Both Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran (http://hrdai.blogspot.com/2010/08/4-6.html) and Iran Press News (http://www.iranpressnews.com/source/081070.htm) are reporting on the arrival of the former Yaran at their new Raja’i Prison facility in the Gohardasht district [see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gohardasht]…
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31 Eminent Indians Call on the Iranian Government for Immediate Release of the seven Baha'i leaders
New Delhi, August 31, 2010 – Deeply distressed by the sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, for the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders, on patently false and unjustifiable charges, 31 prominent Indians have issued an open letter…
The Case of Baha’i Prisoner, Rozita Vasseghi: Learn More & Take Action!
(United4Iran – 7-Sep-2010) Over the last week, friends and family of various prisoners in Iran have emailed requesting that we highlight the specific cases and current conditions of their loved ones. Wherever possible, U4I will…
A Bahá’í's shop front defaced with anti Bahá’í slogans
5 Sep., 2010, Iran Human Rights News Agency – RAHANA Yesterday some seemingly anonymous individuals wrote insulting slogans on the store front of Bahá’í citizen Soroosh Garshasbi in Tankabon.
causes.com: Yaran the person of the year
Nominate Yaran for the person of the year in causes.com: 3,293 members as of 4-Sep-2010. See http://www.causes.com/causes/400491 Editor
The Constitutional Party of Iran condemns the sentence of the seven leaders of the Baha'i community of Iran.
Lessons of unrelenting steadfastness Proclamation of the Constitutional Party of Iran We cannot pass over, merely with sympathy and condemnation, the sentence of the seven leaders of the Baha’i community of Iran. The Islamic regime…
The Board of Deputies of British Jews condemns the lack of due process in sentencing the 7 Baha'i Leaders in Iran.
Statement on the Situation of the Bahá’ís in Iran The seven Iranian Bahá’í leaders sentenced to 20 year prison terms are yet further victims of the Iranian regime’s flagrant disregard towards its human rights obligations…
Scottish Catholic leader condemns treatment of Iran’s Baha’i leaders
26 Aug 2010 (Baha’i News UK) — LONDON, 26 Aug – Baha’is in Scotland and throughout the UK have welcomed a statement issued by Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh and head…
A Baha’i, Sorour Sorouriyan, Transferred to Nahavand Prison
RAHANA: Baha’i Citizen Sorour Sorouriyan who began serving his sentence on May 23rd has been transferred to the Nahavand Prison on August 31st.
Arrest of Mojgan Ebadi, Baha'i resident of Vilashahr, Isfahan
Sunday 7 Shahrivar 1389 [29 Aug 2010] at 6:12 AM HRANA News – On Wednesday morning the 3rd of Shahrivar 1389 [25 Aug 2010], Mojgan Ebadi, a Baha’i, was detained at her home in Vilashahr,…
UN panel criticizes Iran’s repression of minorities
(30 August 2010 BWNS ) GENEVA — A United Nations panel of experts has expressed concern over Iran’s continued repression of ethnic and religious minorities, including members of the Baha’i Faith. In conclusions issued last…
Baha'i woman recalls imprisonment in Iran
(Posted by: Moni Basu – CNN Wire editor) Minoo Vosough can still hear the guards’ boots marching down the cold hallways of Iran’s Gohardasht prison. The screams of other inmates burn her ears. She can…
Omid Djalili voices his support for the Baha'is in Iran
Iranians are arising to support Bahá’ís from all walks of life. Omid Djalili a British stand-up comic speaks about the persecuted Bahá’í religious minority: 31-Aug-2010 (The Sun): I am deeply saddened by the Iranian government’s…
Roxana Saberi: In Iran, shackling the Bahai torchbearers
By Roxana Saberi Saturday, August 28, 2010 For several weeks last year, I shared a cell in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison with Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, two leaders of Iran’s minority Bahai faith. I…
"The rights of the accused" in simple language!
The legal language is not usually accessible to the public. Mr. Sultonai and Mrs. Parakand, two well-known names in the legal circles in Iran, have produced a short document and bring the specialized legal language…
The “We are Yaran” Campaign of Letter writing in defense of Seven Prisoners of Conscience in Iran
(26 Aug. 2010 – HRA) As you are aware seven Baha’i leaders have been incarcerated since April 2008. They we held for months in solitary confinement and then in very difficult physical condition for about…