Source: www.iranhumanrights.org ICHRI– When Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif recently tried to side-step questions about the country’s abysmal human rights record, he yet again exposed his government’s inability—or reluctance—to face the issue even though President…
Source: BahaiNews 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports from “BahaiNews”, after ten days Kayvan Pakzadan is still under interrogation, and has been unable to contact his family. Based on an earlier report…
By Sean Nevins Among the bustle of afternoon traffic outside Public School #7 (PS7) in East Harlem, street artist Alexandre Keto from Sao Paulo, Brazil sat with his feet dangling from the railing where he was…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org In the wake of the intense criticism by Iranian officials and religious leaders of Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, for her meeting with Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi, several exiled Iranian political…
By Sean Nevins “Growing up as a Baha’i in Iran I always had that fear that anything can happen in a second,” says Nasim Biglari, a 29-year-old Baha’i from Tehran, Iran. “And that fear remained in…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org State Officials Launch New Wave of Verbal Attacks after Former President’s Daughter Visits Baha’i Prisoner June 07, 2016—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Impact Iran released an animated video today calling for an…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Inmates at the Women’s Ward in Evin Prison have been told that their furloughs (temporary leave) have been canceled and that they will no longer be able to send letters to relatives, a source…
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, Afif Naeimi, one of the leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, was transferred to the Tehran Heart Hospital yesterday. According to “BahaiNews”, Mr. Afif Naeimi,…
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Shahin Negari was born in September 1969 in a family of six (father, mother and four sons) in Mashhad. He is the second son, and his…
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com Payam Akhavan, Professor of International Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Cover of Panjereh magazine condemning Faezeh Hashemi’s support of imprisoned Iranian Baha’i leaders The Islamic Republic of Iran is facing a big problem. As…
Source: Facebook Page of Sadegh Zibakalam 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch What Ms. Faezeh Hashemi did [meeting with the Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi, who was on furlough from Evin Prison] was the right thing to…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Faezeh Hashemi, Daughter of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Criticized for Meeting with Baha’i Leader A high-ranking member of the Iranian Judiciary has said that action will be taken against Faezeh Hashemi, the outspoken daughter of prominent…
Source: news.gooya.com, by Reza Alamehzadeh Translation by Iran Press Watch I became familiar with the name of Ms. Fariba Kamalabadi1, before I became involved with the making of the Iranian Taboo documentary 2, when…
Source: www.theguardian.com Iranian hardliners call for arrest of Faezeh Hashemi, and her father describes Bahá’í faith as ‘deviant’ Faezeh Hashemi, centre-left, sitting next to Fariba Kamalabadi, centre-right. The daughter of a former president of Iran has been heavily…
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com by Layli Miron I have been, most of the days of My life, even as a slave, sitting under a sword hanging on a thread, knowing not whether it would fall soon or late upon him.…
Source: en.iranwire.com Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani (in chador) meets with Fariba Kamalabadi The photograph has popped up everywhere across social networks. It shows Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, in her usual outfit of…
