Source: en.iranwire.com Monday 16 November 2015 Kian Sabeti On the morning of Sunday, November 15, Iranian Intelligence Ministry agents carried out the arrest of 20 Baha’is in Tehran, Isfahan and Mashhad. As part of a massive operation,…
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The Price of Seeking Justice
Source: aasoo.org By Shadi Sadr Translation by Iran Press Watch We are the audience to this bitter history… The two hour footage of the 27 December 1981 trial of the Baha’i community leaders (the seven…
“Their Progress and Development Are Blocked” — The economic oppression of Iran’s Baha’is
Source: www.bic.org A special report of the Baha’i International Community (October 2015) Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the government of Iran has engaged in a broad, systematic persecution of its Baha’i minority. One lesser known aspect…
Ten Year Old Baha’i, Not Allowed to Attend School
Thursday 10/08/2015 Source: www.roozonline.com by Fereshteh Ghazi Translation by Iran Press Watch Aref Hekmat-Shoar has been expelled from school because he is a Bahai. He is ten years old. Gahvareh Danesh School is not the only…
Remarks of the Deputy Chairman of the National Security Commission of the Iranian Parliament against Baha’i citizens: “Baha’ism is not an acceptable religious minority in Iran”
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Haghighat-Pour added: Religious minorities are legally recognized in Iran. Of course, Baha’ism is a minority, created by the British, that is not recognized by the laws of the Islamic…
Documentary Shows Trial of Executed Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org 21 October 2015 Previously unseen footage of the 1981 trial of members of the governing body of the Baha’i community in Iran has been broadcast for the first time as part of a documentary…
Baha’i Applicant Denied Higher Education for 17 Years
Source: iranwire.com Saturday, 19 September 2015 by Mahrokh Gholamhoseinpour Translation by Iran Press Watch Over the last month, as usual, a large number of Baha’i students who participated in the National University Entrance Examination received…
Baha’i Faith: President Rouhani Has Failed to Stop Religious Discrimination
Source: www.worldreligionnews.com 28 SEP 2015 POSTED BY WRN EDITORIAL STAFF NEW YORK – The Baha’i International Community expressed its disappointment over Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s failure to address the human rights situation in his country during his…
Iran’s Persecution of the Baha’i Has Been Met by Silence From Rouhani–and the World
Source: qz.com By Ramin Ahmadi In all my years as an Iranian-American, I have never heard so much discussion about Iran. In the halls of Congress, on the Sunday morning talk shows, at any number of…
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…
Current Situation of Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.bic.org Last updated: 24 September 2015 This report is provided as a service to the news media. All details have been verified by the Baha’i International Community. Statistics are current as of the above date.…
Baha’is Banned from Education: “The order comes from the top
Source: en.iranwire.com Tuesday 22 September 2015 Mahrokh Gholamhosseinpour The academic year is underway again, and once again Bahai’s are being denied their right to higher education. Among those who have been prevented from continuing their education…
How Iran Made Me An Indian
Source: www.huffingtonpost.in Arash Fazli Independent journalist Perhaps you could say it was the Islamic Republic of Iran that made me an Indian. If it wasn’t for the Islamic Revolution in that country I would probably have…
Iranian Daughter Remembers Kidnapped Father
Source: www.richmond-news.com Susan Mottahedeh Richmond News | August 28, 2015 09:52 AM Jinous Nourinejad’s father disappeared in 1980 during religious and political conflicts in Iran. Jinous…
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…
Letter from an Expelled Baha’i Student
Source: hra-news.org Date: August 14, 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA New Agency – Dorsa Gholizadeh, an architecture student at Roozbehan University in Sari, was summoned to the news organ of the Ministry of Information…
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