Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report by the No to the Harassment of Baha’i Citizens campaign, on Monday November 14, Shahin Negari was released from prison after serving his full four-year…
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Baha’i Artist Shahriar Cyrus Sentenced to Five-Year Imprisonment
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch 31 October, 2016 The Baha’i painter Shahriar Cyrus, who was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents on 30 June 2015, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Based…
A Letter from Azita Rafizadeh, from the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report by BahaiNews, Azita Rafizadeh, a Baha’i imprisoned at Evin Prison, has written a letter from the women’s ward of that prison, which is published…
Nasim Bagheri Charges: Teaching Baha’i Youth
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch On Sunday morning, 29 April 2014, intelligence agents arrested Nasim Bagheri, one of the professors at Iran’s “Baha’i Institute of Higher Education” (BIHE), at her…
A Report on Nasim Bagheri’s Situation in Evin Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Nasim Bagheri, one of the instructors of Bahai Online University, was arrested in June 2011 and sentenced to 4 years in prison. She is suffering from thyroid but despite multiple…
Underground University: Bay Area Teachers Beam Secret Online Classes to Iran
Source: www.mercurynews.com By Katy Murphy, [email protected] Farhad Sabetan poses for a photograph at Cal State East Bay in Hayward, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. Sabetan is an economics lecture at the university. (Anda Chu/Bay Area…
Interview with BIHE Instructor
Source: Amber Lee (facebook page) By Amber Lee It’s easy to take education for granted. I met a Cal State East Bay professor who teaches economics to students on campus. But when he’s off, he…
Secret Meetings
Source: www.ebtoday.com By Natalie Feulner Students of the Bahá’í faith are banned from education in Iran — but that doesn’t stop lecturer Farhad Sabetan from teaching them Cal State East Bay economics lecturer Farhad Sabetan…
Fouad Moghaddam Released on Two Months’ Furlough with Moratorium on His Sentence
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, Fouad Moghaddam, a Baha’i resident of Isfahan, came home for two months’ leave, which may be extended, and his conviction was suspended. According to a…
Dire Health Condition of Dr Foad Moghaddam in Raja’i Shahr Prison
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The Bazdasht website has reported the dire health condition of the 66 year old Baha’i prisoner Dr Foad Moghaddam. Dr Moghaddam, who is a physician, has been in Raja’i…
Shahin Negari’s Charges: Teaching Baha’i Youth
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Shahin Negari was born in September 1969 in a family of six (father, mother and four sons) in Mashhad. He is the second son, and his…
Two Years Have Passed Since the Imprisonment of Nasim Bagheri
Source: bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Bazdasht, 27 April 2016 is the second anniversary of the imprisonment of Nasim Bagheri. Mrs Nasim Bagheri was born in Tehran in 1983. She was arrested on…
Not a Crime’s Very Own Harlem Renaissance
Source: en.iranwire.com By Saleem Vaillancourt David “Rabi” Torres, one-half of the artist duo Cyrcle, painted this “Mad in Iran” broken ruler in Harlem. New York, US The Not A Crime campaign is back in New York to paint a…
Kamran Morteza’i Farid Released from Raja’i Shahr Prison
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA: At the end of his 5-year prison sentence, Kamran Morteza’i Farid, a Baha’i, has been released from Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj. According to HRANA (Human Rights Activists…
Iranian Baha’i Educator Faran Hessami Released
Source: en.iranwire.com Faran Hessami, an Iranian Baha’i educator, has been released after four years in prison. Faran Hessami and her husband Kamran Rahimian were arrested along with dozens of teachers and administrators at the Baha’i Institute of…
These Students Surprised Me When I Thought I Could No Longer Be Surprised
Source: bangordailynews.com By Sandra Lynn Hutchison, Special to the BDN April 10, 2016 With a quarter-century of experience as a university professor behind me, I thought I could no longer be surprised by my students. I…