Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Kourosh Pardis is one of the hundreds of anonymous prisoners of conscience who, because of their beliefs, live in prison rather than at home. He was…
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From Baha’i Center to Ayatollah Khamenei Mosque
Source: iranintl.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On July 8, 2013, a mosque was opened at the site of the artistic arena in Tehran called “The Ayatollah Khamenei Mosque.” What we are discussing here is neither…
Court of Appeals – Baha’i Moin Mohammadi Sentenced to Monitoring with Electronic Anklet
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The Yazd Province Appeals Court has sentenced Moin Mohammadi, a Baha’i citizen, to one year of supervision using an electronic wrist or ankle bracelet, limited…
Birjand Revolutionary Court Sentenced Nine Baha’is to 54 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The Birjand Revolutionary Court has sentenced nine Baha’i citizens to a total of 54 years in prison. According to the sentence, each one of the…
Trying to Shut Down Baha’i Elder Care Center in Golshahr, Karaj
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Karaj Office of Public Places administration officials, by appearing in one of the Elder Care Centers that belongs to Baha’is, have been trying to remove…
Baha’i Sophia Mobini Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Sophia Mobini, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by Branch 26 of Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court. This Baha’i…
Violations of Baha’i Rights are a Systematic Policy in Iran
Source: en.radiozamaneh.com Javad Abbasi Tavallali interviews Diane Ala’i of the Baha’i International Community The Islamic Republic of Iran not only does not recognize Baha’is as a religious minority group but it does not leave the Baha’i…
Baha’i Negin Tadrisi Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
Source: persian.iranhumanrights.org Translation by Iran Press Watch An informed source has told the Campaign that Negin Tadrisi, a Baha’i resident of Isfahan, who was arrested in 2017 during the bicentenary celebration of the birth of the…
Court of Appeals – Baha’i Kaviz Noozdahi Acquitted of Allegations
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – An Appeals Court on April 13th acquitted Kaviz Noozdahi, a Baha’i citizen residing in Mashhad. He was arrested on May 2nd 2018 and released on…
Raids on Baha’i Businesses and Homes in Shahin Shahr
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Security forces in Isfahan province have launched a fresh campaign of intimidation against the local Baha’i community, carrying out raids on the homes and businesses of 11 Baha’is in the city of Shahin…
Silenced in Iran, Silenced in Texas
Source: iranwire.com Saleem Vaillancourt Rooha Haghar, aged 19, is a Baha’i originally from Shiraz, Iran, now living in Dallas, Texas. On Saturday, June 1, she gave the valedictory address at Emmett J. Conrad High School, during…
Six Baha’i Residents of Tabriz Sentenced to Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRA News Agency – Six Baha’i residents of Tabriz have been sentenced to a total of 36 months of imprisonment. The court hearing for these citizens was held on…
Prominent Iranian Activists Speak Out Against Councilman’s Imprisonment
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org A group of prominent political and civil rights activists in Iran has issued a statement condemning the imprisonment of a councilman after he publicly denounced the arrests of two citizens for their religious beliefs,…
36 Years On: The Baha’i Teenager Executed for Educating
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti June 18th marks the 36th anniversary of the execution of Mona Mahmoudinejad, a 17-year-old Baha’i woman, and nine other Baha’i women in Iran. Mona had been arrested by the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards…
Family of Yemeni Baha’i Appealing Death Sentence Call for His Release
Source: news.bahai.ca The Canadian relatives of a Yemeni Baha’i sentenced to death are calling on the Houthi authorities to release him and five other Baha’is imprisoned because of their religious beliefs. In January 2018, Hamed bin…
Sentencing of Attorney Amir Salar Davoodi to 30 Years in Prison and 111 Lashes.
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court condemned Amir-Salar Davoodi, an attorney and human rights activist, to 30 years in prison; 15 years of this sentence is mandatory. Davoodi, who…
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