Source: Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Translation by Iran Press Watch The supervisors of the biggest cemetery in Tabriz, named Vadi Rahmat, from 2011 until now have denied burial in the cemetery to 44 Baha’is. According…
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Burial Denied to a Baha’i in Ahvaz
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a “BahaiNews” report, a deceased Baha’i citizen was denied burial rights in the Baha’i cemetery in the city of Ahvaz for six days. Eventually the deceased…
Five Days Since the Death of a Baha’i, Authorities Have Not Issued a Burial Permit
Source: BahaiNews 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, the body of Ms. Rezvanieh Nabavi Dehkharghani, a Baha’i citizen, is still being kept in the cold storage unit at the Vadi-e Rahmat Cemetery…
Why Are Burial Rights Being Denied to a Baha’i in Iran?
11 JAN 2015, POSTED BY ALISON LESLEY Source: www.worldreligionnews.com/issues/why-are-burial-rights-being-denied-to-a-bahai-in-iran SHAMEL BINA PASSED AWAY IN OCTOBER 2014, BUT HIS REMAINS ARE UNBURIED BECAUSE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE REFUSING BURIAL RIGHTS. What should have been a period of mourning for most…
Two Months in the Morgue: One Facet of Campaign to Make Iranian Baha’is Invisible
Source: Baha’i World News Service 29 December 2014 GENEVA — The body of a Baha’i has been held in the morgue for nearly two months in the large, southern Iranian city of Ahvaz because local…
Even in death, Iran's Baha'is face persecution
[BWNS, 19 Jan. 2012] GENEVA — Eighteen years ago, Baha’is in the Iranian city of Sanandaj were allocated a one-hectare parcel of barren land at the side of a road for use as a cemetery. This…
In new affront, authorities say they will bury an Iranian Baha'i as a Muslim
[BWNS, 10 Aug 2011] GENEVA — In an outrageous new incident of religious discrimination, authorities in the city of Tabriz, Iran, have refused to allow Baha’is to bury a relative in accordance with Baha’i law –…
Prevention of burial of a Baha’i citizen in Mashhad
HRA News- On the morning of Monday Tir 28th [July 19th] , officers of “Behesht Reza” [i.e. the public cemetery] of Mashhad refused to release corps of a Baha’i woman named Marziyeh Gholamy (Pardel), who…
Semnan, Iran: The small city is a fertile breeding ground for anti-Baha’i activities
[Edior: Semnan seems to be a testing ground of systematic anti-Baha’i activities in form of persecution, arrests, refusal to education, and refusal of all community life including burial. Iran Press Watch has carried many stories…
Barring the burial of a deceased Baha’i
The Office of Protection of the city of Najaf-Abad has not delivered the body of a deceased Baha’i, Mrs. Puran Bahrampour, to her family to conduct her funeral. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency,…
Burial of a Deceased Baha’i Prevented
The following report was posted on the online site of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters on Friday, September 25, 2009, and appears below in translation: After the destruction in recent days of the Baha’i…
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