Iran: End Persecution of Baha’is Dozens Detained Without Charge; Leaders Face Charges Carrying Death Penalty FEBRUARY 23, 2010 Human Rights Watch (New York) – The Iranian government should immediately stop harassing and arbitrarily detaining members…
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Faith Complex: Sovaida Ma'ani Ewing and Jacques Berlinerblau
Faith Complex: Sovaida Ma`ani Ewing and Jacques Berlinerblau Sovaida Ma’ani Ewing speaks of the persecution of the Baha’i in Iran and the ongoing trial of 7 community members accused of spying for Israel and the…
Appeal to Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Appeal to Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Le Monde, February 5, 2010 Seven Baha’is are at risk of the death penalty in Iran today. In detention for 20…
The Trial of the Yaran under the Iranian “Citizens’ Rights” and “Legal Procedures for Revolutionary Courts” Standards
The Trial of the Yaran under the Iranian “Citizens’ Rights” and “Legal Procedures for Revolutionary Courts” Standards [Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch is presenting a new work in a series of analytical articles around the…
Baha'is saddened by portrayal of Baha'i Faith in new TV series shown on network connected to Iranian government
Baha’is saddened by portrayal of Baha’i Faith in new TV series shown on network connected to Iranian government 24 Bahman 1388/ 13 Feb 2010 Geneva – Baha’i World News Service (BWNS) 13 February 2010 The…
More arrests of Baha'is just hours before the 22nd of Bahman [11 Feb 2010]
11 Feb. 2010 More arrests of Baha’is just hours before the 22nd of Bahman [11 Feb 2010] The news of the arrest of six Baha’is in the early hours were still fresh when another three Baha’is…
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Releases “Violent Aftermath: The 2009 Election and Suppression of Dissent in Iran”
FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 12, 2010, 6 P.M. Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Releases “Violent Aftermath: The 2009 Election and Suppression of Dissent in Iran” With presentations by Shadi Sadr and Payam Akhavan NEW YORK, NY…
We are not Spies: We are Iranians; we are human beings; we love our country.
We are not Spies: We are Iranians; we are human beings; we love our country. [Mansour Taeed is a playwright, actor and director. He came to the United States at the age of sixteen. He…
Security Agents Raid the Homes of Tehran’s Baha’is and Arrest Them
February 10, 2010 From the early hours of this morning, security agents began to raid the homes of a number of Baha’is in Tehran and arrested them. HRANA – According to the Committee of Human…
Baha'i leaders make second court appearance
7 February 2010 (BWNS) GENEVA — Seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders appeared in court today in Iran for a second session of their trial. The session was once again closed, and family members were not permitted…
Three year sentence for Iranian Baha'i
(HRA) 27 Day 1388 [17 Jan 2010] Mr. Siamak Ighani, a Baha’i resident of Semnan, Iran, has been sentenced to three years in prison for propaganda against the Iranain Government and teaching the Baha’i Faith.
Physical assault on two Baha'i students by their Qur'an teacher
Tuesday 29 Day 1388 [19 Jan 2010] Society for Combating against Educational Discrimination ( P.C.E.D. ): Physical assault on two Baha’i students by their Qur’an teacher Following a series of governmental activities aimed at the denial…
The Baha’i Hunt in Iran…
10 Jan., 2010 I am not Baha’i. I didn’t even know Baha’is existed! What a strange name – Baha’i… In Iran, they are pursuing Baha’is, imprisoning them, destroying their possessions. But what crime are they…
Iran bans paper for running photo of Baha'i temple
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have banned the country’s largest-circulation newspaper for publishing a photo of a Baha’i temple, state media reported Monday. Iran’s Shiite cleric-led regime views the Baha’i religion as heretical and has…
Search of the House of a Baha’i in Babol
According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], based on reports from the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, on Wednesday the 29th of Mehr [21 Oct.], Intelligence Office agents of the city…
Theft at the Baha’i cemetery in Sangsar
According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], based on reports from the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, unidentified persons took one of the two large water tanks at the Baha’i cemetery…
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