Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA, the news agency for Human Rights Activists in Iran, on Friday, August 9th, the home of Jamaluddin Khanjani, one of the former leaders of the Baha’i community…
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“I Hope My Father was Killed by a Firing Squad”
Source: iranwire.com As authorities continue to target and persecute Iran’s Baha’i community, the families of nine prominent Baha’is who were forcibly disappeared 39 years ago are still trying to find out what happened to their loved…
Appellate Branch of Administrative Justice Court Confirms: Iran’s Baha’is Not Entitled to University Education
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The appellate branch of the Court of Administrative Justice has upheld the court’s ruling regarding the banning of Baha’is from university education. Baha’i citizen Hannan…
Three Baha’is Arrested in Tehran
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Munirih Bavil Soflaie, Minoo Zamanipoor and Gholamhossien Mazloumi were arrested today in the early morning by security forces, and then transferred to Evin Prison. Based on reporting…
Baha’i Scholar and Translator Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Faruq Izadinia, a researcher, translator and Baha’i citizen residing in Tehran, has been sentenced to ten years in prison by the Tehran Revolutionary Court. The…
Recent Raids, Arrests and Court Cases Against Baha’is in Iran
Source: Baha’i International Community GENEVA—14 August 2019—The Baha’i International Community is deeply concerned following a series of arrests, home raids and false sentences against members of the Bahá’í community in Iran. Iranian authorities raided homes…
Beating a Baha’i Prisoner in Semnan Prison
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch More than 90 days have passed since the arrest of Behnam Eskandarian, a 25 year-old Baha’i citizen in Semnan, along with two other young Baha’is, Ardeshir Fanaian, 30, and…
Baha’is Arrested in Karaj
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Authorities have arrested Baha’i citizens in Tehran province, the latest in a string of harassment of and discrimination against the country’s largest minority religion. A prolific and aggressive media campaign against Baha’is…
Court of Appeals; Six Baha’is Acquitted in Tabriz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Yesterday, the Court of Appeals of Eastern Azarbaijan Province issued an acquittal order for six Baha’i citizens residing in Tabriz. In June of this year,…
Baha’i Abolfazl Ansari Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Abolfazl Ansari, a Baha’i resident of Mehrshahr in Karaj, was arrested last night by people who identified themselves as law enforcement officers, and was taken…
Baha’i Ruhollah Zibaie Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRA News Agency – Ruhollah Zibaie, a Baha’i resident of Karaj, was arrested by security forces at his home today and taken to an unknown location. Failure by officials…
Baha’i Moin Mohammadi: I Have to Pay Rent and Collateral for Electronic Monitor
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Moin Mohammadi Dahij, a Baha’i resident of Yazd, was sentenced by the Yazd Province Appeals Court to one year of electronic monitoring for the charge of “propaganda…
Filmmaker Speaks Out on His Prison Sentence, Interrogations and Censorship
Source: iranwire.com Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof has faced harassment and intimidation for the last two years, following on from a one-year prison sentence handed down in September 2017. Authorities also banned him from joining political parties or…
Appeals Court: Baha’i Yekta Fahandezh Sa’di Acquitted
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The Fars Province Court of Appeals has acquitted Shiraz resident Yekta Fahandezh Sa’di and released her from prison. Yekta, a Baha’i, was sentenced in absentia to 11…
Baha’i Man Missing for Six Months
Source: www.iranwire.com Hamed Rezvani, a musician and a teacher, left his home in Isfahan on December 24, 2018 and never returned. Rezvani’s family have repeatedly tried to find him, searching hospitals and the coroner’s office, and…
Twitter suspends Iran news agencies over ‘harassment of Baha’is’
Source: www.bbc.com Twitter has suspended several Iranian news accounts over alleged harassment of people who follow the Baha’i faith. Young Journalists Club (YJC), run by state broadcaster IRIB, state-run IRNA, and Mehr were among the Farsi-language…
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