Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report by BahaiNews, on Sunday morning, February 12, 2017, security forces in the city of Shiraz in Fars province arrested two Baha’is, Farham Sabet and…
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Iqan Shahidi Was Released from Rajai-Shahr Prison, After Five Years
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Iqan Shahidi, an activist for education rights, was released from Rajai-Shahr Prison on 1 January 2017, after completing his sentence. On 2 March 2010, Shahidi and several education and…
Fariba Ashtari Released from Yazd Prison, After Serving a Two-Year Sentence
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report by BahaiNews, Fariba Ashtari, a Bahá’í citizen residing in Yazd, has been released from Yazd Prison, after serving her sentence. According to BahaiNews, this Bahá’í…
Azita Rafizadeh’s Letter to the Head of the Judiciary: The Concurrence of My Husband’s and My Imprisonment Will Harm My Child
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Azita Rafizadeh, an imprisoned Baha’i in the women’s ward of Evin Prison, wrote an open letter to Judiciary Chief Sadeq Larijani in which she raised the concurrence…
Elham Farahani Hospitalized
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org 15 December 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch Last week, Elham Farahani, a Baha’i prisoner in the women’s ward of Evin Prison, was transferred to the hospital and operated upon after her arm was…
Refusal to Send Navid Khanjani to the Medical Examiner in Rajai Shahr Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The Rajai Shahr prison authorities did not allow Navid Khanjani, human rights activist detained in this prison, to be transported to the medical; examiner yesterday, because of…
A Comprehensive Report on the Situation of 9 Imprisoned Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – Fariba Kamal Abadi, Jamal-Aldin Khanjani, Mahvash Sabet, Afif Naimi, Saeed Rezai, Behrouz Tavakoli and Vahid Tizfah, are the seven administrative members of the Baha’i Community known as “Yaran-e Iran”, who along…
Raja’i Shahr Prison Officials Prevent Imprisoned Baha’i From Being Sent to Hospital
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org 27 November 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch On Saturday 26 November, Payam Markazi, an imprisoned Baha’i in Raja’i Shahr prison, was prevented from being sent to hospital, and was denied the right to…
Youngest Baha’i Prisoner, a 19-Year Old Girl from Zahedan
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report by Bazdasht, Tabassom Hosayni, who was born on 10 July 1997, is the youngest Baha’i prisoner. Tabassom Hosayni and her mother, Emilia Hakiman, were arrested…
A Report about 3 Imprisoned Activists of the Right to Education
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Navid Khanjani, Ighan Shahidi, and Vahed Kholousi, three Baha’is and defenders of the right to education, who had been arrested between 2009 and 2010, by the security forces, are still…
Precarious Situation for All Prisoners at Rajai Shahr Prison, in Particular Baha’i Prisoners: Jamaloddin Khanjani, Farhad Eghbali, and Farhad Fahandezh
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch As reported by Bazdasht, quoted from Al-Arabiya, a group of political prisoners detained at Rajai Shahr prison, in a letter to Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur of the UN Human…
Baha’i Artist Shahriar Cyrus Sentenced to Five-Year Imprisonment
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch 31 October, 2016 The Baha’i painter Shahriar Cyrus, who was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents on 30 June 2015, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Based…
Peyman Koushkbaghi and Behnam Moosivand Exiled to Rajaei Shahr Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Peyman Koushkbaghi and Behnam Moosivand, two prisoners from ward number 8 of Evin prison were exiled to Rajaei Shahr prison. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA),…
A Report about 8 Imprisoned Bahais from Gorgan
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Siamak Sadri, Farhad Eghbali, Farhad Fahandej, Farahmand Sanaei, Foad Fahandej, Payam Markazi, Kamal Kashani and Korosh Ziyari, 8 Bahais were arrested in 2012, and tried in branch umber 28 of…
Prisoners in the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison Attended Gathering Hosted by Faezeh Hashemi with Attendance of Bahareh Hedayat and Faran Hesami
Source: www.goldnews.biz Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Gold News, Faezeh Hashemi in this get-together hosted some of her fellow inmates from Evin prison. In this gathering some inmates of the women’s ward of Evin…
Yashar Rezvani Arrested in Tehran
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch August 3, 2016 According to a report from Bazdasht News, this morning agents of the Ministry of Information and Intelligence attacked a Baha’i, Mr. Yashar Rezvani, and arrested him.…
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