Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch At a celebration of the 200th anniversary of birthday of Baha’u’llah, the prophet-founder of the Bahá’í Faith, members of the Faith expressed their concerns about the persecution of their…
Persecution of Baha’is
Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof Summoned to Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Ministry of Culture and Media / Passport Confiscated
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…
Iran’s Beleaguered Baha’is
Source: www.dailypioneer.com Following the dismantling of the sanctions regime, as India prepares to strengthen economic ties with Iran, it must ask itself: As a pluralistic nation, home to persecuted people from all over the world, can…
Ask the Iranians About Their Baha’i Citizens
Source: medium.com By Maziar Bahari The Iranian government has a choice to make when President Hassan Rouhani visits New York this month: It can either remain a backward regime led by fundamentalist clerics or it can…
Affirmation of Anti-Baha’i Activities by Hojjat’ul’ Islam Sadeghi, Cultural Deputy of Judiciary Branch
Source: bahaicamp.com, www.farsnews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Clear example of violation of the rights of Baha’i citizens by a Deputy of Judiciary Branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the “Conference of the Religions” in…
More than Nuclear: The Plight of Baha’is in Iran
Kyle Matthews, May 23, 2014 We have more to talk about (Reuters) Iran is often in the news because of its suspected nuclear weapons program. A nuclear Iran certainly poses a threat to international peace…
Ayatollah Tehrani’s gift stirs global conversation on religious co-existence
[Baha’i World News] 25 April 2014 NEW YORK — The ground-breaking gift of a senior Iranian cleric to the worldwide Baha’i community is beginning to stir a global conversation about religious co-existence and freedom of religion.…
Baha’is in Iran are not discriminated against!
[roozonline] Monday, March 7th 2014- Farvardin 18th 1393 Denial of the existence of the Prisoners and the Student Banned from Higher Education Baha’is in Iran are not discriminated against! By Niusha Saremi The head…
No information regarding the Status of Nika Kholousi, an Iranian Baha’i Prisoner
[HRANA, Wednesday, April 9, 2014] For the last ten days, there has been no sign of whereabouts of Nika Kholousi, a Baha’i citizen of Iran. According to Human Right Activists News Agency (HRANA), there has…
Bahá’ís: “Second-Class Citizens” in Iran
Source: www.bbc.co.uk Translation by Iran Press Watch Niki Mahjoub [Originally published by BBC Persian on Tuesday, 8 April 2014 at 16:59 GMT] One day in the middle of class, our religion teacher asked, “Children, have you…
Sadeq Larijani, Head of the Judicial System of Iran: We don’t have conflicts with Baha’is merely because someone is a Baha’i
[digarban] 20 Farvardin, 1393 – April 9, 2014 Sadeq Larijani*, Head of the Judicial System of Iran: We don’t have conflicts with Baha’is merely because someone is a Baha’i Sadeghi Larijani, Head of the Judicial…
In an unprecedented symbolic act senior cleric calls for religious co-existence in Iran
[Bahá’í World News Service] 7 April 2014 NEW YORK — In a symbolic and unprecedented move, Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani, a prominent Muslim cleric in Iran, announced today that he has gifted to the Baha’is of the world…
Baha'is accuse Iran of stoking hatred in media
By Joe Sterling, CNN, 22-Oct-2011 (CNN) — Iranian media outlets have “systematically stirred up” widespread contempt toward the country’s 300,000-strong Baha’i religious minority, the group says. The Baha’i International Community issued a report Friday entitled “Inciting…
UN religious freedom expert: Iran is systematically persecuting Baha'is
[BWNS 23 Oct. 2011] UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s persecution of Baha’is is among the most “extreme manifestations of religious intolerance and persecution” in the world today, according to a UN expert. The remarks of Heiner Bielefeldt…
Report exposes Iran's media campaign to demonize Baha'is
[BWNS, 21 Oct. 2011] NEW YORK — In a wide-ranging media campaign that has gone largely unnoticed outside of Iran, hatred and discrimination are being systematically stirred up against the country’s 300,000-member Baha’i minority. In a…
Shock at "duplicity" as 20-year sentence for Iran's Baha'i leaders is reinstated
(BWNS, 30 March 2011) NEW YORK — Just six months after Iran’s appeal court reduced to 10 years the jail terms handed down to seven Baha’i leaders, the prisoners have been told that their original…
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