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…
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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…
A Baha’i Prisoner Transferred to Ward of Dangerous Inmates
[hra-news.org] Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 HRANA- Shahram Chiniyan-Miyandvab, a Baha’i prisoner in the Raja’i Shahr prison of Karaj, has been transferred to the dangerous prisoners ward. According to the HRANA News Agency, the Human Rights Activists News…
Shahab Dehghani Turned Himself in at Evin Prison to Begin Serving His Four-Year Sentence
On may 24, Shahab Dehghani, a Bahai from Tehran, turned himself in at Evin prison to begin serving his four-year sentence. He was first arrested on July 11, 2012, in raids that netted nearly 20…
Adnan Rahmat-Panah Sentenced to One Year in Prison
Adnan Rahmat-Panah has been sentenced to one year in prison, and the sentence has been confirmed by the review court. In early June it was reported that he had been held in limbo in Adel-Abad prison in…
The Shame That I Carry With Me
By Masoud Lavasani (1), journalist, living in Turkey I was six or seven years old, walking with my father and mother along the winding alley of the “Imamzadeh Yahya” neighborhood…
Mother and Son Arrested in Tehran to Serve Prison Terms
HRANA News Agency – Elham Faramani and her son Shamim Na’imi were arrested in Tehran on May 11 and taken to Evin prison. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), They face…
Letter from Yaran Addressed to Muhammad Javad Larijani
JARAS (The Green Path Movement) (1) Circulation Date: May 7, 2014 Letter from the members of the former ad hoc committee of the Baha’i community of Iran (YARAN – 2) addressed to Muhammad Javad Larijani…
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