[BWNS 2 Aug 2012] WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — In a report released Monday, the United States painted a dark picture of religious freedom in Iran, documenting how the government there oppresses the followers of…
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For What Sin?
Iran Press Watch received this open letter form an individual. It is translated form its original Persian into English and presented here for general interest. In reading the letter I couldn’t help but thinking of…
Publication Review: Baha'is of Iran: Power, Prejudices and Persecutions
The relationship between religious majorities and minorities in the Middle East is often construed as one of domination versus powerlessness. While this may indeed be the case, to claim that this is only or always…
Groundbreaking documentary exposes century-old Iranian taboo
[BWNS, 21 Feb. 2012] LOS ANGELES — A feature-length film that examines the persecution of Iran’s Baha’is opens here this week, ahead of a program of screenings throughout the United States and in other countries. Iranian…
The Struggle for Human Rights in Iran: Building a New Middle-East, Speaker: Dr. Payam Akhavan, PhD.
Speaker: Dr Payam Akhavan, Time: 7:30pm, December 7th, 2011, Room 1900 @ Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University, 555 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada In 2009, the Middle-East witnessed its first social media revolution in Iran,…
Baha'i International Community calls for release of Christian pastor facing death sentence
[BWNS 4-Oct-2011] GENEVA — The Baha’i International Community has joined the call for the release of Youcef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor from Rasht, Iran. Pastor Nadarkhani, who is the father of two young children, leads a…
UNESCO chief inaugurates square for tolerance and peace in Haifa
While the Baha’is in Iran are facing severe persecution as direct result of prejudice and intolerance in Iran, the Baha’i International Community participates in inauguration of special space in Haifa dedicated to tolerance and peace,…
The text of the open letter from the Baha'i International Community to the Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Islamic Republic of Iran
Authorized Translation BAHÁ’Í INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY United Nations Office 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120, New York, NY 10017 USA Telephone: 212-803-2500, Fax: 212-803-2566, Email: [email protected] 26 August, 2011 The Honorable Kamran Daneshjoo Minister of Science,…
Open letter in Wall Street Journal says Iran’s persecution of Bahá’ís violates constitution
The Bahá’ís in Iran are not “others” — they are an inseparable part of the Iranian nation. Writing now in the 17 December 2010 edition of the Wall Street Journal Europe, Dr Kishan Manocha, Director of…
The Little Religion That Persists: The Baha'i in Israel
Time World, 14 July, 2011, By Karl Vick / Haifa Stepping into the gardens of the Shrine of the Bab is like entering a hallucination. They rise in steps all the way up the mountainside above…
Four Baha’i Citizens Arrested
(RAHANA, 7 July 2011) The security forces have arrested Maliheh Roozbeh, Zhinous Gholampour, Parvaneh Bahamin and behrouz Bahamin.
Academic conference explores "othering" of
TORONTO — Iranian scholars, many from globally prominent universities, gathered here for a groundbreaking academic conference on the persecution of Iran’s Baha’is. Titled “Intellectual Othering and the Baha’i Question in Iran,” the conference examined how Iranian…
Symposium on “Intellectual Othering and the Baha’i Question in Iran”, University of Toronto
The Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studied in corporation with Foundation for Iranian Studies presents an International Symposium onIntellectual Othering and the Baha’i Question in Iran at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 1-3, 2011.…
Iran's human rights violations: international condemnation spreads
(BWNS 26 June 2011) GENEVA — The worldwide outcry against the persecution of Iran’s Baha’i community has been joined by the Chilean Senate, a Muslim Senator in Canada, and prominent Indian organizations. The latest calls – for…
USCIRF condemns Iranian government attack on Baha’i education initiative
[USCRIF, May 24, 2011] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns the coordinated raids by Iranian authorities this weekend on numerous Baha’i homes and the arrests…
Petition to the Iranian Government for Immediate Release of the staff and faculty of the Bahá'í Institute of Higher Education
We, the concerned citizens of the Republic of India, wish to place on record our strongest remonstration for the brutal and senseless persecution of the Baha’is in general and the academic staff and administrators of…
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