Source: bbc.com/persian Sepehr Atefi 11 October 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch On 11 November 1979, Dr. Alimorad Davoodi, secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly (NSA) of the Baha’is of Iran, and professor of philosophy…
Baha’i Martyrs
August 21st: The Anniversary of the Arrest of a Group of Elected Baha’i Officials
Source: Tavaana: E-Learning Institute for Iranian Civil Society Translation by Iran Press Watch Thirty-five years ago, on a day like this Kambiz Sadegh Zadeh and ten other elected Baha’i officials were arrested. On his personal Facebook…
50 Iranian Women You Should Know: Jinous Nemat Mahmoudi
Source: en.iranwire.com Tuesday 04 August 2015 IranWire Global and Iranian history are both closely intertwined with the lives and destinies of prominent figures. Every one of them has laid a brick on history’s wall, sometimes paying the…
Execution of the Seven Baha’is in Hamadan; “Judgment Day in the Eyes of Bahireh”
Source: iranwire.com/features/6478/ Translation by Iran Press Watch Aida Ghajar Monday, September 1, 2014 Following the 1978 revolution and the rule of the clerics, opposition to Baha’is began in Iran. Arrests of members of local and National…
Execution of the Bahais of Hamadan: Zhinous’s Memories of the Seven Martyrs
Source: iranwire.com/features/6483/ Translation by Iran Press Watch Ayda Ghajar September 2014 Zhinous Nemat Mahmoudi (1), a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Iran, was tried and convicted by a secret court without…
They Gave up Their Lives Rather than Give up Their Faith
Randolph Dobbs LA Consciousness Examiner June 28, 2013 It’s been 30 years and still the image of their faces, not to mention the news of their execution, captures the imagination of all those who struggle for…