Source: www.youtube.com Arash Rod This is the story of persecution of three generations of Baha’is in Iran.
Semnan
Baha’i Groom Returned to Jail Three Days After His Wedding
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti He was born in the 1980s, in prison, because his mother was a Baha’i. He was denied a university education because he believed in a religion the rulers of Iran consider “forbidden”.…
Behnam Eskandarian Denied Furlough Despite Spread of COVID-19 in Semnan
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Kian Sabeti Based on a report received by Iranwire, the authorities at Semnan Prison have denied a furlough to Behnam Eskandarian, a Baha’i prisoners at Semnan. Following the extensive…
Appeals Court Issued Sentences for Three Detained Baha’i Citizens in Semnan
Source: www.kampain.info Ardeshir Fanaeian, Yalda Firouzian and Behnam Eskandarian, residences of Semnan were sentenced to prison by appeal court. According to the Campaign to Defend Political and Civil Prisoners, the Semnan Court of Appeals issued sentences…
Ten Years in Prison, Two Years in Exile: Ardeshir Fanaian “Jailed Solely for Baha’i Belief.”
Source: persian.iranhumanrights.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Rouhan Jazbani, the maternal aunt of Ardeshir Fanaeian, a Baha’i citizen held in Semnan Prison, told the Human Rights Campaign in Iran that her nephew, along with Yalda…
Harsh Sentences for Three Young Iranian Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com After languishing in jail for six months, three Baha’i residents of Semnan have been sentenced to a total of 23 years in prison and six years of exile from their homes. On the morning…
Iran Sentences Three Baha’is to 20 Years for Their Religious Beliefs
Source: iran-hrm.com The Revolutionary Court in Iran’s Semnan Province has sentenced three members of the Bahai religious minority to a total of 20 years in jail on national security charges. The Bahais, Ardeshir Fanaian, Yalda Firouzian…
Beating a Baha’i Prisoner in Semnan Prison
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch More than 90 days have passed since the arrest of Behnam Eskandarian, a 25 year-old Baha’i citizen in Semnan, along with two other young Baha’is, Ardeshir Fanaian, 30, and…
One Month After Arrest, Still No News on Semnan Baha’is
Source: www.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch More than one month after the arrest of three young Baha’is – Ardeshir Fanaeian (30 years old), Behnam Eskandarian (25 years old) and Yalda Firoozian (20 years…
Three Baha’is Arrested in Semnan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Behnam Eskandarani, Yalda Firoozian and Ardeshir Fanayan, three Baha’i citizens in Semnan, were arrested by security forces this morning and transferred to an unknown location.…
Baha’i Pouya Tebyanian Released from Semnan Prison After Six Years
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Pouya Tebyanian, a Baha‘i citizen imprisoned in Semnan Prison, has been released. He had been sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment in 2012…
The Baha’i Prisoner of Semnan: 2,000 Days and Counting
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti “I am thinking of Pouya Tebyanian, of a person who since the winter of 2013 has been in prison for Baha’i proselytization,” tweeted student activist Zia Nabavi, who was at one time Tebyanian’s cellmate.…
Bahai-Owned Businesses Shut down and Confiscated in Semnan on Account of Being Najis
Source: Shirdel Firouzian’s facebook post Translation by Iran Press Watch Once, these companies were very active in Semnan. Suddenly, they closed all of these companies and we were ordered to stop working. because the milk,…
Baha’i Citizen Murdered and Burned in Semnan
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch News sources close to the Baha’is in Iran have reported the 7 January 2017 killing and burning of a Baha’i, Ahmad Fanaian, in the desert in Semnan province.…
Suspicious Killing of Baha’i in Iran
Source: news.bahai.org NEW YORK — The Baha’i International Community has learned about the killing of a Baha’i in Iran, under suspicious circumstances. A report received on 9 January indicated that Ahmad Fanaian was found dead, having…
Demolition of the Largest Apple Orchard in Semnan Province and Eviction of 80 Families by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: September 17, 2016 As reported by the No to Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens Campaign, according to Iran Wire, Revolutionary Guards from Semnan Province demolished the largest…
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