Two years of imprisonment for the secretary of the Defenders of Human Rights Center and a Baha’i citizen who has been deprived of education, the pressure on the Mashhad female Baha’i prisoners of conscience and…
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Iranian Bahai activist sentenced to two-year jail term
[There has been many news articles about the arrest and prison sentence of Mrs. Jinous Sobhani, the former aide to Nobel laureate Mrs. Shirin Ebadi. Iran Press Watch has carried some of these articles. The…
Iran sentences Ebadi's former aide [Jinous Sobhani] to jail
(AFP) TEHRAN — Iran has sentenced a former aide to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi to two years in jail, an opposition website reported on Thursday. “Jinous Sobhani, a Bahai citizen and former secretary of the…
Pressure Intensified on Baha’i Women in Mashhad Prison
Due to the new limitations, the pressure has intensified on 4 female Baha’is in the Mashhad Vakilabad Prison.
Baha’i Deprived of Education Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison
(RAHANA 29-Sep-2010) A Baha’i, Leva Khanjani, has been sentenced to 2 years in prison.
Noora Nabil-Zadeh, a Baha'i, Released from Jail
Human Rights Activists in Iran reporters (HRA) — Noora Nabil-Zadeh, a Baha’i of Mashhad, a city in the Khorasan province of Iran, was released yesterday [Saturday Sept 18th] on bail of 50 million Tomans [approx.…
A letter from a Baha’i Woman in Sari to the Prosecutor’s Office
Shahrivar 17, 1389 [September 8, 2010] HRA News – Agents of the Ministry of Intelligence of the City of Sari raided the house of a Baha’i family living in the city, verbally and physically assaulted…
Iranian actions strike too close to home
By Robert Freeman – Chilliwack Progress Published: September 10, 2010 11:00 AM Updated: September 10, 2010 8:41 PM Persecution by the state because of religious faith. Denial of an education, of jobs, of passports for…
Elika Mahony's music: Persecution – Dedicated to the Baha'is in Iran
by Elika Mahony also see Elika’s Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/elikamahony [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMf5kqGZ1EI&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
The Greatest Sin: Being a Bahai in Iran
by Fariba Amini 04-Sep-2010 In 1952, an emissary went to Ayatollah Boroujerdi (the highest ranking Shi’a cleric) to ask him to tell members of the Fedayeen-e Islam not to engage in disruptive and violent acts.…
The Case of Baha’i Prisoner, Rozita Vasseghi: Learn More & Take Action!
(United4Iran – 7-Sep-2010) Over the last week, friends and family of various prisoners in Iran have emailed requesting that we highlight the specific cases and current conditions of their loved ones. Wherever possible, U4I will…
A Baha’i, Sorour Sorouriyan, Transferred to Nahavand Prison
RAHANA: Baha’i Citizen Sorour Sorouriyan who began serving his sentence on May 23rd has been transferred to the Nahavand Prison on August 31st.
Baha'i woman recalls imprisonment in Iran
(Posted by: Moni Basu – CNN Wire editor) Minoo Vosough can still hear the guards’ boots marching down the cold hallways of Iran’s Gohardasht prison. The screams of other inmates burn her ears. She can…
Roxana Saberi: In Iran, shackling the Bahai torchbearers
By Roxana Saberi Saturday, August 28, 2010 For several weeks last year, I shared a cell in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison with Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, two leaders of Iran’s minority Bahai faith. I…
The voices of the women of Ivel…
Just over a month has elapsed from the devastating demolishment of 50 homes of Baha’is in a remote and previously unknown village of Ivel in the northern provence of Mazandaran, Iran. (See in Persian, in…
Video Series: The Story of Iranian Angel Mona Mahmudnizhad (Parsi)
Mona Mahmudnizhad (September 10, 1965 – June 18, 1983) was an Iranian Bahá’í who, in 1983, together with nine other Bahá’í women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her membership…
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