In early August 2010, after over two years of detention, Iran’s 7 Baha’i leaders were sentenced to 20 years prison. Considering the advanced ages of several of these spiritual leaders, the Islamic Republic of Iran…
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Seven Baha’i Leaders Given Harsh Prison Sentence
Seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community were sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran on 7 August 2010. Although they have done nothing more than peacefully practice their religion, they…
A Baha’i’s Plea For Understanding
August 21, 2010 By Christopher Schwartz Throughout the Muslim world, Baha’is are routinely subjected to systematic derision in the form of elaborate conspiracy theories. Hostile political, religious, and media figures portray Baha’is as a secretive…
Brother's pain over Iran jailing
IRANIAN Behrouz Tavakkoli is a father of two, psychologist, carpenter and social worker. He has spent much of his adult life working with the physically and mentally handicapped — “a real angel”, in the words…
MRG concerned by reports of lengthy jail sentences for Iranian Baha'í leaders
17 August 2010 Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is deeply concerned by reports indicating that seven Iranian Baha’í leaders have each received jail sentences of 20 years. The seven prisoners are Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi,…
Renewal of the arrest of four Baha'is of Vilashahr, Isfahan
27 Mordad 1389 [18 Aug. 2010] HRA news – Four socially active Baha’i citizens arrested in Vilashahr Isfahan will be held in detention for 10 more days.
Appeals Court Should Overturn Unjust Sentencing of Baha’i Leaders
Shirin Ebadi: Trial “Riddled with Irregularities” (10 August 2010) Seven leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, each of whom has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on security, espionage and other crimes, should be…
47 Baha’is Currently In Prison
13 Aug. 2010 Following the sentencing of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran, Diane Ala’i, the representative of the Baha’i International Community told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that currently 47 members of…
Clear breach of human dignity in condemning the leaders of the Iranian Baha'i community
Monday 25 Mordad 1389 [16 August 2010] at 7:49 AM HRANA News – This morning, the Secretariat of the Group of Human Rights Activists in Iran issued a press release asking for recognition of the…
Baha’i World News Service publishes special report on seven Iranian Baha’i leaders
15 August (BWNS) – The Baha’i World News Service has published a special online report comprising articles and background information about the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders – their lives, their detention, trial and reported sentencing.
Harsh sentences are a judgment against an entire religious community
NEW YORK — The harsh prison sentences handed down to seven Iranian Baha’i leaders who are absolutely innocent of any wrongdoing is a judgment against an entire religious community, the Baha’i International Community said today.…
Australia joins international outcry over sentences
CANBERRA, 12 August 2010 The Australian Government has expressed “deep concern” following reports that seven Iranian Baha’i leaders have each received prison sentences of 20 years. Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the…
Arrest of a number of Baha’is in Vilashahr, Isfahan
HRA news- In the evening of August 5th , police forces searched the houses of Faraz Roohi, Jinous Jooshtiyan and Nasim Roohi, three Bahai’s living in Vilashahr [a common site of persecution; for example, see…
A Baha'i is sentenced to three years of imprisonment
Monday 18 Mordad 1389 at 17:23 HRANA News – In a continuation of the repression of religious minorities, a Baha’i is sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment by the Babol Revolutionary Court.
German government criticizes 20 year prison sentence
The commissioner for human rights and humanitarian aid in the Foreign Office of the Federal Government of Germany, Markus Löning, has declared that the “prison sentences against the Baha’i leaders are a massive setback for…
Amnesty International: SENTENCES AGAINST JAILED IRANIAN RELIGIOUS MINORITY LEADERS CONDEMNED
Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of seven members of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority to 20 years in jail on a series of politically motivated charges. The five men and two women, leaders of the…
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