[Bahá’í World News Service] 7 April 2014 NEW YORK — In a symbolic and unprecedented move, Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani, a prominent Muslim cleric in Iran, announced today that he has gifted to the Baha’is of the world…
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The verdict against two sisters residing in Mashhad has been carried out
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Harana News Agency – On the Sunday morning of March 30th 2014, intelligence officers arrested two Baha’i residents of Mashhad by the names of Nava Kholousi and Nika…
Seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders send letter to President Rouhani
[news.bahai.org, 16 Nov 2013] NEW YORK — The seven imprisoned Iranian Baha’i leaders have written a letter to President Hassan Rouhani, commenting on his proposed “Charter of Citizen’s Rights.” During his campaign for election earlier…
The Iranian Charter of Citizens’ Rights
[ejiltalk.org, 10 Dec 2013] Nazila Ghanea 100 days into his presidency, Iranian President Hassan Rohani delivered a partial result on the nuclear issue (see EJIL:Talk! discussion by Dan Joyner)and released his draft Charter of Citizens’ Rights (henceforth…
Khamenei Controls Massive Financial Empire Built on Property Seizures
Source: www.reuters.com Editor’s note: Below are excerpts on confiscation of Baha’i properties from a report by Reuters that investigates how Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, built his financial empire. Read the report in its entirety here. _____ Some of…
Iran's Enduring Legacy of Violence and Denial
[huffingtonpost.ca, 1 Oct 2013] Payam Akhavan, Associate Professor, McGill University Elementary psychology teaches us that without confronting repressed memories of past trauma, a person’s future health and happiness is seriously compromised. It is common knowledge,…
BAHA’IS AND THE EIGHT-YEAR WAR: Sharing the suffering, denied the celebration
[Persian BBC, www.bbc.co.uk/persian, 25 Sep 2013] Sepehr Atefi Journalist 3 Mehr 1392 (25 September 2013) 31 Shahrivar 1359 (22 September 1980) was the beginning of a bitter chapter in Iran’s history; a chapter that lasted…
Sanandaj Court issued the order for destruction of Baha’i cemetery
[mohsenbabazadeh.blogspot.ca, 28 Murdad, 1392] Mohesen Babzadeh The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Iran issued the order for the destruction of the Baha’i cemetery in the city of Sanandaj, which is located near the medical school in…
Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj issued order for the destruction of Baha’i cemetery of Sanandaj
[www.asoyroj.com] The Islamic Revolutionary Court of the city of Sanandaj confirmed an order issued by its sixth branch regarding the destruction of the Baha’i cemetery on August 3, 2013. More than 40 Baha’i families currently…
For Iran’s Rouhani, the human rights of Baha’is are the ultimate test of reform
[washingtonpost.com] By Reza Aslan, Michael Brooks, Published: September 25 at 7:27 am Hassan Rouhani’s speech at the United Nations on Tuesday signaled the possibility of a thaw in relations between Iran and the United States. Indeed,…
Beating and injury of a 75 year-old Baha'i at the Tehran Governor's Office
[gnstv.net, 31 Sharivar 1392] Harana News – Behzad Shokuhi, a 75 year-old Baha’i citizen, who had initiated a court action in connection with his claim for unpaid funds against the Ministry of Agriculture, was summoned…
President Rouhani's UN speech and the question of human rights in Iran
[news.bahai.org, 25 Sep 2013] NEW YORK — Having heard Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s address to the United Nations today, the world will be watching to see how he will, beyond his general call for hope…
Apology of Dr. Mohammad Maleki to Taraneh, Who Has Been Deprived of Her Right to Higher Education
Sources: nurizad.info Translation by Iran Press Watch It was last night that Dr. Maleki1 invited me to go to house of Taraneh Taefi, a 17 year old girl that our Islamic Government, using the excuse of…
Mohammad Nourizad’s Great and Popular Summons to Sweeping Away the Idea of "Untouchable"
[facebook, facebook.com/m.nourizad, 9 Sep 2013] I invite all the people of Iran and the world, in particular the Shi’ites, to accompany me in sweeping away the ideology of the ritual “untouchable” [i.e. Najis نجس *]. This ideology…
Nasrin Sotoudeh demands the restitution of the rights of citizenship for religious minorities and Baha’is
[http://hra-news.org] Sunday 24 Shahrivar 1392 (15 September, 2013) – 15:01 Harana news – Nasrin Sotoudeh*, human rights lawyer and political prisoner, in a letter addressed to the President, has connected the murder of a Baha’i in…
At least 30 Baha’i students taking the University Entrance Exam, faced with the claim of “Incomplete Files”
[taghato.net, 23 Shahrivar, 1392] After assuming his new position as the Minister of Higher Education in Iran, Mr. Jafar Toufighi, in repeated statements has declared that no student would be blacklisted for political or religious…
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