Source: wp.me/pNMoJ-2dh January 21, 2015 On January 19, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence raided the workplace and then the home of Mr. Hasan Salehi in Shiraz. They had a search warrant for both properties. The…
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My Grandfather Passed Away in Adel-Abad Prison
Source: www.tribunezamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Parisa Sabet I don’t quite recollect “Golestan Javeed,” the old Baha’i cemetery of Shiraz, which has been recently razed to the ground. I only know that my paternal grandfather,…
Bahai Suffers Lethal Poisoning in Shiraz
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-406 Translation by Sen’s daily Leila Kargar, a 42-year-old Bahai woman living in Shiraz, has been poisoned and killed by an unknown person, using Aluminium Phosphide, a powder that is used to kill insects and…
Adnan Rahmatpanah Begins One-Year Sentence in Shiraz
Source: http://wp.me/pNMoJ-29m Adnan Rahmatpanah a Bahai from Shiraz, reported to Adel-Abad prison on November 11, to begin serving a one-year sentence. He was arrested during a raid on his home on December 12, 2012, and taken…
Bahai Youth Sentenced in Shiraz
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-140 Translation by Sen’s daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-28c Farhud Yazdani, an 18-year-old Bahai living in Shiraz, has been sentenced to one year in prison, for participating in social networks used to plan a mass water-fight in…
A Letter by Rozita Eshraghi, Whose Three Family Members Were Executed in Shiraz Because They Were Baha’is
Source: www.tribunezamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch by Rozita Eshraghi Monday September 1, 2014 This Letter of Suffering is addressed to all who claim that no Baha’is have been imprisoned or discriminated against due to their…
Bahai Home Raided in Shiraz
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-72 Translation by Sen’s Daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-26K On September 9, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence broke into the home of Wahideh Dana in Shiraz, searched it for about an hour, and confiscated religious books, images…
Baha’i War Veteran with 25% Disability Unable to Enrol Children at School in Shiraz
Source: HRANA at http://goo.gl/Z0IRPS Translation by Sen’s daily at http://wp.me/pNMoJ-243 The administration at the government-run Martyr Khonsari secondary school in Shiraz has refused to enroll the children of Behrouz Farzandi Ardekani because the family are Baha’is. Mr. Ardekani is…
Shiraz Cemetery Destruction Resumes
Source: Bahai World News Service, http://news.bahai.org/story/1013 GENEVA — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has resumed its demolition of a historic Baha’i cemetery in Shiraz, Iran, after pausing for several months in the face of international pressure and the expression…
Four Baha’is Aressted in Shiraz
Source: http://goo.gl/N2v8Tc Translation by Sen’s Daily, http://wp.me/pNMoJ-23m This morning (August 5), agents from the Shiraz city police arrested three Bahai men and one woman: Adib Haqqpazhouh, Said Abadi, Wahid Dana and Mrs. Bahiyyeh Manavipour. The reasons for…
Jail Sentences for 15 Baha’is in Shiraz
Source: http://goo.gl/2MKYZN Translation by Iran Press Watch Friday, July 19, 2014 HRANA News Agency- The Revolutionary Court of Shiraz has issued jail sentences of 18 months to 3 years for 15 followers of the Baha’i Faith…
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…
Shiraz Cemetery Demolition Continues by the Revolutionary Guards
8 May 2014 NEW YORK — Despite a worldwide outcry, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards is continuing to destroy a historic Baha’i cemetery in Shiraz, Iran. The ongoing demolition – which is understood to be taking place…
Destruction of Historic Baha’i Cemetery Underway in Shiraz by Iranian Revolutionary Guards
NEW YORK—1 May 2014— The Baha’i International Community was shocked to hear of news that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have begun excavation in a historically important Baha’i cemetery in Shiraz. The site is, among other things,…
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…
Ten Month Prison Sentence Upheld for Shiraz Baha’i Citizens
[RAHANA 21 Aug. 2011] The 10 month prison sentence for the Baha’i citizens who were arrested 2 years ago has been upheld by the appeals court.
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