Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Maryam Dadgar According to the International Qur’an News Agency, Hojjatoleslam Seyed Abolfazl Razavi Ardekani, the temporary Imam (Friday prayer leader) of Shiraz, at the commemoration of the first…
[theglobeandmail.com, 5 June 2012] Payam Akhavan and Shirin Ebadi Published Tuesday, Jun. 05 2012, 2:00 AM EDT Last updated Wednesday, Jun. 06 2012, 2:18 PM EDT The massacre of 108 civilians in Houla on May 25 is…
[chronicle.com, 13 May 2012] By Sohrab Ahmari The Salvadoran jurist Reynaldo Galindo Pohl died this year at age 93. A former education minister and president of El Salvador’s National Constitutional Assembly, Pohl spent much of…
[emadtalisman.com, 31 May 2012, by Emad Talisman] The Islamic Republic of Iran’s (IRI) nuclear ambitions have been the recent focus of both the popular news media and western foreign policy agendas; however, for a great…
[educationunderfire.com] The story of Roxana Saberi’s time in prison with Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, two, of The Yaran (“the Friends”), sentenced to 20 years in prison simply for helping administer the needs of the Baha’i community in…
[CNN, 10 Nov 2011] By Tim Hume, for CNN, November 10, 2011 — Updated 1339 GMT (2139 HKT) London (CNN) — Today, Keivan Mohammad Hassan lives a peaceful life with his family as a civil…
[greenprophet.com, 28 Sep 2011, by Tinamarie Bernard] Members of the often persecuted Bahai faith are inherently green. The terrace of the Baha’i Shrine and Gardens in Haifa is the most stunning destination in Israel’s third largest…
Time World, 14 July, 2011, By Karl Vick / Haifa Stepping into the gardens of the Shrine of the Bab is like entering a hallucination. They rise in steps all the way up the mountainside above…
Imagine a country where it is not only illegal for some human beings to be friends [see here] with each other because of their religions, but where even their cows were once banned from grazing…
World Report 2011: Iran Events of 2010 Iran’s human rights crisis deepened as the government sought to consolidate its power following 2009’s disputed presidential election. Public demonstrations waned after security forces used live ammunition to…
December 9, 2010 – by Michael J. Totten Iran’s most repressed religious minority is also its largest. Members of the community are routinely imprisoned, frequently executed, banned from universities, and ruthlessly repressed economically. Tens of…
BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR International Religious Freedom Report 2010 November 17, 2010 The constitution states that Islam is the official state religion, and the doctrine followed is that of Ja’afari (Twelver) Shi’ism.…
(Iranian.Com, 5-Nov-1010, by Mona) — Susan Tebyanian, a Baha’i, commenced serving her 18 month prison sentence on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 [see http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/6167]. She is in Evin Prison along with two other Baha’i women, Sahba Rezvani…
1 November 2010, Farzam Faramarzi Weblog: Haji Agha’s important discovery: Reasons for Tendencies to join Baha’ism RASA news service has uncovered factors affecting the tendency to join Baha’ism! Any rational mind, after reading the article, would…
Iran Human Rights Review: Religion edited by Tahirih Danesh and Adam Hug Preface by Cherie Blair The Iran Human Rights Review is a new Foreign Policy Centre project that seeks to be an important resource…
Raha’s Letter (This letter is written on 8th Oct. 2010 in prison) Alluhuabha Kindly some dearest friends have already asked me for several times to write them how I spend time in prison. At first,…
