Source: www.washingtonpost.com By Elliott Abrams May 12 at 9:06 PM Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, was U.S. deputy national security adviser for global democracy strategy from 2005…
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A Statement of Concern: Baha’i Seven Mark Eight Years Behind Bars in Iran
Source: parliamentofreligions.org A Preface from Parliament Executive Director Dr. Larry Greenfield The Parliament of the World’s Religions is committed to cultivating harmony among religious and spiritual communities across the globe. That, in turn, demands that we…
Temporary Freedom for Jailed Baha’i
Source: en.iranwire.com By Natasha Schmidt, Amy Fehilly Prison authorities have released Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi from prison on a temporary basis, IranWire has learned. Kamalabadi, who is serving a 10-year sentence for “insulting religious sanctities” and “propaganda against…
Two Baha’i Shops Closed in Tonekabon
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the No to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran Campaign, at noon on April 28, 2016, the agents of the Office of…
Closure of Eighteen Baha’i Shops
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency- On the morning of April 20, 2016, agents from the Chamber of Commerce illegally and concurrently shut down sixteen Baha’i-owned businesses in Qaemshahr and at least…
State Department Highlight’s Iran’s Violations of Civil Rights and Free Expression
Source: irannewsupdate.com By INU Staff INU – On Thursday, the Human Rights Activists News Agency pointed out that the United States Department of State had issued its annual report on human rights throughout the world. As in years past,…
Fifteen Baha’i Citizens’ Shops Sealed in Qaemshahr
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch The “BahaiNews” reported few minutes ago that fifteen Baha’i-owned businesses in Qaemshahr were sealed because they closed their stores on Baha’i holidays. According to this report, officials with the…
Kurdpa’s Exclusive Interview with the World Baha’i Community Spokesperson
Source: www.kurdpa.net Translation by Iran Press Watch In recent years, pressure on adherents of Baha’i Faith has systematically increased. This pressure has been manifested in oppression, arrests, and deprivation of the followers of the Baha’i Faith…
Is It Ethical to Trade with Totalitarian Iran?
Source: www.newsweek.com By Moojan Momen and Jason Pack British Prime Minister David Cameron meets with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2014. Like other Western leaders, Cameron is leading…
Sarmad Shadabi, Tara Houshmand and Rouhie Safajoo Released on Bail
Source: BahaiNews1 Sarmad Shadabi, Tara Houshmand and Rouhie Safajoo have been released on bail after 20 days in Evin Prison in Tehran. Mr. Sarmad Shadabi’s bail was set at 200 million tumans ($66,120) while bail for…
With Flawed Legal System, Iran Continues to Violate Human Rights Say Top UN Officials
Source: Bahai International Community Geneva—15 March 2016—Iran continues to violate a wide range of human rights, including those of its Baha’i citizens, according to reports issued by two high-level United Nations officials. UN Secretary General…
“You Baha’is Have No Place in This Country”
Source: en.iranwire.com By Parvaneh Masoumi On Tuesday March 8, Behzad Zabihi Mahforouzaki, a member of Iran’s Baha’i minority, was arrested for the fourth time in the past five years. Zabihi, a resident of the city of Sari in northern…
Four Baha’is Arrested
Source: en.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On Tuesday March 8, while most Iranians were preparing for Persian New Year festivities, authorities arrested four members of the Baha’i minority in Tehran, Karaj and Sari. Their names are Rouhie Safajoo, Sarmad…
Soroush Shadabi Arrested in Karaj
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Soroush Shadabi, a Baha’i from Karaj, near Tehran, was arrested on March 11, and his business was shut down. This follows the arrest of three young Baha’is who…
Baha’i Couples Welcoming Spring in Prison
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch In the final days of the current year, in which Iranian families are preparing to welcome the New Year*, a Baha’i couple, Payman Kooshakbaghi and Azita…
Iran Justice System Explored at Screening of BBC film at UN
Source: Baha’i International Community GENEVA—7 March 2016—The justice system in Iran continues to be arbitrary and unfair, according to a group of experts who spoke following the screening of a BBC documentary about Iran’s “revolutionary…
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