Source: www.payvand.com Twenty four Iranian Baha’is who had been sentenced to heavy sentences ranging from 6 to 11 years for charges ranging from threatening national security to links to espionage, were acquitted from the charge that…
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A Comprehensive Report on the Situation of 9 Imprisoned Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – Fariba Kamal Abadi, Jamal-Aldin Khanjani, Mahvash Sabet, Afif Naimi, Saeed Rezai, Behrouz Tavakoli and Vahid Tizfah, are the seven administrative members of the Baha’i Community known as “Yaran-e Iran”, who along…
A Report about 8 Imprisoned Bahais from Gorgan
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Siamak Sadri, Farhad Eghbali, Farhad Fahandej, Farahmand Sanaei, Foad Fahandej, Payam Markazi, Kamal Kashani and Korosh Ziyari, 8 Bahais were arrested in 2012, and tried in branch umber 28 of…
24 Baha’is Appeal Court Held in Golestan Province
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – The court session of 24 Baha’is was held in Golestan province. Due to the high number of defendants, continuation of the session was adjourned until next week. These civilians have…
Appeals Court Sessions for Baha’is, Who Were Sentenced to Prison for a Collective 193 Years, Were Concluded in Just a Few Minutes
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency: On June 27, 24 Baha’is from Golestan Province who were collectively sentenced to a total of 193 years in prison, were summoned to the Third Branch…
Ten NGOs Demand Justice for 32 Bahá’ís in Iran
Source: justice4iran.org Ten NGOs wrote to the EU authorities expressing deep concern over the case of 32 Iranian Bahá’ís who were sentenced to a collective 238 years in prison in essence for practicing their faith. The NGOs pointed…
A Letter from the Heart, by Ava Sana’i, a Baha’i in the City of Gorgan
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch As reported by the “No to Oppression and Imprisonment of Our Fellow Iranian Baha’is” Campaign, twenty four Baha’i residents were sentenced to over a combined 193 years of imprisonment,…
A Note from Baher Hedayati, a Baha’i Citizen, Regarding His Wife’s Sentence of Nine Years in Prison
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran” campaign: 24 Baha’i citizens have been sentenced to 193 years’ imprisonment by a Gorgan court. These verdicts are among the…
A Note from Nariman Mavaddat, a Baha’i Citizen, Following the Sentencing of His Mother to 6 Years in Prison
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the campaign “No to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens”: Nariman, a Baha’i citizen, following the sentencing of his mother (Soudabeh Mehdi Nejad) to 6 years…
Heavy Sentences Imposed on Baha’is of Gorgan, Gonbad-e Qabus and Minudasht
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran” Campaign, citing Baha’i News: 24 Baha’is have been sentenced to over 193 years…
Final Trial Of The Gorgan Baha’is
Source: hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – On December 27, 2015, the Revolutionary Court in Gorgan, in Iran’s Golestan Province, held the eighth and last in a series of trials of the Baha’is who were arrested in…
Three More Bahais Tried in Gorgan
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily On October 12 a court in Gorgan, in Iran’s Golestan Province, held the sixth in a series of trials of the Baha’is who were arrested in the Province in October,…
Trial of Three Baha’is in Golestan Province
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – A group trial of three Baha’i citizens has been held in Golestan Province. Based on a report by HRANA (the News Agency of Human Rights…
Thirty-Four Months Imprisonment without Even a Day of Furlough – about the Prisoner of Conscience, Farhad Fahandej
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch July 27, 2015 Kian Sabeti Tens of unknown prisoners of conscience are serving time in different cities of Iran, but only the names of a few of them are…
Trial of Four Baha’is in Gorgan
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – For the fourth time, a group trial of Baha’i citizens of Golestan Province has been held, in this case for Ms. Roofia Pakzadan, Ms. Shohreh…
Three Baha’is Tried in Gorgan
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Hana Aghighian, a Bahai from Gorgan, and Bita Hedayati and Hana Kushkebaghi, from Gonbad-e Kavus, were tried in Gorgan on April 25. Mrs Kushkebaghi was not present, as she had…