Source: BBC Persian By: Mehrdad Amanat, Historical Researcher Translation by Iran Press Watch In an article for the Op-Ed page, in reference to recently published reports of the destruction of mass graves, historian Mehrdad Amanat looks…
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Iran’s allies are preparing a genocide in Yemen. But there’s still time to stop it
Source: nationalpost.com Opinion: Baha’is have been brutally oppressed in Iran; now Yemeni rebels directed by Tehran have embraced that brutal campaign By Kyle Matthews In the midst of a devastating civil war in Yemen, the Iranian-backed…
Iran’s Pushback Against Education Goals
Source: iranwire.com ARASH AZIZI Waves of repression and turmoil at home has made Iran a diasporic nation. In particular, since the 1979 revolution, millions have left their homeland in search of a better future elsewhere. One…
Expulsion of Shakib Teimouri, a Baha’i Student, from Gorgan University
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Shakib Teimouri, an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Gorgan, was expelled from university for being a Baha’i, on the morning…
Confirmed by Court of Administrative Justice – Baha’is in Iran Are Not Entitled to University Education
Source: www.hra-news.org Date: May 29, 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Mechanical engineering student Hannan Horr, a Baha’i citizen, has lost his appeal with the Court of Administrative Justice and is being…
Economic Repression of Baha’i Citizen in Maku, Shahin Dehghan
Source: www.hra-news.org Date: May 21, 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency –Shahin Dehghan, a Baha’i citizen and resident of Maku, was summoned to the Intelligence Office in Maku on May 10, 2018 and…
Baha’i Citizen Arrested in Minudasht
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Shahnam Zajbani, Baha’i citizen of Minudasht, Province of Golestan, has been arrested at his home, handcuffed and transferred to Gonbad Prison. According to the Bazdasht report, quoting HRANA News,…
State Department Religious Freedom Report on Iran
Source: United States Commission on International Religion Freedom IRAN, TIER 1 | USCIRF-RECOMMENDED COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN (CPC) KEY FINDINGS During the past year, the government of Iran engaged in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations…
Baha’is In Iran ‘Face New Wave of Arrests,’ Says Baha’i International Community
Source: www.rferl.org The Baha’i International Community (BIC) says Baha’is in Iran are facing a new wave of arrests and raids on their homes across different cities in the country. The community said in a May 25…
Iran Accountability Week Led by All-Party Group for Sixth Year Running
Source: news.ca.bahai.org For the past six years, the first week of May has been marked by members of all federal political parties as “Iran Accountability Week”. The initiative was started by former Attorney General Irwin Cotler,…
Raid on Home of Baha’i Citizen Anisa Motahar, Isfahan
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, on Monday April 30, 2018, the family home of…
Numerous Anti-Baha’i Publications included at Tehran International Book Fair
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – A few days into the Tehran International Book Fair, a significant increase was seen in the number of anti-Baha’i publications, with titles such as “The…
Mrs. Khalokhi on the Critical Medical Condition of her Husband, Afif Naeimi, Upon his Return to Prison
Source: persian.iranhumanrights.org Translation by Iran Press Watch In an interview with the Human Rights Campaign in Iran, Shohreh Khalokhi, shared concerns regarding the health and well-being of her husband, Afif Naeimi, a former member of the Yaran-i-Iran…
Baha’i Citizen Arrested in Tehran
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report by the campaign of “No to Imprisonment and Persecution of Baha’is”, on Friday, May 11, 2018, Mehrdad Heyrani, a Baha’i citizen residing in Tehran was…
Baha’i Citizen Arrested in Mashhad
Source: www.hra-news.org May 8, 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch Kaviz Noozdahi, a Baha’i citizen has been arrested in the city of Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province. According to the HRANA news agency, Kaviz Noozdahi was arrested…
Three Baha’is Arrested in Abadan
Source: www.iranwire.com May 6, 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Ostanwire (of iranwire.com), on Sunday morning of May 6, 2018, agents of the Ministry of Information of Abadan City in southwest Iran performed an…
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