HRANA – Religious Minority Rights: According to the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Mr. Sepehr Rowshan, a Baha’i in the city of Bushehr, was subpoenaed by the Office of Intelligence for attending…
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A life animated by conscience, not power
(CNN) The moral conscience of Iran’s reform movement passed away Sunday morning. Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who died at 87, was the Iranian equivalent of South Africa’s Desmond Tutu for politics. Over the past…
UN gives final approval to resolution criticizing rights violations in Iran
(BWNS) The United Nations General Assembly gave its final stamp of approval today to a strongly worded resolution condemning Iran for a long list of human rights violations. By a vote of 74 to 49,…
Another Baha'i Cemetery Desecrated
The cemetery of the Baha’is of Abadan and Khorramshahr, cities in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, was raided during Azar 1388 (early December 2009). The following are photos portraying the vast desecration of the cemetery’s…
Trial date announced for seven Baha’i “leaders” held in Tehran’s Evin Prison
(BWNS) Attorneys in Iran have received formal notification of a trial date of 12 January in the case of the five men and two women who were arrested in the spring of 2008 and have been…
New Zealand parliament focuses on Baha'i persecution
On the evening of Wednesday 9th December, 28 minutes of Parliamentary time in New Zealand was focused on the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran. Four members of Parliament from three different parties (National, Labour…
Appeal for tolerance at Parliament of the World's Religions
(BWNS) How can interfaith dialogue and religious freedom flourish when one religion declares that another is not a religion? Are tolerance and cooperation only possible among people who share the same doctrinal view of the…
Indecision regarding a Baha’i prisoner in Sanandaj
Human Rights Activists News Agency, Human Rights of Prisoners: According to the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Zabihullah Raoufie, a Baha’i in Sanandaj, who was arrested on the 28th of Mordad of…
New wave of harassment of Isfahan's Baha'i students
Human Rights Activists News Agency, Religious Minorities Rights: At the beginning of the current academic year, there have been many cases of conditional registration of Baha’i students [at schools] by written pledges or refusal of…
Open Letter to Mr. Ahmadinejad
Editor’s Note: The following open letter was written by Brazil’s National Spiritual Assembly [the highest elected administrative body of Brazil’s Baha’is] during Mr. Ahmadinejad’s recent visit to their country. Mr. President, Your visit to Brazil,…
Worrisome condition of two Baha’is in Mashhad prison
The condition of two Baha’is in prison named [Mrs.] Sonia Ahmadi and Mr. Ghanvatiyan, who were arrested on the 11th of Aban [2 Nov. 2009], is unknown. Human Rights Activists News Agency, Religious Minorities Rights:…
Barring the burial of a deceased Baha’i
The Office of Protection of the city of Najaf-Abad has not delivered the body of a deceased Baha’i, Mrs. Puran Bahrampour, to her family to conduct her funeral. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency,…
Ban on Iran paper over Baha'i photo lifted
Editor’s Note: Iranian authorities banned Hamshahri, the popular daily, for using a photo of the Baha’i House of Worship (temple) in an ad by travel companies to promote tourism. It appears that the widespread criticism…
A Life of Repression
Anti-Americanism, open hostility towards Israel, a legal system that does not grant men and women equal rights, and a doctrine that calls itself the “rule of the supreme legal scholar” have determined the official philosophy…
Iran bans paper for running photo of Baha'i temple
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have banned the country’s largest-circulation newspaper for publishing a photo of a Baha’i temple, state media reported Monday. Iran’s Shiite cleric-led regime views the Baha’i religion as heretical and has…
Expulsion of a Baha’i Student from University
According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], in a continuation, and at an ever-increasing rate, of the expulsions of Baha’i students from universities in Iran, Ms. Yasama Jan Fada, a resident of Bandar-Lengeh (Provice…