Source: www.voanews.com By Michael Lipin, Ramin Haghjoo WASHINGTON – An Iranian lawyer says a Baha’i woman he represents has become the latest member of the religious minority to begin serving a prison sentence for practicing her faith, deemed…
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Parliaments Delegation Chair Expresses Concerns Over Human Rights Situation in Iran
Source: www.guengl.eu Amidst the global pandemic which has hit countries such as Iran particularly hard, and with Germany taking over the EU Council Presidency, the chair of the European Parliament’s delegation to Iran Cornelia Ernst (DIE LINKE, Germany)…
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…
Blatant Religious Discrimination and Brutality in Iranian Education
Source: www.radiofarda.com By Saeed Paivandi Translation by Iran Press Watch With the start of the new school year, once again, the media and social networks report on the continuing policy of banning Baha’i students from admission…
Assessment Agency’s Refusal to Allow over 70 Baha’Is to Enter Universities
Source: www.radiofarda.com By Mahtab Vahidirad Translation by Iran Press Watch News from Iran indicates that over 70 young Baha’i men and women were barred from university education following the announcement of the results of…
Baha’i Abolfazl Ansari Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Abolfazl Ansari, a Baha’i resident of Mehrshahr in Karaj, was arrested last night by people who identified themselves as law enforcement officers, and was taken…
How I Became a Baha’i
Source: mbamdadan.blogspot.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Mazdak Bamdadan – Recently, I was invited by the Iran Society in Frankfurt to give a talk about the Shahnameh of Firdawsi. After the talk and the conversation that…
Deputy Chairman of Parliament Criticizes Institutions for Interfering with the Work of Parliament, Denying Education to Baha’is and Closing their Businesses
Source: magiran.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Editor’s note: Baha’is are faced with many forms of persecution, including denial of higher education and closure of businesses, which are rooted in a secret 1991 memorandum of the…
Number of Barred Baha’i Students Increases on 2018 National University Entrance Exam
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – A large number of Baha’i students who participated in the 2018 National University Entrance Exam, known as “Konkur,” have had their applications flagged “deficiency on file” on the…
Expulsion of Shakib Teimouri, a Baha’i Student, from Gorgan University
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Shakib Teimouri, an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Gorgan, was expelled from university for being a Baha’i, on the morning…
The Continued Closure of the Baha’i Businesses; 90 Locations in Kerman, Sistan, and Baluchistan and East Azerbaijan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch The HRANA News Agency – The number of Baha’i-owned business under forced closure and seal by authorities in Kerman, Sistan, and Baluchistan and East Azerbaijan has reached 90. This…
Baha’i Poet Jailed in Iran Wins Free Speech PEN Pinter Prize
Source: mobile.nytimes.com By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OCTOBER 10, 2017 LONDON — A Baha’i poet who was jailed for almost a decade in Iran has won a writing award celebrating free speech. Mahvash Sabet shares the PEN…
Nava Kholousi Released from Mashhad Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Nava Kholousi, a Baha’i serving a four-and-one-half year sentence at Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad, was released from prison the evening of September 6, 2017. …
Masih Alinejad: To Defend Rights of Bahá’ís We Do Need Not to Be Bahá’í, We Just Need to Be Human Beings
Source: www.instagram.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Editor’s note: Masih Alinejad is an Iranian journalist and author, as well as an activist for human and women’s rights. She is currently living in exile in the United States.…
The Cost of Discrimination: The Film
Source: www.iranwire.com By ARASH AZIZI The Cost of Discrimination1 is the story of discrimination in Iran and South Africa. The documentary film examines life under South African Apartheid and draws parallels with Iranian authorities’ continued persecution of the Baha’i…
Answering Is Not Enough! Take Action!
Source: medium.com By Foaad Haghighi In a recent interview, Javad Larijani, Secretary of the High Council for Human Rights of the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said: “It turns out Iran’s sanctions were not…
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