Source: Work Right, Dissent Right (facebook group) By Saeid Rezaie (1) To the brave, honorable attorney, Nasrin Sotoudeh- Upon entering the eighth year of my twenty year sentence, with reference to what you expressed in your…
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Another Bahai Business Closed in Sari
Source: BahaiNews1 A carpentry workshop belonging to Qavamoddin Sabetian a 74-year-old Bahai from Sari, is still closed, almost two months after local authorities moved to close about a dozen Bahai-run businesses in the city. This workshop…
Adnan Rahmatpanah Released after One Year in Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Adnan Rahmatpanah, a Bahai from Shiraz, has been released from in Adel-Abad prison at the end of a one-year sentence. He was arrested during a raid on his home on…
Bahai Children’s Rights Activist Released at the End of Sentence
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Afshin Heiratian, a Bahai children’s rights activist, was released from Raja’i Shahr prison, near Tehran, today at the end of a four-year imprisonment. Mr. Heiratian wrote and published various articles about…
Baha’i Shopkeepers in Iran Pressured against Observing Their Religious Holy Days
Source: Baha’i World News Service GENEVA — Tens of Baha’is’ shops in the cities of Rafsanjan, Kerman, Sari and Hamadan have been sealed by government authorities in an effort to pressure Baha’is not to observe their…
Former Mainstream Iranian Journalist Apologizes to Baha’is
Source: www.youtube.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Greetings to all my Iranian compatriots, especially my Baha’i compatriots! I just want to say that we the Shi’ite population of Iran, have not been decent faithful brothers…
Beginning of Prison Term for a Baha’i in Hamadan
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency: The one-year prison term of Hamid Azizi, a Baha’i from Hamadan ‒ a city in central Iran ‒ was implemented. According to HRANA ‒ Human Rights…
Imprisoned Baha’i Leader Taken to Hospital
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Afif Naeimi a Baha’i prisoner of conscience and one of the seven Yarn (national facilitators for the Bahai community in Iran), has been transferred to the Tehran Heart Center. His physical…
Sasan Haghiri Begins a One-Year Sentence in Isfahan
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Mr. Sasan Haghiri, a Bahai from Isfahan, has begun a one-year sentence in the city’s central prison, on charges of propaganda against the regime and society, and conspiracy against national…
“Tehran and Portland: Cities of Light” Two Baha’i Couples’ Stories
Source: www.youtube.com This documentary film, through the use of animation and live-action footage, tells the stories of two Baha’i couples, one of whom was imprisoned in Iran, for their beliefs in the Baha’i Faith, and…
Sarang Etehadi Released at the End of His Sentence
Source: wp.me/pNMoJ-2kr Sarang Etehadi was released from prison in Tehran today, at the end of a one-year sentence on charges of “propaganda against the state through participation in Bahai worship and prayer groups.” His wife, Nasim…
Omid Djalili: ‘I’m Taking on the Iranian Government on Behalf of Women. It’s Nutty’
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk By Louisa Peacock 7:30AM BST 04 Jun 2013 British-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili is gearing up to launch Prison Poems tonight, a collection of work written by a former teacher currently behind bars in Iran’s notorious…
Their Crime Was Their Faith
Source: yadyaraniran.blogspot.se Translated by Iran Press Watch A campaign to say no to the harassment and imprisonment of Baha’i citizens of Iran What was their crime? You may participate in this campaign by sending your…
Young Artist Sentenced to More than Twelve Years in Prison Continues to Defend Baha’is’ Right to Higher Education
Source: Free Atena Farghadani (facebook group) Translation by Iran Press Watch Atena Farghadani (1) has been recently sentenced to more than 12 years in prison(2). She has written the following text in her defense: Before 2009,…
Press Release: Cotler Issues Parliamentary Action Plan to Hold Iranian Regime Accountable for Human Rights Violations
Source: irwincotler.liberal.ca POSTED ON JUNE 4, 2015 Fifteen-point plan flows from testimony, recommendations of Iran Accountability Week Ottawa – June 4, 2015 – MP Irwin Cotler today issued an Action Plan to combat human rights violations in…
Sima Eshraghi Released after Five Years in Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Sima Eshraghi, a Bahai from Mashhad, has been released at the end of a five-year prison sentence. She was arrested in 2008 and spent three months in solitary confinement before…
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