Source: news.isdparty.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The authorities often send the bodies of deceased Tabrizi Baha’is for burial in Miandoab, and the families of the deceased are not permitted to wash the bodies and…
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One Month After Arrest, Still No News on Semnan Baha’is
Source: www.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch More than one month after the arrest of three young Baha’is – Ardeshir Fanaeian (30 years old), Behnam Eskandarian (25 years old) and Yalda Firoozian (20 years…
City Council Member In Iran Sentenced To One Year Prison For Defending Baha’is
Source: en.radiofarda.com A member of Shiraz city council in Iran was taken from his home to prison to serve a one-year sentence Sunday June 2, his wife said in a tweet. Mehdi Hajati was first arrested…
Heart Failure and Deprivation of Medical Treatment for Hasan Momtaz Savestani, Baha’i Prisoner of Evin Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org Hasan Momtaz Sarvestani, a Baha’i prisoner of Evin prison and a citizen of Shiraz, was transferred to hospital on Tuesday for medical checkup. Although his physician has recommended hospital bed rest to undergo medical…
Banning Business and Confiscating Equipment of a Baha’i in Kashan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Yesterday, security forces entered the house of a Baha’i citizen from the Mazgan village of Kashan, Heshmatullah Ehsani, seized his rosewater extraction equipment and announced…
Three Shiraz Baha’is Headed to Prison to Serve Sentences
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Yesterday, three Baha’is living in Shiraz, Mahboub Habibi, Pejman Shahriari and Kourosh Rouhani, headed to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz to serve their sentences. Last month, in…
Shahrzad Nazifi, Baha’i Motocross Racing Champion, Denied Access to the Track
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Shahrzad Nazifi, an Iranian Baha’i, and one of the champions and trainers of Women’s Motocross Racing in Iran, along with her husband Mehrshad Naraghi and two children, Meraat and…
Seven Baha’is from Bushihr Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – As reported by HRNA, the news agency for Human Rights Activists in Iran, on Monday, May 6, 2019, seven Baha’is from Bushihr were sentenced to a total…
Afshin Seyyed Ahmad Released from Rajai-Shahr Prison After Completing His Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Afshin Seyyed Ahmad, a Baha’i citizen imprisoned at Rajai-Shahr Prison in Karaj, has been released upon completing his sentence. This Baha’i citizen was arrested in…
Three Baha’is Arrested in Semnan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Behnam Eskandarani, Yalda Firoozian and Ardeshir Fanayan, three Baha’i citizens in Semnan, were arrested by security forces this morning and transferred to an unknown location.…
Legal Appeals for Four Baha’is Held in Kerman
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The first sitting of the appeals court for four Baha’is in Kerman was held yesterday morning. In 2017, Amrollah Khaleghian, Ehsanollah Amirinia, Nima Rajabzadeh and…
Shirin Ebadi’s Protest to the Death Sentence for Hamed bin Haydara and to His Attorneys Being Called Apostates by Yemeni Houthis
Source: Centre for Supporters of Human Rights Translation by Iran Press Watch In a letter addressed to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, attorney and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi,…
Houthi Detention of Baha’i Leader Hamed bin Haydara
Source: U.S. Department of State Press Statement Morgan Ortagus Department Spokesperson Washington, DC April 22, 2019 We are deeply concerned about credible reports that the Houthis continue to severely mistreat, arbitrarily detain, and torture Baha’is…
Exile of Zabihollah Raoufi, an Elderly Baha’i
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Sunday April 14, 2019, Zabihollah Raoufi, an elderly Baha’i citizen from Sanandaj, went to Hormozgan Province to begin his time in exile. This Baha’i…
Their Problem Can Only Be Resolved by an Ad in the Newspaper
Source: Persian Media Production A note on the Mohammad Rasoulof film, “A Man of Integrity” By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch In May 2017, news spread on websites and in film media: “A…
175 Years of Persecution, a History of the Babis & Baha’is of Iran
Source: oneworld-publications.com By Payam Akhavan McGill University History tells us as much about the past as it does about the present. An account of bygone ages is not merely a retrieval of objective facts, but also their…
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