Source: manoto1.com Armin Ghobadi Monday, May 18, 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports from a number of informed sources, despite repeated instructions from the Medical Commission regarding cancellation of his prison sentence, Afif…
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He Deserves the Flower of Freedom
Source: www.bahai.org.au Sydney, 20 May 2015 When Vahid Tizfahm was in solitary confinement in Iran — being punished for his faith as a Baha’i — some of his friends came to the prison with a present for…
A Sad Anniversary as Iran’s Brutalization of the Baha’i Continues
Source: blogs.cfr.org by Elliott Abrams May 19, 2015 This week marks a landmark in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s crimes against that country’s small Baha’i community: Seven years ago this week the regime imprisoned seven peaceful Baha’i leaders. What is…
A Look at the Case of Seven Baha’is, Seven Years after Their Controversial Arrest
Source: www.bbc.co.uk/persian Translation by Iran Press Watch By Kambiz Fattahi May 14, 2015 At the seventh year anniversary of the detention of the leaders of the Baha’i community…
Baha’i Jalayer Vahdat Released from Jail after Five Years
Source: iranrn.net Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Baha’i News, Mr. Jalayer , who had been sentenced to five years in prison, was freed from prison this morning. On 24 October, 2010, Mr. Jalayer Vahdat,…
Baha’is Mark Seventh Year of Unjust Jail Terms
Source: en.iranwire.com Thursday 14 May 2015 Natasha Bowler The Baha’i International Community (BIC) today launches a global campaign to raise awareness about the situation for Baha’is in Iran, and to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the unlawful…
Irwin Cotler: Naming Tehran’s Victims
Source: news.nationalpost.com Irwin Cotler, National Post | May 4, 2015 Canadian parliamentarians from across the political spectrum have joined together to launch the fourth annual Iran Accountability Week in order to sound the alarm on the toxic convergence…
BIHE Professor Freed at the End of Her 4-Year Sentence
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Nooshin Khadem, one of those arrested in May, 2011, when the Iranian authorities raided the Bahai Institute for High Education (BIHE), has been released from Evin prison at the end…
Cry of Rage Against This Injustice
Source: www.facebook.com/Freeiqanshahidi Translation by Iran Press Watch By Forouzan Amini, the mother of Ighan Shahidi, in recognition of the third year of her son’s imprisonment; Dear Ighan, April ninth is the commemoration of your separation from…
Imprisonment and Desecration of Cemeteries Were the Share of Baha’is in the Year 2014 in Iran
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 23rd March 2015 By: Kiyan Sabeti Within the last few years, persecution and pressure on the Baha’is of Iran has increased, but it could be said that it reached…
Baha’is over the Last Year – a Return to the Era of the Iranian Revolution
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Thursday, 19 March, 2015 By Kian Sabeti The Iranian Solar Year 1393 (March 2014 – March 2015), witnessed the largest numbers of detained or sentenced and imprisoned Baha’is for…
Imprisoned Baha’i Educator Wins Raha Südwind Award
Source: www.iranhrc.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Tuesday 10 March, 2015 Tribute to those who have contributed to the protection of human rights in Iran Faran Hesami, Winner of the Raha Sudwind Award Human rights award…
Maziar Bahari’s Interview with CBC on the Persecution of the Baha’is of Iran
Source: www.cbc.ca Sunday March 15, 2015 The very place where the Baha’i faith was born has become the country where its people are the most persecuted. Founded in 19th century Persia, the Baha’i community promoted equality…
Laleh Mehdinezhad Arrested in Varamin
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily On the evening of March 9, Laleh Mehdinezhad and a number of Baha’is who were present in her home were arrested by agents from the security forces. The agents searched…
Second Assault on Arash Moghaddam Aslanpour and Shahram Chinian after They Sent a Letter to Khamenei from Rajaee Shahr Prison
Source: exilesactivist.wordpress.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 21st of Feb 2015 By Vandad Didehgah Activists in Exile: On Saturday the 21st of February 2015, Shahram Chinian and Arash Moghaddam Aslanpour, two inmates of Rajaee Shahar prison, were…
When Homework Is a Matter of Life and Death
Source: time.com By Roxana Daneshjou/ Zocalo Public Square @ThePublicSquare March 3, 2015 My parents fled Iran because they were forbidden from getting an education there. I’ve spent over one-third of my life on a university campus The…
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