The Persian holiday Nowruz (“new day”) is an ancient holiday celebrated on the first day of spring to welcome in the new year. On this Nowruz we want to remember several courageous prisoners of conscience…
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Three Isfahan Baha’i Residents Detained
6 March , 2011 Saman Golshani, Mina Ehrari and Peyman Panah, 3 Baha’i citizens, were arrested on Friday by the security forces
Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in Iran
Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC February 23, 2011 The United States remains deeply concerned by the persecution of Iranian citizens at the hand of their government. Over the past ten…
Detained Baha'i leaders in grave danger
(FIDH 18-Feb-2011) The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Iranian League for Human Rights (LDDHI) and the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) wish to draw your attention to the grave plight of the…
Anisa Motaher and Misagh Mohammad Alipour taken to Isfahan Dastgerd Prison
(RAHANA 16-FEb-2011) Anisa Motaher and Misagh Mohammad Alipour, two Baha’i citizens who had been arrested on Sunday February 13th have been transferred to Isfahan prison.
Misagh Afshar, Baha’i student of Shahid Beheshti arrested
(RAHANA 16-Feb-2011) In the dawn of February 15, Misagh Afshar, Baha’i student of Shahid Beheshti university was arrested.
Iran's minorities forgotten victims as government repression intensifies – new briefing
(MRGI, 16 February 2011) The scale of repression against minority groups in Iran is a central but under-reported factor in the renewed struggle for democracy, says Minority Rights Group International (MRG) in a new briefing.…
Expulsion of Arad Eshtiagh, Baha'i student, from school
(RAHANA Thursday 17 Feb 2011, 28 Bahman 1389) Arad Eshtiagh [or Ishtiyaq], a Baha’i student at Nilforoushzadeh High School in Isfahan, has been expelled from school due to his belief in the Baha’i Faith.
Grave concern for safety of Iran's imprisoned Baha'i leaders
(BWNS 15-Feb-2011) NEW YORK — Iran’s seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders have been transferred to more brutal sections of their prison complex.
UK: Iranian government must “cease its harassment” of Baha’is
3 Feb 2011 : Column 875W Written Answers to Questions Thursday 3 February 2011 Iran: Baha’i Faith Mrs Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had…
Baha'is lobby U.S. commission to help them survive in Iran
By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Washington (CNN) – It is a bad time to be a Baha’i in Iran, American adherents of the faith say. The religion, founded in Iran in 1844, is now considered heretical by…
Release of two Baha’is residents of Ramsar
(RAHANA 27-Dec-2010) Two Baha’i citizens, Majid Safari and Seraj Keyhan, who were arrested last month in Ramsar, were released from prison.
Heavy Sentences Issued for Human Rights Activists
(RAHANA 1-Feb-2011) Human rights activist Navid Khanjani has been sentenced 10 12 years of imprisonment
Weekly Report on Violation of Baha’i Rights (week of Jan 15th, 2011)
(HARANA 22-Jan-2011) Prevention of the burial of a Baha’i citizen in Mashhad, expulsion of Baha’i student Naeim Baghi from university and summons of Bashir Ehsani to appear in the Revolutionary Court, are among the violations…
Two Baha’i Citizens Detained in Oroumiyeh
(RAHANA 3-Feb-2011) Farhood Aghdasi and Changiz Dargahi, [two] Baha’i residents of Oroumiyeh, have been detained by the security forces.
Weekly Report on Violation of Baha’i Rights (week of Jan 1st, 2011)
(RAHANA 8-Jan-2011) Setting fire on Baha’i owned properties in Rafsanjan, expulsion of a Baha’i citizen from University, and the growing pressure on Omid Ghanbari’s family are among the violation of Baha’i rights in the past…
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