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.…
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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…
The physical well being of an imprisoned Baha'i is in danger
Wednesday 30 Tir 1389 at 16:40 Hrana News – The physical well being of Rozita Vasseghi, an imprisoned Baha’i in Mashad’s Vakil Abad prison has been reported as very serious during the last family visit.…
Expulsion of a Baha’i student from the International University of Qazvin
HRA News – Vesal Momtazi, a Baha’i students at International University of Qazvin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imam_Khomeini_International_University] was expelled from this university due to being a member of the Baha’i faith.
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