Source: zeitoons.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 21 May 2016 A statement by a group of modern religious scholars about the necessity to be tolerant toward those who think or believe differently: Belief cannot be a basis…
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Source: zeitoons.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 21 May 2016 A statement by a group of modern religious scholars about the necessity to be tolerant toward those who think or believe differently: Belief cannot be a basis…
Source: www.bbc.com 14th May, 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch The interviewer (Nader Soltanpour): Mr. Muhammad Nourizad 1; political activist and critic of the Iranian government, is with us on the phone from Tehran. The interviewer:…
Source: Facebook Page of Sadegh Zibakalam 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch What Ms. Faezeh Hashemi did [meeting with the Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi, who was on furlough from Evin Prison] was the right thing to…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Faezeh Hashemi, Daughter of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Criticized for Meeting with Baha’i Leader A high-ranking member of the Iranian Judiciary has said that action will be taken against Faezeh Hashemi, the outspoken daughter of prominent…
Source: www.bbc.com By Kasra Naji BBC Persian Faezeh Hashemi was photographed sitting next to Fariba Kamalabadi A political storm has erupted in Iran after the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani visited a leader…
Source: Bahai World News Service Bani Dugal, principal representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations NEW YORK — A storm of furious denunciation, in reaction to a simple meeting between two friends…
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi 1, a religious leader in Qom, strongly condemned Faezeh Hashemi’s 2 visit with one of the leaders of the Baha’i community, and said that…
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The visit to a Baha’i leader by Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former congresswoman, caused a harsh reaction by fundamentalist media. Fariba Kamalabadi is on her first leave after eight…
Source: www.nytimes.com By THOMAS ERDBRINK Faezeh Hashemi, center, in 2009. A visit by Ms. Hashemi, a daughter of a prominent ayatollah, to Fariba Kamalabadi, a leader in the Bahai faith, highlighted the harsh treatment of the group.…
Source: en.iranwire.com Faezeh Hashemi visits Bahai prisoner Fariba Kamalabadi during her temporary leave of absence “It’s very simple,” tweeted journalist Mahsa Amrabadi on May 16. “When you live for so many months with somebody, you are…
Source: www.theguardian.com Iranian hardliners call for arrest of Faezeh Hashemi, and her father describes Bahá’í faith as ‘deviant’ Faezeh Hashemi, centre-left, sitting next to Fariba Kamalabadi, centre-right. The daughter of a former president of Iran has been heavily…
Source: en.radiozamaneh.com May 14, 2016 at 5:12 pm Faezah Hashemi and her father, the moderate cleric Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, have become the target of serious criticism by conservative factions of the establishment after the daughter met…
Source: www.cnn.com By Joe Sterling, CNN Adherents of the Baha’i religion can be found worldwide. Here is the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois. (CNN)–The United States condemned the 2008 arrests of Baha’i leaders…
Source: en.iranwire.com Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani (in chador) meets with Fariba Kamalabadi The photograph has popped up everywhere across social networks. It shows Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, in her usual outfit of…
Source: religionnews.com By Robert P. George and Katrina Lantos Swett (RNS) The eighth anniversary this Saturday (May 14) of Iran’s imprisonment of seven Baha’i leaders is an opportune time to refocus attention on the plight of…
Source: en.iranwire.com By Natasha Schmidt, Amy Fehilly Prison authorities have released Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi from prison on a temporary basis, IranWire has learned. Kamalabadi, who is serving a 10-year sentence for “insulting religious sanctities” and “propaganda against…