Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti An Iranian Baha’i is part of the team behind Google’s newly-announced “discovery of the millennium” — the world’s first quantum computer. On 22 October, Google researchers announced that a computation that…
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Azita Rafizadeh, a Baha’i Citizen, Has Been Released from Evin Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRA News Agency (HRANA) – Azita Rafizadeh, a Baha’i citizen, was released from Evin Prison today after completing her sentence. She was arrested by security forces in November 2015…
The Underground Classrooms of Future Architects
Source: iranwire.com A film about the Baha’is of Iran and their commitment to education and resilience despite hostility from the leaders of the Islamic Republic has attracted thousands of public votes in the 2019 American Institute…
Baha’i Negin Tadrisi Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
Source: persian.iranhumanrights.org Translation by Iran Press Watch An informed source has told the Campaign that Negin Tadrisi, a Baha’i resident of Isfahan, who was arrested in 2017 during the bicentenary celebration of the birth of the…
Baha’i Detainee Denied Medical Treatment in Shiraz Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency: Hassan Momtaz Sarvestani, a Baha’i citizen detained at Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, has been prevented from hospitalization despite his acute heart problems. Today is…
A Life Living with Discrimination: A Letter by Negin Ghadimian, a Baha’i Detailing Her Discrimination-Filled Life from Evin Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Negin Ghadimian, a Baha’i detained in Evin Prison who was imprisoned for five years on December 18th 2017, has written an open letter about…
Evin Prison Infirmary Officials Deny Access to Emergency Dental Treatment for Negin Ghedamian
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Negin Ghedamian, a Bahá’í citizen imprisoned in the women’s ward of Evin Prison since 18 December 2017, has been deprived of going to a specialty…
Dr. Ismail Ghadirian: Exemplar of Social Action and Academic Activity
Source: www.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Ten days ago, September 7, 2018 was the last day of life for one of the founders of the Baha’i Institute of Higher Education (BIHE): Dr. Ismail…
Baha’i Woman Sent to Prison for BIHE Volunteer Work
Source: iranwire.com Fataneh Nabilzadeh, a Baha’i resident of the city of Mashhad, has been transferred to the city’s Central Prison in Vakilabad to start serving a one-year sentence. Intelligence Ministry agents arrested Nabilzadeh about five years…
The Forbidden University
Source: www.zeit.de First published in DIE ZEIT, 5th of July 2018 Mannheim, Germany Translated from German by Kiumars Yazdani Members of the Baha’i religion are banned from higher education in Iran. For thirty years they have been…
Interrogator: Of Course You Will Not Be Admitted to University, Because You are Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On May 22, 2011, in a coordinated and simultaneous operation, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided the homes of 39 Baha’i citizens connected with the Baha’i Institute for…
The Case of Babak Beheshti: Deprived of Education, Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Teaching Baha’i Students
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch “Babak Beheshti Vadeghan” was among several Baha’i citizens whose homes were targeted in a coordinated series of raids on May 22, 2011, by security forces of…
Nasim Bagheri, BIHE Instructor, Released from Prison After Completing 4-Year Sentence
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report by the “No to Harassment and Imprisonment of Bahá’í Compatriots Campaign”, Nasim Bagheri, one of the instructors of the Bahá’í Community and a collaborator…
Imprisoned Baha’i Teacher Told to Repent in Exchange for Furlough
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org The authorities of Evin Prison have told imprisoned Baha’i educator Azita Rafizadeh that she will only be considered for furlough if she apologizes for teaching online classes to members of her faith. “The prison authorities said…
BIHE Educator Arrested and Transferred to Prison to Begin Five-Year Sentence
Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Bahá’i citizen Negin Ghedamian was sent to prison for educating Bahá’i citizens. According to the “Not to Harass and imprison Bahá’i Compatriots campaign,” Negin Ghedamian, a Bahá’i citizen residing…
Five Years in Jail for Baha’i Teacher
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti On the morning of Wednesday, November 15, Hasan Momtaz, a teacher for the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), was arrested at his mother’s home in Shiraz and taken to Adelabad Prison.…
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