Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Jamaloddin Khanjani, a member of the leaders of Baha’i community of Iran known as the Yaran, was transferred to hospital for heart problems, and then was returned to Evin Prison…
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Freed Baha’i Leader: Jailing Baha’is is Futile and Pointless
Source: www.iranwire.com By AIDA GHAJAR On the morning of Friday, February 16, Saeed Rezaei, one of the seven members of the former leadership group for Iran’s Baha’i community known as the “Yaran” (“Friends”), was released after…
Fourth Member of Yaran Released
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — After ten years of unjust imprisonment for his beliefs, Saeid Rezaie, one of the seven members of the former leadership group of the Baha’is in Iran, has today completed his wrongful…
At Least 7 Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Bushehr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – This morning, At least seven individuals were detained during a coordinated security forces raids to homes and workplaces of several Bahá’i citizens in Bushehr. According…
Champion of Justice Asma Jahangir Leaves Legacy of Courage
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — The Baha’i International Community has expressed its condolences for the passing of Asma Jahangir, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran and greatly-admired champion of the dignity…
Baha’i Prisoner Released from Evin Upon Completion of 4-Year Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA- This afternoon, Elham Farahani, an Iranian Baha’i who was sentenced to 4-year prison terms in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Moghiseh, was released after…
Baha’i Citizen of Yazd Released from Prison upon Completion of Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Iman Rashidi, a Baha’i citizen living in Yazd, who was sentenced to three years imprisonment and one year suspended imprisonment as one of the 20…
Leading Lawyers Take Iran to Task
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — In an open letter released yesterday, 25 prominent intellectuals and experts in human rights law called on Mohammad Javad Larijani, Head of the High Council for Human Rights in Iran, to acknowledge…
Hana Kouchakbaghi, Baha’i from Gonbad, Released from Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Hana Kouchakbaghi, Baha’i from Gonbad-e Qabus, who commenced her prison sentence on October of 2017, was released from prison at the close of business yesterday afternoon. According…
Baha’i Citizen Transferred to Prison to Serve One-Year Sentence
Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA, the Human Rights Activists’ News Agency in Iran, Sima Kiani, a Baha’i citizen residing in Shahr-e Rey, has been taken to prison to begin serving a…
YEMEN: USCIRF Condemns Death Sentence for Baha’i
Source: www.uscirf.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2018 YEMEN: USCIRF Condemns Death Sentence for Baha’i USCIRF Chairman Mark calls sentence “unjust and a dangerous precedent for the treatment of religious minorities” in Yemen WASHINGTON, DC — The…
Children’s Rights Activist Arrested and Transferred to Evin Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – Afshin Hayratian, children’s rights activist and former prisoner of conscience, was arrested on October 20, 2017 by security forces at his own house in Tehran. The Baha’i citizen has been…
Iran’s Secret Shunning of a Minority Faith
Source: www.bloomberg.com By Eli Lake The Baha’i have been excluded from basic civic functions like pensions and education. They’re publishing the proof. Usually the Iranian regime’s assault on its people’s dignity is measured in its political prisoners,…
Death sentence of Bahá’í follower in Yemen must be quashed – UN rights experts
Source: www.ohchr.org GENEVA (25 January 2018) – UN human rights experts* have urged the de facto authorities in Sana’a to annul a death sentence handed down against a follower of the Baha’i faith, reiterating calls for…
Neda Eshraghi Expelled from Kashan National University due to Bahá’í Faith
Source: www.hra-news.org Date: 20 January 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Neda Eshraghi Boroujani, a computer science student at Kashan National University, was expelled from university this month due to being a…
Baha’i Transferred to Prison Upon Inquiring About Forced Closure of Premise
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Faramarz (Hooshang) Sabetrasekhi, a Baha’i citizen of Karaj, has been detained and transferred to prison. According to HRANA, the news organization of Human Rights Activists…
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