Source: www.rferl.org Prominent Iranian human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh has been on a hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin prison for more than three weeks to protest the risk that political prisoners in Iran face amid the…

Source: www.rferl.org Prominent Iranian human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh has been on a hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin prison for more than three weeks to protest the risk that political prisoners in Iran face amid the…
Source: www.youtube.com By Senator Sharon Keogan Some of you will know that the largest religious minority in Iran is the Baha’i faith and many of you around this country will know many Baha’is that live in…
Source: iranwire.com Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof has faced harassment and intimidation for the last two years, following on from a one-year prison sentence handed down in September 2017. Authorities also banned him from joining political parties or…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org A group of prominent political and civil rights activists in Iran has issued a statement condemning the imprisonment of a councilman after he publicly denounced the arrests of two citizens for their religious beliefs,…
Source: en.radiofarda.com A member of Shiraz city council in Iran was taken from his home to prison to serve a one-year sentence Sunday June 2, his wife said in a tweet. Mehdi Hajati was first arrested…
Source: Persian Media Production A note on the Mohammad Rasoulof film, “A Man of Integrity” By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch In May 2017, news spread on websites and in film media: “A…
Source: www.peace-mark.org By Muhammad Moghimi Peace Mark Monthly – Our Baha’i compatriots avoid any political activity, and basically, the Baha’i community in Iran has had no administration since 1983. Therefore it is impossible for them to…
Source: www.hra-News.org By Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari Translation by Iran Press Watch The Peace Line Monthly – By now, most regular consumers of media have been exposed to recent reports exhumation of Baha’i woman was exhumed (apparently overnight)…
Source: www.iranwire.com A new cartoon by IranWire colleague Mana Neyestani appears in two frames. The first frame, which features the text “Germany, 1930s,” refers to the persecution of the Jews under Hitler. The second frame, with…
Source: humanrightsiniran.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the website of Human Rights in Iran, film producer Kaveh Farnam has reported that the passport of Mohammad Rasoulof was confiscated upon his return to Iran on…
Source: www.defenddemocracy.org By Tzvi Kahn 24th May 2017 – FDD Policy Brief May 14 marked the ninth anniversary of Iran’s imprisonment of seven Baha’i leaders for the crime of practicing their faith. This grim milestone reflects…
Source: www.bbc.com By Mohammad Heydari Translation by Iran Press Watch The “Baha’i problem” in Iran is one of the central predicaments for us. Baha’is are “the true Other ” to majority Shi’ites; how we deal with…
Source: news.gooya.com Translation by Iran Press Watch About 132 business units and shops belonging to Baha’i compatriots have been sealed and closed under false pretexts in Iran during the last month. Baha’is do not have a…
Source: www.news.bahai.org In recent years, individuals and groups from within and outside of Iran have raised the call for justice, human rights, and a culture of inclusion in the country. Though more and more voices are…
Source: Mohammad Nourizad Translation by Iran Press Watch Earlier I had kissed feet of four-year-old Artin1. This time I kissed Bashir’s feet. Bashir is a six-year-old boy. Bashir, with his little age, soul, and body, is very…
Source: www.bahai.ie “As a Holocaust survivor I am calling on the people of Ireland and the international community to protect the Baha’i community in Iran. On June 8th a UN statement has revealed that their very existence may be…