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.…
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…
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.…
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,…
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.…
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…
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…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Complaints Ignored by Rouhani Administration Last year, 50 hectares (123.5 acres) of farm land were confiscated by the Iranian government from Ziaollah Motearefi, who had legally purchased the land, simply because he is a…
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran” Campaign, referring to Baha’i News, Pooya Tebyanian, a Baha’i student who has been…
Source: en.iranwire.com Friday 15 January 2016 Roland Elliott Brown In Iran, deceased members of the Baha’i faith cannot rest in peace, nor can a Baha’i’s relatives count on being allowed to grieve in peace. According to…
Source: www.pyknet.net Translation by Iran Press Watch The head of the Education Ministry in Semnan province announced that 98% of the population of Semnan is literate, and that the province of Semnan ranks first in terms…
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports from the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran” campaign, Afshin Ighani, a Baha’i resident of Semnan in northern Iran, has been released…
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA (Human Rights Activists Association of Iran news agency), on 1 November 2015 security forces entered Afrasiab Khanjani’s glass warehouse with a warrant, confiscated his entire stock…
Source: didgahenow.com Ali Kalai, human rights activist Every human being should be revered, and so should his property, life, honor and reputation. This rule is the foundation of people’s lives in today’s world, people of different…
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Susan Tebyaniyan, a Bahai from Semnan who has been serving a one-year sentence in Isfahan prison, was released from prison on November 2. She was charged with propaganda against the…
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Fifty Hectares (125 acres) of farmland belonging to a 65 year old Baha’i in Semnan have been confiscated. The confiscation was ordered by individuals from the Agriculture…
