Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—18 November 2020—In spite of the ongoing pandemic, a committee of the United Nations General Assembly considered and approved a resolution today calling on Iran to observe human rights for all its citizens,…
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This Year Too, Baha’i Citizens Are Not Allowed to Enter University; Systematic Discrimination in the Homeland
Source: www.zeitoons.com Shiva Nazarahari Translation by Iran Press Watch This year’s controversial nationwide university entrance exams, in the middle of the coronavirus outbreak and after several delays, was carried out in the middle of the summer.…
Sweden’s Foreign Minister Meets Baha’is to Express Concern Over Human Rights Violations in Iran and Yemen
Source: www.bic.org BRUSSELS—28 October 2020—Ann Linde, Foreign Minister of Sweden, met virtually last week with representatives of the Baha’i community of Sweden and the Baha’i International Community’s Brussels and Geneva offices to discuss the persecution of Baha’is in…
Security Forces Confiscate Baha’i Lands by Citing Clerics
Source: www.independentpersian.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Amir Soltanzadeh Writer and Journalist Seizure of land with Title Deeds in Roshankooh village under excuse of Protecting Natural Resources Recently, the Natural Resources Department of Mazandaran Province…
UN Investigator: Rights of Minorities to Worship Undermined
Source: apnews.com UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special investigator on religious freedom urged countries to repeal laws undermining the right of minorities to worship and hold beliefs, pointing as examples to China’s detention of Uighurs,…
Baha’is and Women in Iran Victims of Discrimination in Seeking Higher Education
Source: www.independentpersian.com By: Amir Soltanzadeh, Persian independent journalist Translation by Iran Press Watch Discriminatory admission is still present in the process of entering universities in Iran. Even though the capacity of universities to admit women has…
The Second Report of the German Government on the Worldwide Situation of Religious Freedom Emphasizes Persecution of the Bahá’ís in Iran
Source: iran.bahai.de On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, the German federal government published its second report on the worldwide situation of religious freedom. MP Markus Grübel, Federal Government Commissioner for Worldwide Religious Freedom in the Federal Ministry for Economic…
Announcing Results of National Entrance Exam and Depriving Baha’is of University Education
Source: bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On the occasion of the announcement of the results of the national examination for university entrance, a number of Baha’i students have stated that, as has been the…
Baha’is Barred from Entering University for the Fortieth Year in a Row
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti “We deprived of higher education two generations of Baha’i compatriots who made their way through primary school and high school by suffering thousands of humiliations and insults. Now it is the turn…
Iran Sentences Five Bahai Women to Total Five Years of Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Nika Pakzadan, Faraneh Daneshgari, Sanaz Ishaqi, Nakisa Hajipour and Naghmeh Zabihian, five Baha’i citizens living in Mashhad, were each sentenced by the Mashhad Revolutionary Court to one…
German Parliament Debate on Human Rights Situation in Iran Mentions Persecution of Bahá’ís Multiple Times
Source: iran.bahai.de On 8 October 2020, the German Parliament (Bundestag) debated motions by the Greens entitled “Iran – Condemn human rights violations and consistently demand obligations under international law” (19/22561) and the FDP parliamentary group entitled…
More Baha’is Begin Serving Prison Sentences in Iran Simply for Their Beliefs
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Farid Zirgi Moghaddam began serving his five-year sentence in the central prison in the city of Birjand, in South Khorasan province in eastern Iran, on October 19, 2020—a prison sentence that was based solely…
Home Search and Confiscation of Personal Belongings of Three Baha’is in Yazd
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The homes of Katayoun Shahriari, Peyman Rouhi and Iman Rashidi, Baha’i citizens living in Yazd, were searched by security forces on Tuesday, October 6th. Upon entering one…
Support Grows in Congress to Condemn Iran’s Abuses Against Baha’i Community
Source: www.bahai.us Resolutions are under consideration in the 116th U.S. Congress, as in past two-year congressional sessions, highlighting and condemning human rights abuses the Iranian government has carried out against the Baha’is in Iran. They are House…
Source: 2 Baha’i Women in Iran Report to Prison to Begin Sentences for Practicing Their Faith
Source: www.voanews.com Michael Lipin, Ramin Haghjoo WASHINGTON – Two Iranian Baha’i women have reported to a prison in eastern Iran to begin serving sentences for peacefully practicing their faith after authorities apparently ignored appeals to…
Baha’i Shahnaz Sabet Transferred to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz to Serve Her Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Shahnaz Sabet, a Baha’i citizen living in Shiraz, was arrested this morning, Monday, October 13, and transferred to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz to serve her…
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