Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Fataneh Nabilzadeh, a Baha’i citizen residing in Mashhad, has been transferred to the city’s central prison to begin serving her one-year sentence. According to HRANA…
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Baha’i Student Dismissed from Kerman Azad University on Grounds of Religion
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRA News Agency: Hooman Imani, an undergraduate graphic design student, has been expelled from Kerman Azad University for being Baha’i. According to the HRA (Human Rights Activists in Iran)…
Baha’i Student Expelled From University On Grounds Of Religion
Source: www.iran-hrm.com Baha’i woman, Sogol Zabihi, 21 has been banned from continuing her undergraduate degree because of her Baha’i faith. The sophomore undergraduate student of graphics at Rasam University of Karaj, found that she could no longer…
Baha’i-Owned Business Shut down in Abadan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Thursday, in Abadan, a Baha’i-owned business was shut down and sealed by security forces, and the proprietors’ business license revoked. As reported by HRANA,…
Plot to Seize Property of Saman Missaghi and Ongoing Arrest Issues
Source: shahrvandyar Mr. Saman Missaghi is a Baha’i citizen who traveled to Mahabad more than six months ago to sell his father’s apartment. He was confronted by a Revolutionary Guard, who was his tenant, who…
UN Human Rights Council – 38th Session and the Economic Strangulation of Baha’is in Iran
Source: BIC UN Human Rights Council – 38th Session, June 2018 Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention GENEVA—27 June 2018 Mr. President, Today, we would like to speak about two countries…
Religious Minority of Baha’is in Yemen Relive Iranian Nightmare
Source: www.theglobepost.com By Daniel Mark Last updated Jul 11, 2018 The Houthi regime in Yemen claims that Baha’is are waging a “Satanic war” against Muslim Yemenis. The escalation of hateful rhetoric conjures up frightening memories of what Baha’is in…
Ten-Year Shutdown of Baha’i-Owned Business; Human Rights Commission Petition Denied by Court of Administrative Justice
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen whose optician business has been sealed by security agents for ten years, has had his most recent petition to…
Recently Released Documents Reveal Institutional Restrictions on Bahai Businesses in Sari
Source: Alliance for Rights of All Minorities-ARAM This document which appears on the letterhead of Mazandaran province and government of Sari is signed by Esmail Hosseinzadeh, a county supervisor. It states that all directing offices responsible…
Ghodsieh Ashraf, Iranian Baha’i, Health and Education Pioneer, Among First Iranian Women to Graduate from United States University
Source: shahrvand-yar.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Ghodsieh Ashraf, an Iranian Baha’i citizen and one of the first Iranian women to graduate from a United States University, spent her life in serving in the fields…
Narrative of an Execution: 17-Year-Old Mona
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch On Saturday, June 18, 1983, an hour after the weekly women’s visitation at the Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, Mona Mahmudinejad and nine other Baha’i women…
Interrogator: Of Course You Will Not Be Admitted to University, Because You are Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On May 22, 2011, in a coordinated and simultaneous operation, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided the homes of 39 Baha’i citizens connected with the Baha’i Institute for…
Soheil Keshavarz, Baha’i Citizen, Begins Prison Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA, the Human Rights Activists’ News Agency in Iran, Soheil Keshavarz, a Baha’i citizen residing in Qazvin, has been taken to the Qazvin Prison to begin serving…
Soha Izadi, Baha’i Student, Expelled from University of Zanjan
Source: persian.iranhumanrights.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Soha Izadi was admitted to the University of Zanjan in March 2018, but has been expelled for her belief in the Baha’i Faith. She was an Informatics Engineering major.…
Baha’is in Sorkhroud Mazandaran Barred from Buying or Selling Land
Source: shahrvand-yar.com Translation by Iran Press Watch It may be hard to imagine such an act of apartheid: In an official letter to all real estate agents, the mayor of a city issued an order…
The Case of Babak Beheshti: Deprived of Education, Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Teaching Baha’i Students
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch “Babak Beheshti Vadeghan” was among several Baha’i citizens whose homes were targeted in a coordinated series of raids on May 22, 2011, by security forces of…
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