Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily In late March, nine Bahais were arrested in Hamadan. In recent days seven of these have been released on bail, ranging from 25 to 60 million tomans (8000 to 19,500…
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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…
Arrest of Afsaneh Yadegar, a Baha’i in Tehran
Source: Campaign to Defend Civil and Political Prisoners in Iran Translation by Iran Press Watch Friday April 10, 2015 On Tuesday April 7th 2015, security guards raided the homes of two Baha’i citizens in Tehran;…
Iran’s Human Rights Trap and the Nuclear Deal
Source: en.iranwire.com Tuesday 31 March 2015 Mehrangiz Kar Have human rights been overshadowed by the feverish politics of nuclear negotiations? Sanctions imposed in 2011 have broken the back of the government. Iranians who suffered from mismanagement before…
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…
Intensification of Judicial and Security Pressures on Baha’is of Yazd
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Monday, March 2, 2015 By Kian Sabeti A large number of Baha’i citizens have been arrested or summoned to serve their sentences within the last month. In addition to…
Baha’i Couples Spend Valentine’s Day in Prison
February 13, 2015 Source: www.radiozamaneh.com/205372 By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Human Rights activists report of intensified pressures on Baha’i citizens and incarceration of a large number of them in the past year.…
Extensive Raids in Tehran and Isfahan: 17 Baha’is Arrested
Source: www.rahesabz.net/story/90215/ Translation by Sen’s daily On February 16 and 17, security officers raided and searched the homes of Baha’is in Tehran and Isfahan, and arrested 17 Baha’is. In Tehran, the homes of Sasan Yadegar, Ehsan…
Human Rights in Iran: Marginalized and Sanitized
Source: www.huffingtonpost.ca By Irwin Cotler 02/10/2015 As P5+1 proceeds, it is important to appreciate that the prevention of a “nuclear breakout” capability is inextricably intertwined with the Iranian regime’s ongoing massive repression of human rights. Indeed, negotiations…
Three Bahais in Tonekabon Arrested: Trials Imminent
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-492 Translation by Sen’s daily at wp.me/pNMoJ-2e2 February 3, 2015 On February 3, three Bahai men living in the city of Tonekabon, in Iran’s Mazandaran province, were summoned to the court in Tonekabon, charged and arrested,…
Arrest of Several Baha’i Residents of Abadeh in Connection to the Baha’i Virtual University in Iran
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: Friday, January 2, 2015 HRANA News Agency – Agents of the Ministry of Information in the city of Abadeh arrested Farshid Rastegar, as well as other Baha’i students…
One Thousand Years Incarceration for Iranian Baha’is
Source: sahamnews.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Published on Wednesday, 26 Nov 2014 During the last few months, economic and social pressure, along with widespread arrests and imprisonment of members of the Baha’i community, have increased.…
UN Sends Strong Signal to Iran on Human Rights
Source: Baha’i World News Service UNITED NATIONS — The UN Third Committee today sent a strong signal to Iran, exhorting its government to live up to its international human rights obligations. By a vote of…
Iran’s Human Rights Record Under Scrutiny at the UN
Source:en.iranwire.com/features/6107/ Friday 31 October 2014 Shima Shahrabi Iran’s human rights record will once again come under scrutiny today, as the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) begins its Universal Periodic Review process of the country in Geneva. Crucial…
Opinion: Iran should stand trial for persecution of Baha’i
Source: montrealgazette.com/news/world/opinion-iran-should-stand-trial-for-persecution-of-bahai More from Irwin Cotler and Renée Maria Tremblay, Special to Montreal Gazette Published on: October 30, 2014Last Updated: October 30, 2014 3:44 PM EDT In Geneva on Friday, Oct. 31, the United Nations Human Rights Council is…
New Documentary ‘to Light a Candle’ Examines Baha’i Struggles in Iran
Source: www.worldreligionnews.com 13 OCT 2014, POSTED BY KYLE GLATZ NEW FILM TO LIGHT A CANDLE EXAMINES THE PERSECUTION OF BAHA’IS IN IRAN. For millions of people around the world, the term Baha’i will have little or no…
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