Source: www.amnesty.org The Iranian authorities are intensifying their crackdown against human rights defenders, who have already been working under suffocating levels of repression. Human rights defenders are routinely portrayed in official statements and court verdicts as…
Source: negah.org By Fariba Davoodi Mohajer Translation by Iran Press Watch “Mr. Rouhani- I returned to the same school that once expelled me to vote for you. If you are not able to guarantee our rights,…
A living story of: “174 YEARS of CONSTRUCTIVE RESILIENCE” That will touch your heart and soul. By: Nasser Sedghi [Edited by: Anton Clark, Jen Cowley and Dr Taeed Quddusi] This article is intended to explore…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s recent declaration that security forces should “fire at will” against presumed enemies of the state is an established policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi…
Source: www.bic.org GENVEVA—13 June 2017—The two murderers of Mr. Farhang Amiri, a Baha’i who was stabbed to death in September 2016 in Iran, have been released on bail after having confessed to killing him because of…
Source: www.bic.org Geneva—29 May 2017— In a statement issued on Monday, 22 May, the UN Special Rapporteur on religious freedom highlighted the striking resemblance of recent assaults against the Baha’is in Yemen to that of the persecution…
Source: news.yale.edu Firuz Kazemzadeh, professor emeritus of history at Yale and former head of Davenport College, died on May 17, in California. He was 92 years old. Kazemzadeh was a leading member of the American Baha’i…
Source: en.radiofarda.com A spokeswoman for the World Baha’i Community said on May 17 that the rights of the Baha’i faithful in the past four years under Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have been “violated more than ever,…
Source: justice4iran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch First and Last name: HojjatulIslam Assadollah Jafari Biography: There is no background or educational information about Assadollah Jafari available. Responsibilities: At least since 2008 up to now: The Public…
Source: www.economist.com by A.V. THE Israeli city of Haifa is having a busy few days. On April 16th, in the twisting alleys around the harbour, Christians celebrated Easter. The previous day, local Jews had worshipped in…
Source: www.theislamicmonthly.com By Hasel Afshar, as told to TIM Editors. In Iran, I was persecuted for not being Muslim. In America, I was targeted because someone thought I was Muslim. I was born in a small…
Source: Baha’i International Community UN Human Rights Council – 34st Session, March 2017 Agenda Item 4 GENEVA—15 March 2017 Mr. President, For nearly four decades, the Iranian government has tried to eliminate the Baha’i community…
Source: Baha’i International Community Brussels—15 March 2017—Calling Iran’s efforts to oppress Baha’i businesses a form of “economic apartheid,” 13 members of the European Parliament and 19 MPs from seven national parliaments have signed a statement…
Source: www.di.se February 15, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch Today, Wednesday, Parliament recognizes the situation of the Baha’is, Iran’s largest and most seriously persecuted religious minority. Behind the scenes there is an ongoing economic apartheid…
Source: www.amnesty.org IRAN 2016/2017 The authorities heavily suppressed the rights to freedom of expression, association, peaceful assembly and religious belief, arresting and imprisoning peaceful critics and others after grossly unfair trials before Revolutionary Courts. Torture and…
By Masih Alinejad In this interview that Masih Alinejad has conducted with Ayatollah Alidoost, she directed him a question about the possibility of the expulsion of Muslim-Americans from the US after the presidency of Trump.…
