[iranwire.com] By Reza Haghigi The news is short: “Attaollah Rezvani a Bahai from Bandarabbas was kidnapped on Saturday night and shot in back of his head to death”. This short news has a long story; this…
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Continuing the Silent Treatment Regarding Killing of Mr Ataollah Rezvani, an Iranian Baha’i, by Government Officials
[rahesabz.net, 6 Sep 2013] The Green Movement Reported Shahriver 8 (Aug. 30th 2013) Published Shahriver 15 (Sep. 6th 2013) Jaras: Since the recent murder of Ataollah Rezvani, an active member of the Baha’i community of…
Ataollah Rezvani, a Baha'i who was murdered because of his popularity
[dw.de, 27 Aug 2013] The cousin of Ataollah Rezvani, a Baha’i citizen who was murdered, has spoken with Deutsche Welle*, saying: “He was very much loved; the people of Bandar Abbas, whether Muslim or non-Muslim,…
Assassination was pre-planned and based on religious belief
[roozonline.com, 5 Shahrivar 1392 (Aug 27, 2013)] Fereshteh Ghazi, [email protected], Interview with Mr. Ataullah Rezvani’s family: The body of 54-year-old Ataullah Rezvani, a Baha’i resident of Bandar Abbas, was discovered on an abandoned road outside of…
The Baha'is in Iran: A Recommendation from Imam `Ali and a story from Karubi
[news.gooya.com, 6 Shahrivar 1392] Mujtaba Vaehdi The humanitarian effort of Mohammad Nourizad in comforting an innocent child named Artin was followed by numerous discussions. As much as Nourizad’s effort made his fellow Muslims proud, the…
Iran: ‘First religiously motivated murder of an Iranian Baha'i in 15 years
[au.christiantoday.com, 5 Sep 2013 By: Christian Solidarity Worldwide Thursday, 5 September 2013, 10:47 (EST Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is concerned to learn of the murder on 24 August of Ataollah Rezvani, a prominent member of…
Ayatollah Abdolhamid Masoumi Tehrani meets a group of Iranian Baha’is
[Ayatollah Masoumi’ website: www.amasumi.net, sources: http://www.amasumi.net/index.html] [news.gooya.com, 13 Shahrivar, 1392] Report of the meeting between Ayatollah Abdolhamid Masoumi Tehrani and a group of Iranian Baha’i activists In this meeting that was held in Ayatollah Masoumi…
Murder of A Baha'i Citizen in Bandar Abbas, Iran.
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian, 8/24/2013] Ataollah Rezvani, an active member of the Baha’i community of Bandar Abbas in the south of Iran, has been gunned down by the bullet of an unknown assassin. Mr. Rezvani apparently was murdered…
Murderers of Iranian Baha’i must be brought to justice, says Baha’i International Community
[BIC, 29 Aug 2013] NEW YORK 29 August 2013 The murder of a well-known Baha’i on Saturday in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas should be treated as a hate crime and must be…
Ayatollah Masumi Tehrani Speaks Out against the Violation of the Human Rights of Iran’s Bahá’í Community
[iranhrcs.org] (September 4, 2013) – A number of Bahá’í activists met with Ayatollah Abdolhamid Masumi Tehrani, a dissident Shia cleric, in his office yesterday following the murder last week of Mr. Ataollah Rezvani, a member…
Letter from Reja'i Shahr political prisoners demanding arrest and punishment of perpetrators who killed Mr. Rizvani
Editor’s choice 9, Shahrivar, 1392 Report: Following the killing of Mr Ataullah Rizvani, a Baha’i in southern Iran, a group of political prisoners and belief prisoners [of conscious] in Raja’i Shahr prison, through issuing a…
Message from the Universal House of Justice on the murder of Mr. Rezvani
[This is a translation form the original Persian, Editor.] To the followers of Bahá’u’lláh in Iran Dear Bahá’í Friends, 27 August 2013 The news of the murder of ‘Aṭá’u’lláh Riḍvání has brought us profound grief.…
Murder of Mr. Ataollah Rezvani was religiously motivated
[BWNS 27 Aug. 2013] From the available information it is now clear that the murder in Iran of Mr. Ataollah Rezvani was religiously motivated. It is understood that Mr. Rezvani was shot in the back…
Reports of the killing of an Iranian Baha'i received
[BWNS, 26 Aug. 2013] Reports have been received that a well-known member of the Iranian Baha’i community, Mr. Ataollah Rezvani, has been killed in or around the port city of Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran.…
Status Update: Iran Press Watch is under design
Dear Readers, Many of you have followed the efforts of Iran Press Watch over the last several years to bring the plight of Baha’is in Iran to the attention of the global public, especially for…
Two more arrests in Karaj
Two Bahais from Karaj, the brothers Saman and Eshkan Nadiyyeh-ye Azani ( سامان بادیهای آرنی و اشکان بادیهای آرنی ), have been in detention in Karaj for about two weeks. It is reported that they…
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