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…
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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…
A Court in Yazd Issued Prison Sentences of a Sum Total of 58 Years for 20 Baha’is
[HRANA] Wednesday, 23 April, 2014 HRANA News – A court in Yazd issued prison sentences of a sum total of 58 years for 20 Baha’is. Based on information from reporters at HRANA, the news organization…
A Baha’i Grandfather’s Letter from Prison to his Granddaughter
Source: noghtenazar.org Translation by Iran Press Watch In the name of God, the Most Glorious of the Glorious! A letter to my first grandchild, Noura, who was born three days ago in Canada From Behrouz Tavakoli…
Sonia Ahmadi a Baha’i resident of Mashhad turned herself in at Vakilabad prison
[HRANA] HRANA – Sonia Ahmadi*, a Baha’i resident of Mashhad who was released earlier with a promise of complete freedom, turned herself in at Vakilabad prison** to serve the remainder of her sentence. According to reports from the news organization Human Rights Activists…
A Conversation in Prison, The Story of their Trials and Tribulations
[roozonline] Sunday, April 13 2014 A Conversation in Prison, The Story of their Trials and Tribulations Massoud Bastani, Rajai Shahr Prison Little Artin has no role in this story, but he is the pivotal point…
Business of a Baha’i in prison in Semnan shut down
HRANA News Agency – the optometry shop of Afrasiyab Sobhani, a Baha’i imprisoned in Semnan*, has been shut down. According to reports, the news organization Human Rights Activists in Iran , in the wake of…
The Year of Human Rights and the Rights of Baha’i Citizens
The year of Human Rights and the Rights of Baha’i Citizens Date: Wednesday 20, Farvardin 1393 (9 April, 2014) HARANA News – Heshmatollah Tabazadi¹ a journalist and political prisoner at the 12th Hall of Rajai…
No information regarding the Status of Nika Kholousi, an Iranian Baha’i Prisoner
[HRANA, Wednesday, April 9, 2014] For the last ten days, there has been no sign of whereabouts of Nika Kholousi, a Baha’i citizen of Iran. According to Human Right Activists News Agency (HRANA), there has…
Trial of 15 Bahai’s charged with propaganda against the regime in Shiraz
[ILNA (Iranian Labour News Agency)] The lawyer for the 15 Baha’is said that the trial of her clients charged with propaganda against the regime will take place in the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz. Giti Pourfazel announced…
Aziz Samandari jailed in Iran for 5 years
PRESS RELEASE Aziz Samandari jailed in Iran for 5 years – Accused of protecting Baha’i students’ right to higher education Geneva and New Delhi, 17 July 2012 – Aziz Samandari, a 40 year-old Baha’i IT…
The Plight of Iran's Baha'is
[pbs.org 1 June 2012] by KAMIAR ALAEI * * Arash and Kamiar Alaei, physicians specializing in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, were found guilty in 2009 of “cooperating with an enemy government” and sentenced…
"long live Iqan"
Iqan is also gone. Iqan Shahidi has been sent to Evin Prison. The same Evin that these days accommodates the best. And Iqan was one of our best. I know Iqan. Of course, I have…
Report on the status of Bahai prisoners in Iran
[hranews.info, 20 March 2012] The Human Rights Activists’ News Agency (HRANA) reports that, as Now Ruz approaches, 67 Bahai prisoners remain in detention in Iran. Of these, 43 are sentenced prisoners, serving a total of 260…
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