by Maryam Ghadirzadeh Source: www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2014/09/140925_mgh_bahai_students Translation by Iran Press Watch 25 September 2014 Baha’is who have taken the nationwide entrance examination in Iran say that their names have been deleted from the list of accepted students.…
Source: iranwire.com/features/6478/ Translation by Iran Press Watch Aida Ghajar Monday, September 1, 2014 Following the 1978 revolution and the rule of the clerics, opposition to Baha’is began in Iran. Arrests of members of local and National…
Source: en.rsf.org/iran-iran-is-world-s-leading-jailer-of-28-07-2014,46712.html PUBLISHED ON MONDAY 28 JULY 2014. Ten women who work in the media are currently behind bars in the Islamic Republic The arrest on 22 July of two journalists and a photographer, including…
On September 3, Branch 4 of the court at Evin Prison set bail for three Bahais arrested in Tehran: Babak Mobasher, Nasr Arshi Moqaddam, and Ataollah Ashrafi. The family of the three detainees were…
Source: http://goo.gl/bi2dxV Originally published: August 8, 2014 1:23 PM Updated: August 14, 2014 5:14 PM By HUSSEIN AHDIEH I lost a dear aunt many years ago. Today, her burial site is at risk of being callously destroyed…
Source: Khodnevis, http://goo.gl/D1G0Ak Translation by Iran Press Watch Reaction of the spokesperson for the Islamic Republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the US report on religious discrimination in Iran July 30, 2014 Arezou Fooladvand Rejecting…
Source: Almonitor, http://goo.gl/KQNHlB July 28, 2014, Barbara Slavin A year after Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration as Iran’s president, the human rights situation in the country has deteriorated for many human rights defenders and especially for Baha’is and Christian converts as…
Source: Taghato (Intersection), http://taghato.net/article/7417 Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: July 15, 2014 Taghato: Continuing with arrests and imprisonments of Baha’is in Iran, another Baha’i couple is headed to Evin and Rajai Shahr prisons – within…
Source: http://goo.gl/cgNOZk Translation by Iran Press Watch By: Kian Sabeti …
Source: www.tavaana.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Thirty-one years ago today, Mona Mahmudnezhad, only 17 years old, was executed, along with nine other Bahá’í women at the Abdullah Mesgar Garrison (Shiraz Chogan Circle). At the time…
Source: HRANA, http://goo.gl/gT4qSq Translation by Sen’s Daily: http://wp.me/pNMoJ-21Q Shomeis Mohajer, a Bahai from Tehran, has reported to Evin Prison in Tehran to begin serving her one-year sentence. She was one of almost 20 Bahais who were arrested…
[foreignpolicyi.org] By FPI Senior Policy Analyst Patrick Christy & Policy Director Robert Zarate While U.S. policymakers and lawmakers are focused on reversing Iran’s nuclear threat, Iran continues to pose other serious challenges to America’s national security…
[shaheedoniran.org] by Dr. Ahmad Shaheed 13/03/2014 Latest Reports March 2014 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, presented to the 25th Session of the Human…
The U.S. Baha’i Office of Public Affairs (OPA) works to protect the rights of Baha’i communities facing persecution, most notably in Iran. Baha’is are allowed to practice their faith freely in most parts of the…
Published on Wednesday, May 14 , 2014 In May 2009 six of the former Baha’i community leaders (Yaran, or “Friends” of Iran) ˗ Fariba Kamal Abadi, Jamaluddin Khanjani, Afif Naimi , Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakoli…
Omid Memarian , Award Winning Journalist and Iran Analyst There are many topics in Iran which journalists, activists, and artists can not touch on. Amongst these, the devastating quality of life of the of Baha’i religious…
