Source: www.iran-emrooz.net By Mohammad Arasi Translation by Iran Press Watch The meeting of Faezah Hashemi, Sajedeh Arabsorkhi, Jila Bani Yaghoub, Mahsa Amrabadi and Nasrin Sotoudeh with one of the leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community: Fariba…
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Cartoon 146: No Friendship with Baha’is!
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Faezeh Hashemi, the outspoken daughter of prominent former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has been threatened with prosecution by a high ranking Judiciary official following her meeting with Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi and other well-known civil…
Do Baha’is Enjoy Full Citizenship Rights in Iran?
Source: BBC Persian, 17th of May 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi 1, one of the Grand Ayatollahs in the Iranian religious studies center in Qum, has strongly condemned the visit of Faezeh…
“Belief Cannot Be a Basis for Legal Offence or Religious Sin”
Source: zeitoons.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 21 May 2016 A statement by a group of modern religious scholars about the necessity to be tolerant toward those who think or believe differently: Belief cannot be a basis…
Human Rights Remain Nonexistent for Iran’s Bahai Population
Source: www.washingtonpost.com By Elliott Abrams May 12 at 9:06 PM Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, was U.S. deputy national security adviser for global democracy strategy from 2005…
Iran: Religious Freedom Conditions Continued to Deteriorate over the past Year, Particularly for Religious Minorities
Source: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Iran Chapter – 2016 Annual Report Key Findings Religious freedom conditions continued to deteriorate over the past year, particularly for religious minorities, especially Baha’is, Christian converts, and…
Iran’s Coming in from the Cold, but Bahá’ís Are Still Frozen Out
Source: www.timeshighereducation.com Discrimination and university expulsions continue to blight the lives of this religious minority, writes Shabnam Moinipour Source: Corbis “Kids, we are leaving Iran,” said my dad in a calm but firm manner. I was…
State Department Highlight’s Iran’s Violations of Civil Rights and Free Expression
Source: irannewsupdate.com By INU Staff INU – On Thursday, the Human Rights Activists News Agency pointed out that the United States Department of State had issued its annual report on human rights throughout the world. As in years past,…
Kurdpa’s Exclusive Interview with the World Baha’i Community Spokesperson
Source: www.kurdpa.net Translation by Iran Press Watch In recent years, pressure on adherents of Baha’i Faith has systematically increased. This pressure has been manifested in oppression, arrests, and deprivation of the followers of the Baha’i Faith…
Iran: Call for a Coherent and Multi-Faceted Human Rights Strategy
Source: www.fidh.org 12/04/2016 OPEN LETTER On 12th April 2016, FIDH and its Iranian leagues LDDHI and DHRC sent this open letter to Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,…
Iranian Judiciary Took No Action Despite Formal Complaint Detailing Torture of Baha’is in Prison
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Letter Comes To Light Three Years after Brutal Physical Abuse of Detained Baha’is Details of torture inflicted upon twelve Baha’is by interrogators three years ago at Amir Abad prison and detention centers in Iran’s Golestan…
With Flawed Legal System, Iran Continues to Violate Human Rights Say Top UN Officials
Source: Bahai International Community Geneva—15 March 2016—Iran continues to violate a wide range of human rights, including those of its Baha’i citizens, according to reports issued by two high-level United Nations officials. UN Secretary General…
Human Rights in Iran Are Still Atrocious
Source: www.economist.com While Iran reopens to the West, repression still prevails at home Mar 24th 2016 | Middle East and Africa DESPITE a lessening of tension between Iran’s government and the West since last year’s agreement…
Iran: Joint Letter to Member States of the UN Human Rights Council
Source: Human Rights Watch MARCH 17, 2016 To: Member States of the UN Human Rights Council Your Excellency, We, the undersigned human rights and civil society groups, write to you to call on your…
Mr. Zarif’s Disconnect on Human Rights
Source: www.washingtonpost.com By Masih Alinejad May 15, 2015 Masih Alinejad is an Iranian journalist living in New York and creator of the My Stealthy Freedom campaign on Facebook. During an interview last month with TV host Charlie Rose, Iranian…
Iran Justice System Explored at Screening of BBC film at UN
Source: Baha’i International Community GENEVA—7 March 2016—The justice system in Iran continues to be arbitrary and unfair, according to a group of experts who spoke following the screening of a BBC documentary about Iran’s “revolutionary…
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