Source: BahaiNews 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports from “BahaiNews”, after ten days Kayvan Pakzadan is still under interrogation, and has been unable to contact his family. Based on an earlier report…
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Women Prisoners Collectively Punished For Baha’i Leader’s Meeting with Faezeh Hashemi
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Inmates at the Women’s Ward in Evin Prison have been told that their furloughs (temporary leave) have been canceled and that they will no longer be able to send letters to relatives, a source…
Hardliners Against Faezeh Hashemi’s Visit with a Baha’i Prisoner
Source: en.iranwire.com Monday 16 May 2016 Mana Neyestani
Report on the Situation of Navid Khanjani: The Prospect of Freedom
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA NEWS – The 12-year discretionary sentence of Navid Khanjani, the human rights activist, in Raja’i Shahr Prison in Karaj by application of the “aggregation rules” has been reduced…
Iranian Baha’i Educator Faran Hessami Released
Source: en.iranwire.com Faran Hessami, an Iranian Baha’i educator, has been released after four years in prison. Faran Hessami and her husband Kamran Rahimian were arrested along with dozens of teachers and administrators at the Baha’i Institute of…
Soroush Shadabi Released on Bail
Source: bahaicamp.com According to the No Harassment & Incarceration of Baha’is Campaign of Iran, Soroush Shadabi, a Baha’i citizen from Karaj, who had been arrested after the detention of four other Baha’is earlier, has been released…
Sarmad Shadabi, Tara Houshmand and Rouhie Safajoo Released on Bail
Source: BahaiNews1 Sarmad Shadabi, Tara Houshmand and Rouhie Safajoo have been released on bail after 20 days in Evin Prison in Tehran. Mr. Sarmad Shadabi’s bail was set at 200 million tumans ($66,120) while bail for…
Baha’i Couples Welcoming Spring in Prison
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch In the final days of the current year, in which Iranian families are preparing to welcome the New Year*, a Baha’i couple, Payman Kooshakbaghi and Azita…
Shahram Eshraghi: In Poor Health; Denied Medical Leave
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, Shahram Eshraghi, one of the Baha’i prisoners in the city of Isfahan, who is suffering from severe respiratory illnesses, has not been allowed to receive…
6-Year-Old’s Parents Imprisoned for Teaching at BIHE
Source: BahaiNews1 Peyman Koshkebaghi Bahá’í Citizen was arrested and transferred to an unknown place. “BaháíNews” reported Peyman Koshkebaghi was arrested in front of the eastern part of Evin Prison, while attempting to visit his spouse,…
Verdict Against Seven Baha’i Citizens Without Their Presence in Court and Without Legal Representation
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the Campaign to Stop Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens: Seven Baha’i residents of Isfahan, who had earlier been arrested by the security and intelligence authorities along…
Baha’i Education Rights Activsit Registers for Nationwide University Entry Exam While in Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 The annual registration of Vahed Kholusi for the nationwide university entrance examination is a symbolic act by this education rights activists in protest against the 12 year long deprivation of this Iranian Baha’i…
A Baha’i Brought an Al Qaeda Man in from the Cold
Source: en.iranwire.com Monday 01 February 2016 Fereshteh Nasehi When I speak with Baha’i prisoners, the single phrase I hear most often is “My father was executed in the 1980s.” Rajai Shahr Prison near Tehran houses more Baha’i…
Heavy Sentences Imposed on Baha’is of Gorgan, Gonbad-e Qabus and Minudasht
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran” Campaign, citing Baha’i News: 24 Baha’is have been sentenced to over 193 years…
Sina Ravankard Was Transferred to Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 “BahaiNews” reports, Mr. Sina Ravankard, a Baha’i citizen, was transferred to the Yasouj Prison. According to “BahaiNews” and sources close to Sina Ravankard, the Revolutionary Court of Yasouj had summoned him, in multiple…
Shahram Fallah Released in Kerman
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch “BahaiNews”– Shahram Fallah has been released from prison in Kerman, after serving one year of a 3-year sentence for his Bahai beliefs. He began his sentence on January…
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