Source: iranwire.com On February 2, 2021, Branch Two of the Hormozgan Court of Appeal upheld the prison sentences of eight Baha’i citizens. The court, presided over by Judge Mashaleh Afsharpour and Counsel Ebrahim Mohammadi, rejected the…
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Former Canadian Judges, Justice Ministers and Scholars Decry Iran’s Abuse of Baha’is in Open Letter to the Chief Justice
An Open Letter to the Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi, We are a group of Canadians in the legal profession – including former Ministers of Justice and Attorneys-General,…
Former Canadian Judges, Justice Ministers and Scholars Decry Iran’s Abuse of Baha’is
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com EBRAHIM NOROOZI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS More than 40 prominent members of Canada’s legal community, including former Supreme Court judges and justice ministers, have penned an open letter in order to draw attention to what they…
Five Baha’is Summoned to Covid-Hit Prison
Source: iranwire.com Five members of the Iranian Baha’i community living in Mashhad have been summoned to Vakilabad Prison to begin serving their sentences. According to an informed source who spoke to IranWire, that the names of…
German MP and Federal Government Commissioner for Global Freedom of Religion Calls for an End to the Discrimination and Persecution of Bahá’i Communities in Iran
Source: iran.bahai.de Press release On World Religion Day on 17 January 2021, Markus Grübel, Member of the German Parliament and Federal Government Commissioner for Global Freedom of Religion, calls for an end to the discrimination and…
Weekly Review of Censorship: A Baha’i Historian Jailed Because of His Faith
Source: iranwire.com Niloufar Rostami Touraj Amini, an Iranian writer and researcher of the Qajar era and Constitutional movement who is also a Baha’i, was taken to prison on January 29, to serve a six-month prison sentence…
Human Right NGO Urges Iranian Authorities to End All Forms of Persecution of Its Baha’i Citizens
Source: in.news.yahoo.com New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI) A Delhi-based human rights organisation has urged Iranian authorities to end all forms of persecution of its Baha’i citizens, according to an official statement issued on Saturday. The Baha’i…
Three Baha’i Citizens Sentenced To Prison In Iran
Source: iranintl.com The attorney of three Baha’i citizens reported that each of them has received a sentence of four years and three months in prison. Attorney Mohammad Hadi Erfanian tweeted on Friday that Sepideh Keshavarz, Mahvash…
Four Decades of Vilifying and Harassing Iranian Baha’is by the Islamic Republic
Source: iranwire.com The Islamic Republic of Iran was born in 1979 following a wave of popular uprisings against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The Shah’s policies were modernizing yet his regime was repressive; many Iranians felt his…
Canadian Council of Imams: Statement in Regard to Land Confiscation of Baha’is in Iran
Source: opa.bahai.ca To Whom It May Concern: We are deeply concerned by the ruling issued by an Iranian Court to confiscate the properties of 27 Baha’is in the farming village of Ivel. In Islam, all properties…
American Islamic Congress: Statement Regarding Bahai’s land Confiscation in Iran
Source: www.bahai.us January, 26th, 2021 Statement Regarding Bahai’s land Confiscation in Iran To Whom it May Concern: We are very much concerned by the latest Iranian Court Ruling to unjustly confiscate and demolish 27 Bahai’s Farming…
International Day of Education; An Overview of the Right to Education in Iran in 2020
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA – This report prepared by Human Rights Activists (HRA) honors the International Day of Education by bringing attention to the state of education in Iran, specially during the Covid-19 pandemic and consequent challenges…
Land Confiscation and Mass Displacement of Baha’is in Iran
Source: opa.bahai.ca Two Iranian courts issued orders that declared ownership of lands by 27 Baha’is in the village of Ivel to be illegal. Recent rulings decided that all properties belonging to Baha’is in the village of…
Iran Sentences 2 Bahai Women to 10 Years of Prison
Source: irannewswire.org A Revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced two Bahai women to five years of prison each for following the outlawed faith yesterday. According to the Human Rights News Agency, the two women, identified as Sofia Mobini…
Shima Fattahi Prevented from Continuing Education Because of Belief in the Baha’i Faith
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA: Shima Fattahi Mirshekarloo, a Baha’i citizen, received a message on the website of the Urmia Azad University on Sunday, January 17th, 2021 informing her that she had been…
Baha’i Mahsa Forouhari Barred from Continuing Education
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA: Mahsa Forouhari, a Baha’i citizen living in Karaj has once again been prevented from continuing her education. After registering in the system of the assessment organization, which admits…
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