Source: www.facebook.com/Freeiqanshahidi Translation by Iran Press Watch By Forouzan Amini, the mother of Ighan Shahidi, in recognition of the third year of her son’s imprisonment; Dear Ighan, April ninth is the commemoration of your separation from…
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Imprisonment and Desecration of Cemeteries Were the Share of Baha’is in the Year 2014 in Iran
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 23rd March 2015 By: Kiyan Sabeti Within the last few years, persecution and pressure on the Baha’is of Iran has increased, but it could be said that it reached…
Prison Sentence of a Baha’i in Yazd Is Carried Out
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: April 5, 2015 HRANA News Agency – Mehran Eslami, A Baha’i citizen residing in Yazd, reported to Yazd prison to start his prison term.Based on a report from…
Arrest of Afsaneh Yadegar, a Baha’i in Tehran
Source: Campaign to Defend Civil and Political Prisoners in Iran Translation by Iran Press Watch Friday April 10, 2015 On Tuesday April 7th 2015, security guards raided the homes of two Baha’i citizens in Tehran;…
Farahnaz Misaghian Begins Her Sentence in Yazd
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Farahnaz Misaghian, a Bahai from Yazd, began a one-year prison sentence on April 6. She is one of 20 Bahais who were arrested in central Iran in August 2012, and…
Visit with the Family of Navid Khanjani, the Imprisoned Education Rights Activist
Source: www.facebook.com/freenavidkhanjani Translation by Iran Press Watch Today, Sunday the 29th of March, the families of the martyr Mostafa Karim Beigi, Mohamad Nourizad, Masoumeh Dehghan the wife of Abdolfatah Soltani, Akran Zeinali the mother of Saeed Zeinali, …
Opening a New File for Adnan Rahmat-Panah
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Watch HRANA News Agency: Adnan Rahmat-Panah, a Baha’i prisoner in Shiraz who in the last month of his confinement was faced with a new case against him, has been sentenced to…
Baha’is over the Last Year – a Return to the Era of the Iranian Revolution
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Thursday, 19 March, 2015 By Kian Sabeti The Iranian Solar Year 1393 (March 2014 – March 2015), witnessed the largest numbers of detained or sentenced and imprisoned Baha’is for…
Laleh Mehdinezhad Arrested in Varamin
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily On the evening of March 9, Laleh Mehdinezhad and a number of Baha’is who were present in her home were arrested by agents from the security forces. The agents searched…
Twenty Days after Five Baha’is Were Arrested and Put in Solitary Confinement at Evin Prison, Prison Authorities Deny That They Are Detained There!
Source: exilesactivist.wordpress.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Activists in Exile: Twenty days after five Baha’is were arrested by officers from the Ministry of Intelligence in Tehran, no information is available on the whereabouts of Rouhieh…
Fariborz Baghi Begins a Two-Year Sentence in Yazd
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Mr. Fariborz Baghi (1) reported to prison in Yazd on March 7, in response to a summons sent through his bail guarantor. He is to serve a 2-year term (previously…
Intensification of Judicial and Security Pressures on Baha’is of Yazd
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Monday, March 2, 2015 By Kian Sabeti A large number of Baha’i citizens have been arrested or summoned to serve their sentences within the last month. In addition to…
Second Assault on Arash Moghaddam Aslanpour and Shahram Chinian after They Sent a Letter to Khamenei from Rajaee Shahr Prison
Source: exilesactivist.wordpress.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 21st of Feb 2015 By Vandad Didehgah Activists in Exile: On Saturday the 21st of February 2015, Shahram Chinian and Arash Moghaddam Aslanpour, two inmates of Rajaee Shahar prison, were…
Azam Motahari, Mother of a Bahai Prisoner, Summoned to Prison
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Mrs. Azam Motahari has been summoned by telephone to begin serving a one-year sentence in the central prison of Yazd. The guarantor of her bail was also informed by telephone that…
Two Fresh Arrests in Yazd
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily HRANA – Security forces in Yazd have searched the home of the Bagheri family, for the third time in the past year. According to HRANA Press, the news portal of Human…
Baha’i Couples Spend Valentine’s Day in Prison
February 13, 2015 Source: www.radiozamaneh.com/205372 By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Human Rights activists report of intensified pressures on Baha’i citizens and incarceration of a large number of them in the past year.…