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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#NoPrisonForBahais Campaign Decries Baha’is Jailed During Pandemic
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti A new social media campaign was launched recently regarding the Baha’is in Iran who, in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, have been arrested and jailed in a fresh wave of persecution…
Iran Sentences 10 Bahai Citizens to Prison for Following Banned Faith
Source: irannewswire.org Iranian courts in Tehran and its sister city of Karaj sentenced 10 Bahai men and women to prison for following the banned religion. The Human Rights News Agency reported yesterday that an appeal’s court in Tehran…
A Baha’i Citizen, Elaheh Samizadeh, Sentenced to an Extra Year in Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org Elaheh Samizadeh, a Baha’i citizen, has been sentenced to one extra year of imprisonment and two years suspension from holding all governmental and public jobs by Branch 105 of Shiraz Criminal Court. Ms. Samizadeh…
Four More Baha’is Convicted in Shiraz; Total of 33 Years in Prison for 12 Baha’is
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA ‒ The Court of Appeals of Fars Province sentenced four Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz ‒ Farham Sabet, Farzan Masoumi, Shahnaz Sabet and Soheila Haghighat ‒ to a total of eight years in…
Six Baha’is Sentenced to Total of Over 19 Years in Prison in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA ‒ The Court of Appeals of Fars Province sentenced seven Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz to a total of 19 years and six months in prison, plus…
Baha’i Fariba Ashtari Sentenced to Six Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Fariba Ashtari, a Baha’i citizen residing in Yazd, was sentenced to six years imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court of that city. If this sentence is confirmed at…
Prison Sentence Upheld for Baha’i Shahriar Atrian on Appeal
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA ‒ The Fars Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Shahriar Atrian, a Baha’i citizen living in Shiraz, without holding a court hearing. Mr. Atrian was previously…
Mehrdad Mousavi Kholanjani, Baha’i Citizen, Prison Sentence Upheld in Appeal Court
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA NEWS AGENCY – The Isfahan Court of Appeals upheld the six month prison sentence Mehrdad Mousavi, a Baha’i citizen living in Shahin-Shahr. Mr. Mousavi, in his initial hearing,…
Appeals Court: Faruq Izadinia, Baha’i Researcher and Translator, Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Branch 36 of the Tehran Province Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Farug Izadinia, a researcher, translator and Baha’i citizen living in Tehran. Mr.…
Baha’i Researcher and Author, Touraj Amini, Sentenced to Prison and Exile
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the HRANA, the news arm of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, Touraj Amini, a Baha’i researcher and author living in Karaj, was sentenced by the Karaj Revolutionary…
Lengthy Prison Sentences for 30 Iranian Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Iran’s Baha’is have seen an increase in persecution during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly in Shiraz, the Baha’i International Community has reported. The group issued a statement about the increased pressures on Iran’s Baha’i community…
Covid-19 Fears for 4 Baha’i Women in Prison
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Four Baha’i citizens serving sentences in Birjand Women’s Prison are at risk of contracting coronavirus. The four prisoners, Saghar Mohammadi, Sheida Abedi, Simin Mohammadi, and Maryam Mokhtari, returned to prison on Tuesday, May…
Continued Suppression of Religious Freedom in Iran; No Release for Negin Ghedamian, Imprisoned Baha’i
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Negin Ghedamian, an imprisoned Baha’i citizen in Iran who was arrested in mid-December 2017 and is serving a five-year sentence in Evin Prison, is still jailed despite a recent…
Baha’i Citizens Farzan Masoumi and Farham Sabet Sentenced to a Total of 12 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA: Farzan Masoumi and Farham Sabet, two Baha’is living in Shiraz, have been sentenced by the Shiraz Revolutionary Court to a total of 12 years in prison. HRANA News…
A Baha’i Citizen, Elaheh Samizadeh, Sentenced to an Extra Year in Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org Elaheh Samizadeh, a Baha’i citizen of Shiraz, has been sentenced to one extra year of imprisonment and two years suspension from holding all governmental and public jobs by Branch 105 of Shiraz Criminal Court.…
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