Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency- Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran- the First Branch of the Administrative Court of Appeal upheld the ruling of the initial court regarding the…
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Member of Iran’s Bahai Community Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Source: kayhanlife.com Translated from Persian by Fardine Hamidi On December 16, a Revolutionary Court in Iran sentenced Yekta Fahandezh-Saadi, a member of the Bahai community in Shiraz, capital of the southern province of Fars, to 11 years…
Elderly Baha’i Man Arrested for Third Time for Peacefully Practicing His Religion
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org “…The agents repeatedly cursed and insulted him and called him a ‘Baha’i dog’” Formerly imprisoned Baha’i faith member Ali Ahmadi has been arrested for a third time in Iran on the charge of “propaganda…
A Life Living with Discrimination: A Letter by Negin Ghadimian, a Baha’i Detailing Her Discrimination-Filled Life from Evin Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Negin Ghadimian, a Baha’i detained in Evin Prison who was imprisoned for five years on December 18th 2017, has written an open letter about…
Last Member of Former Yaran Ends Prison Term, Persecution Continues
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — The last imprisoned member of the former leadership body of the Baha’i community in Iran was released from prison today after serving an unjust 10-year prison sentence for merely practicing his faith.…
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Resolution 274 Condemning the Persecution of Baha’is in Iran
Source: publicaffairs.bahai.us December 12, 2018 WASHINGTON — On December 12, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Resolution 274, “Condemning the Government of Iran’s state-sponsored persecution of its Baha’i minority and its continued violation of the…
Sealing-Off the Shop, Summoning and Interrogating Just for a Day off Work
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Last month more than twenty businesses owned by Baha’i citizens were closed and sealed off by the Office of Public Places under the Supervision of the Police Force by…
Unarmed Iranian Prophets in the Vineyard of God
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Mahmoud Sabahy The lies about minorities, especially the least dangerous of them, are quite well-known in the world, but, isn’t the least dangerous usually the one that’s the most…
Closure of Six Baha’i-Owned Businesses in Omidiyeh
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch 03 December 2018 HRANA News Agency – In continuation of the forced closure of Baha’i-owned businesses, another six Baha’i businesses in Omidiyeh, Khuzestan province, who had shut their stores…
Arrests of Baha’is in Tabriz Continue
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Following the recent arrests of several Baha’is in Tabriz, in mid-November five more Baha’is were detained in Tabriz by security forces. According to the HRANA, the…
Sealing of Baha’i Businesses Continues in Khorramshahr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The premises of six Baha’i business owners in Khorramshahr, which were sealed on 15 November, remain sealed after two weeks. A source close to these…
Two Baha’i Citizens Sentenced to Prison in Ahvaz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – As reported by HRANA, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists group in Iran, two Baha’i citizens in Ahvaz, Farajollah Bangaleh and Mitra Badrnejad,…
An Significant and Tragic Event; Exhumation a Baha’i Woman
Source: www.hra-News.org By Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari Translation by Iran Press Watch The Peace Line Monthly – By now, most regular consumers of media have been exposed to recent reports exhumation of Baha’i woman was exhumed (apparently overnight)…
Three Baha’is Sentenced to Prison in Yazd
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Three Baha’is, Naser Bagheri, Faez Bagheri and Rooha Imani, have been sentenced to four years and six months in jail by a court in Yazd. …
“Some Iranians Think Only a Tyrant can Save the Country”
Source: www.iranwire.com A new cartoon by IranWire colleague Mana Neyestani appears in two frames. The first frame, which features the text “Germany, 1930s,” refers to the persecution of the Jews under Hitler. The second frame, with…
Closure of Soudabeh Haghighat’s Business; Wave of Abuse and Arrests of Baha’is
Source: www.iranhr.net Translation by Iran Press Watch Human Rights Organization of Iran, November 22nd, 2018: the business of Soudabeh Haghighat, a Shirazi Baha’i who was arrested in September, has been closed, and authorities are not willing…
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