By Shirin Karimi (a reporter for Rooz News Agency) Bahareh Hedayat, a central committee member of the student group Office for Student Unity [i.e. ISU “Daftar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat”] and former head of the organization’s women’s…
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Muslim Students Protest Baha’i Expelled from Iranian University
(From MidEastYouth.org) One of the weapons the Iranian government has employed to suppress its Baha’i population is denying its youth their right to an education, in what can only be described as an intellectual cleansing.…
Baha’i Faith and Social Action
An Encyclopedia article by Dr. Christopher Buck Christopher Buck’s “Baha’i Faith and Social Action” is an “invited” article, published in the Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, edited by Gary L. Anderson and Kathryn G.…
Baha’is Sentenced to 2-year Imprisonment
The following is reported by various agencies in Iran (sources given at the end): Subsequent to their 18 November 2008 trial by the revolutionary court of Yasuj, three active members of the Baha’i community of…
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Releases Report: “A Crime Against Humanity: The Islamic Republic’s Attacks on the Bahá’ís”
(New Haven, Connecticut, December 1, 2008) This new report from the IHRDC examines the Islamic Republic’s persecution of its Bahá’í citizens since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The report complements two earlier publications, A Faith…
Religious Minority Rights
By Christopher Buck In an increasingly globalized world, Islamic identity is ultimately a legal as well as a religious issue. This is especially true where the identities of religious minorities stand in tension with Islamic…
Discrimination Of Minorities In Iran
There are at least 28 Baha’is in jail in different parts of Iran who are imprisoned because of their religion. At any given moment, there may actually be more than this number, but sometimes Baha’is…
International: A Brief Look at Iran's Bahá'í Religious Minority
By James Gilman for Mcgill Since 1979 revolution, persecution of progressive faith has intensified The Bahá’í Faith is a monotheistic religion founded in mid-nineteenth century Persia (present-day Iran) by Mirza Hoseyn Ali Nuri, also known…
Iranian Press Targets Nobel Prize Winner Ebadi
By James Gilman for Mcgill McGill University has been at the centre of a number of allegations made by the official media of the Islamic Republic of Iran this year. The Islamic Republic News Agency,…
Brazilian Congressman on Baha'is in Iran
The following is a speech provided by Congressman Geraldo Resende at the October 16th, 2008 Session of Congress in Brazil. Translated by Sam Cyrous. BAHÁ’ÍS: MORE THAN A RELIGIOUS QUESTION — A QUESTION OF HUMAN…
Letter of Mrs. Moslemi to Iran's Judiciary
Translated by Ahang Rabbani The wife of Anvar Moslemi, who is a member of the Baha’i community of the province of Mazandaran, has written a letter to the Court that has jurisdiction over her husband’s…
Increased Baha’i Arrests
Translated by Ahang Rabbani While seven prominent Baha’is who previously served as coordinators of Baha’i activities in Tehran, three Baha’i youth in Shiraz and a number of other Baha’is throughout the country continue to remain…
Iranian Baha'i told "Your Education has been Terminated"
by Barney Leith Like thousands of other hopeful young Iranians Ameed Saadat sat Iran’s 2008 national university entrance examination. He passed was accepted to study hotel management at Goldasht College in Kelardasht, Mazandaran, and began…
UK Foreign Policy Centre challenges Iran on Human Rights
(BWNS) LONDON — The Foreign Policy Centre, a leading foreign affairs think tank in Britain, has published a new report on Iran titled “A Revolution Without Rights: Women, Kurds and Baha’is Searching for Equality in…
A Song by the Baha’i Youth of Iran
Despite various restrictions imposed on the Baha’i youth of Iran, their artistic expressions continue splendidly, as demonstrated by the following audio tape shared recently with Iran Press Watch. It is hoped that in the days…
A Video Documentary: “Persian Baha’is: A Persecuted Minority”
By Rebecca Kaufman and Deena Guzder Iran is the birthplace of the Baha’i religion. Yet in Iran, Baha’is are persecuted and their holy places have been closed and appropriated by the state. In the United…
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