Source: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week marks the two-year anniversary of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s assumption of…
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Afif Naeimi a Baha’i prisoner of conscience and one of the seven Yarn (national facilitators for the Bahai community in Iran), has been transferred to the Tehran Heart Center. His physical…
Source: en.iranwire.com Thursday 21 May 2015 Natasha Bowler In Iran, Bahai’s face persecution, arrest, torture, and exile — simply for practicing their faith. In May, the Baha’i International Community (BIC) launched a global campaign to raise awareness…
Source: www.deseretnews.com By Katrina Lantos Swett and Robert George For the Deseret News May 28 2015 – “We do not jail people for their opinions.” So insisted Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in his April…
Source: news.bahai.org NEW YORK — A global campaign to call attention to the long and unjust imprisonment of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders spawned a worldwide outcry this month on the…
Source: www.ecumenicalnews.com By Peter Kenny | Wednesday, May 20 2015 Five members of the European Parliament have joined in a call for the immediate release of seven imprisoned former Iranian Baha’i leaders saying that it “unjust”…
Source: Ain-i Baha’i TV Translation by Iran Press Watch Portions of the speech by the attorney for the seven former leaders of the Baha’i community ‒ the “Yaran [Friends] of Iran” ‒ Ms. Mahnaz Parakand, recalling…
Source: vimeo.com Actress Fiona Wade joins the global campaign to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders with this special dedication to one particular member; Afif Naeimi, reading…
Source: www.bbc.co.uk/persian Translation by Iran Press Watch By Kambiz Fattahi May 14, 2015 At the seventh year anniversary of the detention of the leaders of the Baha’i community…
Source: www.bahai.org.au By Bruce Vasli (1) Sydney, 17 May 2015 My cousin, Afif Naeimi, is dedicated to improving the community in which he lives. He has contributed by teaching spiritual education to children and participating in study…
Source: www.youtube.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Nasrin Sotoudeh ‒ attorney and human rights activist Anniversary of the seventh year of the imprisonment of the leaders of the Baha’i Community ‒ the Yaran (“Friends”…
Source: www.facebook.com May 15, 2015 at 1:22pm Ottawa, ON – Yesterday marked the beginning of the eighth year of incarceration for six of the seven members of the Bahá’í Faith leadership group in the…
Source: en.iranwire.com Thursday 14 May 2015 Natasha Bowler The Baha’i International Community (BIC) today launches a global campaign to raise awareness about the situation for Baha’is in Iran, and to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the unlawful…
Source: news.nationalpost.com Irwin Cotler, National Post | May 4, 2015 Canadian parliamentarians from across the political spectrum have joined together to launch the fourth annual Iran Accountability Week in order to sound the alarm on the toxic convergence…
Source: www.bic.org #7Bahais7years On 14 May 2015, the Baha’i International Community will be coordinating a global campaign to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders. The campaign…
Source: www.facebook.com/Freeiqanshahidi Translation by Iran Press Watch By Forouzan Amini, the mother of Ighan Shahidi, in recognition of the third year of her son’s imprisonment; Dear Ighan, April ninth is the commemoration of your separation from…
