Source: bbc.com/persian Sepehr Atefi 11 October 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch On 11 November 1979, Dr. Alimorad Davoodi, secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly (NSA) of the Baha’is of Iran, and professor of philosophy…
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In a Few Days We’re Going to Jail Because We’re Baha’is
Source: en.iranwire.com Wednesday 14 October 2015 Mahrokh Gholamhosseinpour Two teachers face long prison sentences for educating Baha’is, who are banned from pursuing further education in Iran. After repeated harassment and intimidation, married couple Azita Rafizadeh and Peyman…
Transfer of Vahed Kholoosi to Section 4 of Rajai Shahr Prison
Source: hra-news.org September 29, 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Today at noon, Vahed Kholoosi, a civil rights activist and an expelled Baha’i student, was transferred to Hall 12 of Section…
Ask the Iranians About Their Baha’i Citizens
Source: medium.com By Maziar Bahari The Iranian government has a choice to make when President Hassan Rouhani visits New York this month: It can either remain a backward regime led by fundamentalist clerics or it can…
NYC Street Art Makes Statement for Human Rights in Iran
Source: bigstory.ap.org NEW YORK (AP) — A woman in a head scarf gazes piercingly from the side of a Brooklyn brownstone. A flock of spray-painted birds breaks free from shackles on a Manhattan building. A Harlem…
A Lifetime of Persecution, the Story of a Bahai Couple in Yazd
Source: Farah Baghi and Vahid Qudrat (facebook grou Read the sad story of this Baha’i couple who have been persecuted by the Islamic Republic government in Iran for the past 36 years: My name is Vahid Ghodrat,…
Shi’ite Clerics and The “Problem” of Baha’ism
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Maryam Dadgar According to the International Qur’an News Agency, Hojjatoleslam Seyed Abolfazl Razavi Ardekani, the temporary Imam (Friday prayer leader) of Shiraz, at the commemoration of the first…
Australian Senator Speaks out against Persecution of Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.bahai.org.au ADELAIDE, 21 AUG 2015 A South Australian senator has spoken out in Federal Parliament against the “longstanding and continued state-sponsored persecution” of members of the Baha’i Faith in Iran. Senator Penny Wright, a member of…
What Sin Has Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani Committed?
Source: radiofarhang.nu By Heshmatullah Tabarzadi1 10th August 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch Mr. Khanjani is an 83 year old gentleman incarcerated in Hall number 21 of Evin prison. In truth, is there any government except that…
BIHE Educator Freed at the End of His 4-Year Sentence
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Sen’s daily Kamran Rahimian, one of the educators of the Baha’i Institute for Higher Eduction (BIHE) in Iran, has been released from Raja’i Shahr prison, near Tehran, at the end of a…
Three Members of Khanjani Family Share 36 Years of Prison
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch by Behnam Roghani Since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, Iranian Baha’is have systematically faced several types of pressure by officials. They met with many atrocities, including capital punishment,…
Iran is Economically Missing Out by Repressing Baha’i Faith
Source: religiousfreedomandbusiness.org by Bruce Rahmani 31 Jul, 2015 In this “Leaders Speak!” edition, U.S. entrepreneur Bruce Rahmani argues that Iran is missing a great resource for economic growth by repressing the country’s largest religious minority – the Baha’is. For instance,…
Family of Shahriar Cyrus Denied Prison Visiting Rights
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Despite the orders of the prosecutor, authorities at Evin prison, in Tehran, have refused to allow Shahriar Cyrus, a Bahai painter and a respected art critic, to receive family visits.…
Thirty-Four Months Imprisonment without Even a Day of Furlough – about the Prisoner of Conscience, Farhad Fahandej
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch July 27, 2015 Kian Sabeti Tens of unknown prisoners of conscience are serving time in different cities of Iran, but only the names of a few of them are…
When the Thought Police Come for You
Source: medium.com/@towfiq By Mark Towfiq “There was a sound of trampling boots below, inside the house and outside. The yard seemed to be full of men.” — George Orwell, in his book 1984, describing what happens when the “Thought…
Imprisoned Bahai Leader Expresses Gratitude to Nasrin Sotoudeh
Source: Work Right, Dissent Right (facebook group) By Saeid Rezaie (1) To the brave, honorable attorney, Nasrin Sotoudeh- Upon entering the eighth year of my twenty year sentence, with reference to what you expressed in your…
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