On Monday, October 20, Drew Faust, the President of Harvard University, circulated the following letter: Dear Colleagues, I am writing to bring your attention to a Harvard initiative concerning scholars who face persecution. Seven years…
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U.N. concerned on Iran Human Rights
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday expressed concerns about possible human rights abuses in Iran and urged the country to do more to combat discrimination against women and minorities. While praising…
Iran’s Leader Considers Zoroastrians to be Infidels
A document that has profound implications for all religious minorities in Iran, including the Baha’i community of that nation, has come to light and is presented below in both its original version and a translation…
More on the destruction of the Isfahan Cemetery (plus video)
[On Saturday, 18 October 2008, the following report was posted in Persian by the prestigious Human Rights Activists of Iran at http://www.hrairan.com/Archive_87/1123.html — it is shared below in translation. It should be noted that the…
End the Persecution of Baha’is
[On Thursday 29 May 2008 the organization United Republicans of Iran demanded the immediate release of the Baha’i leaders incarcerated in March and May of that year, http://www.iranrepublic.org/, and their proclamation is shared below for…
Warning About Baha’i Population Increase
[Hardly a day goes by that a vicious attack against the Baha’i community is not published in one of the leading newspapers in Iran — this site will try to bring more of these to…
Shirin Ebadi at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, California
[On Tuesday, 14 October 2008, Mrs. Shirin Ebadi, Iran’s Nobel Peace Laureate and renowned lawyer for human and civil rights, spoke at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California. One of the kind Baha’i readers of…
Attack on the Baha’i Faith at a Conference on the History of Iran and the British Empire
The report below is in two parts: (1) extracts from remarks at a recent conference in Tehran provided in translation, and (2) a response from the perspective of the present writer against the accusations stated…
Song by Friends in Iran
Some Friends in Iran have sent us this song, available for download. The words are from a Baha’i addressing his persecutors. Innovative and touching. Listen to the Song: Download the MP3 file here.
The Case of Arash Shahsavandi: Expelled from University for Being Baha'i
[On Monday, 13 October 2008, the well-regarded organization “Human Rights Activists of Iran” published the following account by Arash Shahsavandi, a Baha’i student expelled from his university on account of his religion: http://www.hrairan.com/Archive_87/1114.html. The report…
Mehran Bandi: Imprisoned for Being Baha’i
[The Tehran-based prestigious organization “Human Rights Activists in Iran” just published an update on Mr. Mehran Bandi (http://hrairan.com/Archive_87/1110.html) on Sunday, 12 October 2008, which is offered below in translation. Previously on this site, the imprisonment…
Highest Ranking Student Barred for Being Baha’i
[On Monday, 6 October 2008, the prestigious organization Human Rights Activists in Iran published the following letter by a Baha’i student under file number 87-1073: http://www.hrairan.com/Archive_87/1095.html. This letter is offered below in translation. Ahang Rabbani.]…
New Threats Against the Baha’is of Iran
[The following report was filed by Hasan Zerehi, who is the editor-in-chief of Shahrvand, a Persian weekly published in Toronto, Canada. This essay (report no. 1197) was posted on Wednesday, 1 October 2008: http://fa.shahrvand.com/. It…
Imprisoned for Being Baha'i
[The following report was filed on Friday, 3 October 2008, with online service, Iran-Emrooz: http://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/news1/16743/ and is offered below in translation.] Summary Harassment and unbridled aggravation against Baha’i citizens continues in the central towns of…
What Crime Did These Trees Commit?
During the early hours of Saturday, 27 September 2008, the custodians and grounds-keepers of the Baha’i cemetery in Isfahan visited the cemetery (on the road leading to Nain in province of Yazd) and found all…
New Academic Year in Iran: But What about the Baha’i Students?
By Behrouz Setoodeh [Setoodeh is a prominent political activist and often writes informed social and political essays for Iran-Global online site. The following article was posted on 15 September 2008 at Iran Global and Peykarian.…
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