Source: www.bahai.org.au Sydney, 20 May 2015 When Vahid Tizfahm was in solitary confinement in Iran — being punished for his faith as a Baha’i — some of his friends came to the prison with a present for…
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Members of European Parliament Raise Their Voices in Support of the Wrongfully Imprisoned Seven Bahá’í Leaders
A Sad Anniversary as Iran’s Brutalization of the Baha’i Continues
Source: blogs.cfr.org by Elliott Abrams May 19, 2015 This week marks a landmark in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s crimes against that country’s small Baha’i community: Seven years ago this week the regime imprisoned seven peaceful Baha’i leaders. What is…
Home Raid and Arrest in Yazd
Source: www.facebook.com Translation by sen’s daily At 7.30 a.m. on May 12, five male plainclothes agents from the Ministry of Intelligence raided a Bahai home and arrested Mrs. Rouha Emani, from Kerman. The agents initially identified…
Iran’s Apartheid Rules for Baha’is Clarified
Source: sahamnews.org May 19, 2015 Translation by sen’s daily Saham News has published an order from the chief of police, dating from April 8, 2010, which clarifies which economic sectors are forbidden for Baha’is. Because Baha’is…
My Brother Deserves Honours Not Jail
Source: www.bahai.org.au Adelaide, 19 May 2015 By Amin Tavakoli (1) This month my younger brother, Behrouz Tavakkoli, completed seven years of an unjust 20-year sentence for being part of the seven-member Baha’i leadership group in Iran. He…
Imprisoned Baha’i Asks that His Family be Allowed to Reopen His Business
Source: www.facebook.com Translation by Iran Press Watch May 4, 2015 To the Director of the Department of Public Places in the Province of…
Fiona Wade Joins #7Bahais7years
Source: vimeo.com Actress Fiona Wade joins the global campaign to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders with this special dedication to one particular member; Afif Naeimi, reading…
A Look at the Case of Seven Baha’is, Seven Years after Their Controversial Arrest
Source: www.bbc.co.uk/persian Translation by Iran Press Watch By Kambiz Fattahi May 14, 2015 At the seventh year anniversary of the detention of the leaders of the Baha’i community…
A Heart Full of Love
Source: www.bahai.org.au Sydney, 18 May 2015 By Mehrzad Mumtahan (1) For the seventh anniversary of the unjust imprisonment in Iran of my uncle and his six colleagues, I have been involved in the creation of an installation…
Baha’i Jalayer Vahdat Released from Jail after Five Years
Source: iranrn.net Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Baha’i News, Mr. Jalayer , who had been sentenced to five years in prison, was freed from prison this morning. On 24 October, 2010, Mr. Jalayer Vahdat,…
My Noble Cousin
Source: www.bahai.org.au By Bruce Vasli (1) Sydney, 17 May 2015 My cousin, Afif Naeimi, is dedicated to improving the community in which he lives. He has contributed by teaching spiritual education to children and participating in study…
Statement by Minister Nicholson on Seventh Anniversary of Arrest and Imprisonment of Bahá’í Leaders in Iran
Source: www.international.gc.ca May 15, 2015 – Ottawa, Ontario – Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement: “This…
A Leader Who Wins Respect
Source: www.bahai.org.au SYDNEY, 16 MAY 2015 Jamaloddin Khanjani, 81, is a successful businessman known for his dynamic, loving personality. Mr Khanjani established the first automated brick factory in Iran, employing hundreds of people. And when the authorities…
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Video Message in Support of the Seven Baha’i Leaders
Source: www.youtube.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Nasrin Sotoudeh ‒ attorney and human rights activist Anniversary of the seventh year of the imprisonment of the leaders of the Baha’i Community ‒ the Yaran (“Friends”…
MP Bezan Advocates for Seven Bahá’í Leaders
Source: www.facebook.com May 15, 2015 at 1:22pm Ottawa, ON – Yesterday marked the beginning of the eighth year of incarceration for six of the seven members of the Bahá’í Faith leadership group in the…
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