Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On January 14, the Islamic Republic executed Alireza Akbari, a former deputy defense minister and an Iranian-British dual national. But Akbari was not the first dual national sent to the gallows by the…
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The Forouhars: A Baha’i Couple Executed for Their Faith
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti The name Forouhar reminds most Iranians of Dariush Forouhar, the prominent nationalist politician who, with his wife Parvaneh, were assassinated in 1998 in what became known as the Chain Murders of intellectuals and critics of…
The Islamic Republic’s History of Massacring Kurdish Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Slaughter has been the Iranian government’s only response to protest over the past 43 years. And even as the September 16 death of the 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, at the hands of…
Baha’i Assemblies in Iran: Those Who were Kidnapped and those Who were Shot by Firing Squad
Source: www.radiofarda.com Fereshteh Ghazi Translation by Iran Press Watch August 30 is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Coercive and political disappearances is a continuing issue in Iran. The Assembly that was Disappeared,…
Tragic History of Baha’is Who Died in Prison
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Behnam Mahjoubi, a prisoner of conscience, was transferred from Evin Prison to Loghman Hospital in Tehran, on February 13, 2021. He was in a coma. Three days later doctors gave up hope for his…
For the Love of Their Country: The Doctor Who Treated his Prison Guards
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Health workers are on the front line of our defense against the coronavirus pandemic – including hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and nurses. But they are not in Iran; instead, they live in countries…
For the Love of Their Country: The Doctor With the Unforgettable Smile
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Health workers are on the front line of our defense against the coronavirus pandemic – including hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and nurses. But they are not in Iran; instead, they live in countries…
For the Love of Their Country: From Poverty to Medicine to Execution
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Health workers are on the front line of our defense against the coronavirus pandemic – including hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and nurses. But they are not in Iran; instead, they live in countries…
For the Love of Their Country: The Murder of a Family Doctor
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti “Why are you asking so many times: why did you kill Dr. Vafa’i? Why did you kill the doctors? Why did you kill seven Baha’is? They were spies. … If Dr. Vafa’i helped people…
Expulsions and Forced Migration Deprive Iran of Baha’i Physicians
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Officials at the Ministry of Health and Medical Education have repeatedly pointed out the serious shortage of doctors and nurses in Iran over the past few years.…
Deprivation of Primary Care Services from Baha’i Health Care Professionals
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Officials at the Ministry of Health have repeatedly expressed concern about Iran’s serious shortage of doctors and nurses over the past few years. This shortage has become…
41 Years of Arrest, Torture and Execution of Baha’i Doctors in Iran
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti The Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education has repeatedly pointed to a serious shortage of physicians and nurses in Iran over the past several years. The shortage became even more glaring…
36 Years On: The Baha’i Teenager Executed for Educating
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti June 18th marks the 36th anniversary of the execution of Mona Mahmoudinejad, a 17-year-old Baha’i woman, and nine other Baha’i women in Iran. Mona had been arrested by the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards…
Memories of the Baha’is of Iran, A Tear-Filled Tale: A Conversation With Mehraeen Mavaddat
By Nasrin Almasi Source: shahrvand.com Translation by Iran Press Watch I have been following the issues related to my Baha’i compatriots for years, and consider myself more or less aware of the magnitude of the…
The Launch of the Period of Bahá’í Killings During the Islamic Revolution
Source: www.akhbar-rooz.com By Soheila Vahdati Translation by Iran Press Watch The First Day The Period of Bahá’í Killings began during the Islamic Revolution, when, on August 14, 1978, Ziaullah Haghighat was deliberately run down by motorcycle. …
Farhang Amiri, Murdered September 28, 2016 in Yazd, Designated a Martyr by Universal House of Justice
Source: www.goldnews.biz Translation by Iran Press Watch Gold News reported that Mr. Farhang Amiri, a Baha’i citizen of Yazd murdered on September 28, 2016 in Yazd has been designated a martyr by the Universal House of…
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