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…
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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…
Nasim Ashrafi Arrested to Begin Her Sentence
HRANA News Agency – Nasim Ashrafi, a Bahai from Tehran who was arrested in a wave of detentions of Bahais in Tehran, Mashhad and Shiraz in early July, 2012, was arrested on May 6, to…
Let’s Listen to the Call of our Bahá’í Countrymen
Let’s Listen to the Call of our Bahá’í Countrymen The letter below is about the arrest and imprisonment of 20 of our Bahá’í countrymen, written and published by Mr. Shahram Fallah*, one of the innocent sentenced Bahá’ís through…
Amanollah Mostaghim Return’s to Prison, Despite Physician’s Recommendation
Originally published on Sunday, 4 May 2014 HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency) – Amanollah Mostaghim, one of the individuals serving at the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), was returned to Rajai-shahr prison against…
For Afagh, Whose Spirit, like Her Name, Is Infinite
[rahesabz] Name of Publication: JARAS (The Green Path Movement) Date: April 25, 2014 For Afagh, whose spirit, like her name, is infinite By Keyvan Rahimian On the occasion of the birthday of Afagh Rahimian, the…