Source: iran-hrm.com An appeals court in Iran has sentenced nine Baha’i citizens to a total of nine years in prison for being members of their religious minority. According to the verdict issued by the Branch 36 of…
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Source: Iran Sentences 8 Baha’is to Prison, Other Punishments After ‘Unfair’ Trial
Source: www.voanews.com By Michael Lipin, Ramin Haghjoo WASHINGTON – Iran has sentenced eight of its Baha’i citizens to prison terms and other punishments according to an informed source, in the latest example of the Islamist-ruled nation’s…
Baha’i Citizen Living in Kerman Transferred to Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Vahda Silani, a Baha’i citizen living in Kerman, was arrested on Sunday, December 13, 2020, after appearing in the Revolutionary Court of this city. She…
Iran Sentences Five Bahai Women to Total Five Years of Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Nika Pakzadan, Faraneh Daneshgari, Sanaz Ishaqi, Nakisa Hajipour and Naghmeh Zabihian, five Baha’i citizens living in Mashhad, were each sentenced by the Mashhad Revolutionary Court to one…
More Baha’is Begin Serving Prison Sentences in Iran Simply for Their Beliefs
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Farid Zirgi Moghaddam began serving his five-year sentence in the central prison in the city of Birjand, in South Khorasan province in eastern Iran, on October 19, 2020—a prison sentence that was based solely…
Baha’i Shahnaz Sabet Transferred to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz to Serve Her Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Shahnaz Sabet, a Baha’i citizen living in Shiraz, was arrested this morning, Monday, October 13, and transferred to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz to serve her…
Source: Iran Rejects Baha’is’ Appeal to Avoid Prison with Coronavirus Risk
Source: www.voanews.com By Michael Lipin, Ramin Haghjoo WASHINGTON – A group of Iranian Baha’is summoned to begin prison terms for practicing their faith were denied an appeal to delay their incarceration at a jail where they would risk…
Rajai Shahr Prison: Farhad Fahandezh Transferred to Solitary Confinement Because of Positive Corona Test
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA ‒ Farhad Fahandezh, a 61-year-old Baha’i prisoner, has been transferred to one of the solitary confinement cells at Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj today, Thursday, October 1, as his…
Baha’is Summoned to Prison Despite Coronavirus Crisis
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Eight Baha’is have been summoned to Birjand Prison in South Khorasan to serve jail sentences amid a worsening coronavirus crisis across the country. The Bahai’s, who were summoned on Monday, September 28, have been given…
Baha’i Citizen, Farid Zirgi Moghaddam, Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Mr. Farid Zirgi Moghaddam, a Baha’i citizen living in Birjand, has his conviction upheld and been sentenced to five years in prison by Branch…
Report on Maryam Laqaei and Mitra Forsatipour, Baha’i Citizens in Evin Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Maryam Laghaei and Mitra Forsatipour, Baha’i citizens, have been serving their sentences in the women’s ward of Evin Prison since early August this year. Ms.…
Nine Baha’i Citizens Sentenced to a Total of Nine Years in Prison by Shahriar Revolutionary Court
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Kianoosh Salmanzadeh, Jamileh Pakroo, Peyman Manavi, Payam Shabani, Parvan Manavi, Elham Salmanzadeh, Hooman Khoshnam, Neda Shabani and Soroush Agahi, nine Baha’i citizens living in Karaj,…
This is Not a Typical Farewell
Source: www.youtube.com Arash Rod This is the story of persecution of three generations of Baha’is in Iran.
Baha’i Groom Returned to Jail Three Days After His Wedding
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti He was born in the 1980s, in prison, because his mother was a Baha’i. He was denied a university education because he believed in a religion the rulers of Iran consider “forbidden”.…
Baha’i Couple Arrested in Villashahr, Isfahan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – A Baha’i couple living in Villashahr, Isfahan, have been taken into custody. Mojdeh Eghterafi and her husband, Hooshmand Talebi were arrested on Sunday, August 23rd,…
Farid Zirgi Moghaddam, Baha’i Citizen, Sentenced to Additional Year in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Farid Zirgi Moghaddam, a Baha’i citizen living in Birjand, was sentenced to one additional year in prison by the Birjand Criminal Court in the secondary…
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