Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Tuesday, 9 September, 2014 HRANA- According to recent reports, there are now seven Baha’i women in the women’s ward and three Baha’i men held in Ward 6-1 of Vakilabad…
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The Sentence of Adnan Rahmat Panah Was Confirmed in Court of Appeal
Source: hra-news.org/en/sentence-adnan-rahmat-panah-confirmed-court-appeal 23rd September, 2014 HRANA News Agency – The one year in prison sentence of Adnan Rahmat Panah, the Bahai citizen has been confirmed in appeal court. According to the report of Human Rights Activists…
Shahram Chiniyan Miandavab Beaten in Prison, Again
Source: hra-news.org/en/shahram-chiniyan-miandavab-beaten-prison 24th September, 2014 HRANA News Agency – On September 20, Shahram Chiniyan Miandavab, a Bahai shopkeeper from Tehran who is serving an 8-year sentence, was beaten as he was being taken to a judge…
Susan Tabyaniyan Sentenced to One Year in Prison
Source: hra-news.org/en/susan-tabyaniyan-sentenced-1-year-prison Susan Tabyaniyan, a Bahai from Semnan who was arrested on May 31, 2014, has been sentenced to one year in prison. Her trial took place on August 7. After her arrest she was…
Imprisoned Baha’i Educators Refused Early Release Unless They Repent and Promise Not to Teach
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org/2014/09/imprisoned-bahais/ Three imprisoned Baha’is have been refused early release and furlough to visit their small children unless they recant their faith and pledge not to teach at the Baha’i university, a relative told the International Campaign…
Three of the Four Detainees for Whom Bail Was Set Have Not Been Released as the Bail Is Excessive
On September 3, Branch 4 of the court at Evin Prison set bail for three Bahais arrested in Tehran: Babak Mobasher, Nasr Arshi Moqaddam, and Ataollah Ashrafi. The family of the three detainees were…
Farhad Eqbali Begins 5-Year Sentence in Gorgan
Source: http://goo.gl/DxmjDr Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-25n Farhad Eqbali, a Bahai resident of Gorgan, reported to prison on August 27 to begin serving his 5-year sentence. Mr. Eqbali was one of about twenty Bahais, and some…
Shahram Chiniyan Miandoaab Beaten and Placed in Solitary
Source: http://goo.gl/wvKpTH Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-24p August 20, 2014 Shahram Chiniyan Miandoaab, a Bahai shopkeeper from Tehran who is serving an 8-year sentence, and who is held in block 1 of Rajai Shahr prison, which…
Shayan Tafazoli Continues to Be Imprisoned in the Quarantine Section of Mashhad Prison
Source: http://goo.gl/jfVKCu Translation by Iran Press Watch HARANA News (HRA) – A Baha’i resident named Shayan Tafazoli, who was arrested approximately two months ago by the Intelligence and Security Office of the city of Mashhad, and…
Iran: Dozens Unlawfully Held in City’s Prisons
Source: http://goo.gl/0wgcQH Others Imprisoned on Suspect Charges, Trials AUGUST 18, 2014 (Beirut) – Several dozen prisoners in a northern city are serving prison terms for exercising their basic rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report…
Another Baha’i Couple Headed for Prison
Source: Taghato (Intersection), http://taghato.net/article/7417 Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: July 15, 2014 Taghato: Continuing with arrests and imprisonments of Baha’is in Iran, another Baha’i couple is headed to Evin and Rajai Shahr prisons – within…
Shomeis Mohajer Begins Her Sentence
Source: HRANA, http://goo.gl/gT4qSq Translation by Sen’s Daily: http://wp.me/pNMoJ-21Q Shomeis Mohajer, a Bahai from Tehran, has reported to Evin Prison in Tehran to begin serving her one-year sentence. She was one of almost 20 Bahais who were arrested…
Shahram Chiniyan in Solitary Cell
Source: HRANA, http://tinyurl.com/nkem2u3 Translation by Sen’s Daily: http://wp.me/pNMoJ-21M Shahram Chiniyan Miandavab, a Tehran Bahai serving an 8-year sentence, has been moved to solitary confinement in Raja’i Shahr prison. On May 28 HRANA reported that he had…
Leva Khanjani Freed from Evin Prison
Source:HRANA, http://goo.gl/TUPblw Translation by Sen’s Daily: http://goo.gl/W2OEyn Leva Khanjani, a Bahai excluded from tertiary education, has been freed from Evin prison after serving most of a two-year sentence. She was arrested on January 3, 2010, along…
For the Bahá’ís Imprisoned in Iran, Freedom and Human Rights Seem Remote
[newstatesman.com] by Nazila Ghanea Seven Bahá’ís – members of Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, persecuted by the government for decades – have now spent six years in prison for practising their religion. It has been…
Freed Iranian Rights Lawyer: ‘I’ve a Bad Feeling about the Women I Left Behind’
[theguardian.com] The arrest and jailing of Nasrin Sotoudeh prompted an international outcry. Here she speaks of her ordeal Nasrin Sotoudeh’s seven-year-old son, Nima, wants to go out to play. His mother, the leading Iranian human…