baha’i universities in different cities and have detained them after searching their houses.
Government Attacks Baha’i Online University, Detains 30 Instructors
Detained Baha’is should be immediately released Discriminatory education policies should end (23 May 2011) Iranian authorities should stop attacks on the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education and end policies that discriminatorily deprive members of the…
30 instructors of Bahai Online University detained
[iranian.com 23 May 2011] iranhumanrights.org Iranian authorities should stop attacks on the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education and end policies that discriminatorily deprive members of the Baha’i Faith access to higher education, the International Campaign…
Ms. Mahvash Sabet and Ms.Fariba Kamalabadi transferred to Evin prison.
05/19/2011: Community Against Denial of Higher Education: Ms. Mahvash Sabet and Ms. Fariba Kamalabadi, two Baha’i prisoners and members of the 7-member Baha’i leadership council of Iran known as the Yaran [“Friends”], were transferred from…
The Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education
The recent attack on The Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) in Iran and the arrest of its faculty members has caused a great reaction in many corners. The Government of Iran has spread false…
Many searches and 14 arrests of BIHE faculty
[Sen’s Daily, 22-May-2011] PCED, May 22 [updated May 23] Today, officials from the Ministry of Intelligence have been entering the homes of many of the academic staff of the Bahai Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), a…
Baha'i educational programme targeted in raids
[BWNS 22 May 2011] GENEVA — A coordinated series of raids have been carried out on the homes of several Iranian Baha’is, active in a community initiative to provide a higher education programme for young members who…
Symposium on "Intellectual Othering and the Baha'i Question in Iran", University of Toronto
The Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studied in corporation with Foundation for Iranian Studies presents an International Symposium on Intellectual Othering and the Baha’i Question in Iran at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July…
Fate of Saman Ostevar in Bam’s Prison Uncertain
[19 May 2011] HRANA News Agency – Saman Ostevar, a Baha’i citizen and children’s rights activist, who was arrested on March 2, 2011 in the city of Kerman, still remains in Bam’s Prison, and uncertainty surrounds…
Prison sentence of Dorsa Sobhani suspended by appeal court in Tehran
(FrontLine, 18 May 2011) Tehran Bureau of Frontline reported: The appeals court in Tehran has suspended the one-year prison sentence of university student Dorsa Sobhani for five years. Sobhani, a human rights advocate and member of…
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