Source: en.iranwire.com Monday 17 August 2015 IranWire Global and Iranian history are both closely intertwined with the lives and destinies of prominent figures. Every one of them has laid a brick on history’s wall, sometimes paying the…
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Fresh Graffiti against Baha’is in Tehran
Source: hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – On the night of July 25-26, a Bahai home in the Shahrak-e Gharb district in North-west Tehran was defaced with the usual unimaginative slogan: “Death to Baha’i.” According to the report of…
A Child’s Plea in Iran
Source: www.washingtoninternational.com June 28, 2015 (Editor’s Note: The following letter, written by Farid Kashani, was given to the judge at a Iranian court hearing the case of his mother for practicing the Baha’i faith. Surprisingly, the…
3 Brave Ladies Who Fought for Equality in Iran — Even If Iran Is Still WAY behind on Women’s Rights
Source: nytlive.nytimes.com By Nina Ansary 6/23/15 One was strangled by her executioners with a silk scarf, and the other two were masters of the written word. The insistent cry for women’s freedom has been heard for…
The High Council for the Cultural Revolution, in a Secret Document: the Development and Advancement of Baha’is Must Be Blocked.
Source: sahamnews.org The High Council for the Cultural Revolution, in a secret document: The development and advancement of Baha’is must be blocked. According to a document with a security classification of “secret”, which has been made…
Selective Truths Revealed: The Case of Iranian Search Engines
Source: globalvoicesonline.org From top to bottom, the logos of Parsijoo, Yooz, and GorGor. Mixed by Amin Sabeti. This post was written by Small Media researcher Kyle Bowen, and is based on Small Media’s latest Iranian Internet Infrastructure and Policy (IIIP) report.…
Cry of Rage Against This Injustice
Source: www.facebook.com/Freeiqanshahidi Translation by Iran Press Watch By Forouzan Amini, the mother of Ighan Shahidi, in recognition of the third year of her son’s imprisonment; Dear Ighan, April ninth is the commemoration of your separation from…
Interview With a Baha’i Sentenced to Death
Source: exilesactivist.wordpress.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By: Morteza Esmailpour 3/18/2015 In an interview with Peace Activists in Exile Campaign (PAEC), Behnam Roghani, a Baha’i citizen who was previously sentenced to death, talked about his…
Human Rights Violations – Iran’s Policy to Block Progress of Bahá’í Youth
Iran’s government has a policy to destroy the Bahá’í community in that country. The denial of access for Bahá’ís to higher education is one of many strategies implemented to achieve that aim. To learn more…
Iran Disseminated Some 4900 Items of Anti-Baha’i Propaganda in 2014
Source: www.bic.org The Situation of Baha’is in Iran Question to the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, interactive dialogue, 28th Session of the Human Rights Council Human Rights 16…
Leader of the Fatwa against Baha’is: No One Has Any Objections to Non-Muslims
Source: http://digarban.com/node/21325 Translation by Iran Press Watch 17 February, 2015 Ali Khamenei, who does not consider the association of Muslims with Baha’is to be permitted, in his most recent speech claimed that in the Islamic Republic…
UN Sends Strong Signal to Iran on Human Rights
Source: Baha’i World News Service UNITED NATIONS — The UN Third Committee today sent a strong signal to Iran, exhorting its government to live up to its international human rights obligations. By a vote of…
Death of Dignity in Iran
Source: huffingtonpost by Marjan Keypour Greenblatt Co-Founder, Alliance for Rights of All Minorities (ARAM) Posted: 11/17/2014 Is there a greater catastrophe than the loss of a child? If you are Baha’i in Tabriz, the death of…
Iran’s Human Rights Record Under Scrutiny at the UN
Source:en.iranwire.com/features/6107/ Friday 31 October 2014 Shima Shahrabi Iran’s human rights record will once again come under scrutiny today, as the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) begins its Universal Periodic Review process of the country in Geneva. Crucial…
Iran Fails to Address Calls for Greater Religious Freedom
Source: Baha’i World News, news.bahai.org/story/1028 31 October 2014 GENEVA — Iran’s response during a major review of its human rights record today failed to adequately address repeated calls by other governments here for greater respect for religious…
Opinion: Iran should stand trial for persecution of Baha’i
Source: montrealgazette.com/news/world/opinion-iran-should-stand-trial-for-persecution-of-bahai More from Irwin Cotler and Renée Maria Tremblay, Special to Montreal Gazette Published on: October 30, 2014Last Updated: October 30, 2014 3:44 PM EDT In Geneva on Friday, Oct. 31, the United Nations Human Rights Council is…
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