Source: www.tribunezamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Moments ago, Mahvash Shahriari, one of the leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, after eight years of imprisonment in Evin prison, left for a five-day furlough. According to a…
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Chilean Artist El Cekis Takes on Education Inequality for Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.iranwire.com By SEAN NEVINS For Chilean muralist Nelson Rivas, also known as “Cekis,” painting mirrors his life’s journey. “The issues in the US have been affecting me,” he said, “I started experiencing things as an immigrant,…
Journalists! Ask Zarif About These Iranian Prisoners!
Source: www.iranwire.com By ROLAND ELLIOTT BROWN Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is set to attend the 71st United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, where he will likely hold court for the international press on…
Nasim Bagheri Charges: Teaching Baha’i Youth
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch On Sunday morning, 29 April 2014, intelligence agents arrested Nasim Bagheri, one of the professors at Iran’s “Baha’i Institute of Higher Education” (BIHE), at her…
From Nayriz to New York: Hussein Ahdieh and the Story of Harlem Prep
Source: www.iranwire.com By SEAN NEVINS In 1961, a young immigrant by the name of Hussein Ahdieh arrived in New York Harbor aboard the RMS Queen Mary, an ocean liner carrying over 1,000 other passengers. He arrived…
Recording on 1988 Prison Massacre Exposes Early Fissure in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org The recently released audio recording of Grand Ayatollah Hosseinali Montazeri sharply denouncing the mass execution of political prisoners in the summer of 1988 has highlighted disagreements among prominent figures of the Islamic Republic that arose from…
Bahá’í Leader Writes to Her Newborn Grandson from Prison
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the Bazdasht’s site, Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi1, one of the Yaran (a coordinating group of seven people who facilitated the administrative affairs of the Iranian…
HRAI and Religious Minorities; an Interview with Two Representatives of Bahai Community
Source: hra-news.org Peace Line Monthly – It is no secret that after the Revolution the civil rights of the Baha’is in Iran has been constantly violated. Today, these violations of rights have clearly attracted the attention of…
Street Artist Astro Creates an Illusion of Light for Baha’is in Iran
Source: en.iranwire.com By Sean Nevins Taking her normal route to a lunch spot on Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Central Harlem on a hot summer day, Randi, 45, looked across the street and saw something she would describe…
Human Rights Priority Country update report: January to June 2016
Source: www.gov.uk There has been little change in the human rights situation in Iran between January and June 2016. In many respects, the situation has worsened, despite President Rouhani pledging to improve the rights and freedoms…
Big and Bold: Not A Crime Strikes in the Heart of Brazil
Source: en.iranwire.com By Sean Nevins Milza Diana, 66, wakes up every morning in her two-bedroom flat in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil, slides open the window, and looks out across Roosevelt Square at a gigantic mural…
Fouad Moghaddam Released on Two Months’ Furlough with Moratorium on His Sentence
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, Fouad Moghaddam, a Baha’i resident of Isfahan, came home for two months’ leave, which may be extended, and his conviction was suspended. According to a…
Elham Farahani; An Account of the Sufferings of a Baha’i Mother and Her Family in Prison
Source: bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report by Bazdasht, as conveyed by HRANA, Elham Farahani is a 54-year old Baha’i citizen who is serving a four-year sentence at Evin Prison, despite illness.…
Four Years Have Passed Since Iranian Baha’i Azizullah Samandari Was Imprisoned
Source: bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports from Bazdasht, 7 July 2016 was the fourth anniversary of Mr. Azizullah Samandari’s imprisonment. On 7 July 2012, at 12 noon, security agents under the guise…
Afshin Seyyed-Ahmad Has Been Transferred to Prison to Serve a Three-Year Sentence
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch 28. June 2016 Based on a report from “BahaiNews”, Afshin Seyyed-Ahmad was transferred to prison today at noon, after going to Evin court. As reported by “BahaiNews”, this…
Are Human Rights in Iran Getting Worse for Baha’is?
Source: muftah.org Zackery M. Heern, Ahmed Shaheed Faezeh Hashemi meets with Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi last month. May 14, 2016 marked the eight-year anniversary of the imprisonment of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran. Their names are Fariba Kamalabadi,…
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