Source: www.gfbv.de Translation by Iran Press Watch Federica Mogherini expected in Tehran (5 Aug) – Baha’i leadership still imprisoned (press release) Shortly before the departure of Federica Mogherini for Iran, the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) asked…
Source: www.justice4iran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch First & Last Name: Mohammad Moghiseh (Aliases: Haj Nasser and Naserian)[i] Biography: Mohammad Moghiseh was born in Sabzevar in Razavi Khorasan Province in Northeastern Iran. He has a seminary…
Source: www.washingtonpost.com By Roxana Saberi June 21 at 7:42 PM Roxana Saberi is an Iranian American journalist and author who was imprisoned in Iran for 100 days in 2009. The most valuable gift I ever received…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HARNA News – Saeid Rezaie, one of the former members of the seven-management committee of the Baha’i community of Iran, currently incarcerated in Rejai-Shahr of Karaj, is commencing the…
Source: www.dw.com Translation by Iran Press Watch In between widespread election photos and posts, a group of Iranian social media users remembered a group of their compatriots whose most basic rights are not the topic of…
Source: goodtobemom.com Today is Mother’s Day! A day when we all can celebrate the unique and blessed station of motherhood in the company of our children and family. But there are two mothers in Iran…
Source: www.rferl.org The United States has condemned Iran’s imprisonment of leaders of the Baha’i religious minority and called on Tehran to release them and other prisoners of conscience. Seven Baha’i leaders were arrested by Iranian authorities…
Source: medium.com By Sarv Mithaqiyan (a.k.a. Sodid) Religious freedom and practice are taken for granted in the USA. This is not true for countries like Iran. Soon after its inception in 1844, the Baha’i Faith provoked suspicion…
Source: www.wsj.com By Kristina Arriaga May 11, 2017 4:11 p.m. ET What will Iran’s May 19 presidential election mean for the Baha’i, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious group? Given that every candidate was handpicked by Supreme…
Source: news.bahai.org 12 May 2017 NEW YORK — The Baha’i International Community is launching a global campaign calling for the immediate release of the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders, unjustly imprisoned now for nine years. The campaign,…
What Their Repression Reveals About the Regime Source: www.foreignaffairs.com By Elliott Abrams Iran will elect a new president on May 19. But the real event will take place days before, on May 14, and it will…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Bahá’ís in Iran are being deprived of basic human and civil rights due to their religious beliefs. Discrimination, othering, vengeance, prejudgment, hate-mongering, harassment and murder, as well…
Source: www.bic.org Release the Baha’i seven now Nine years ago, seven innocent men and women were rounded up by Iranian authorities and thrown into the infamous Evin prison solely because of their religious beliefs. The seven…
Source: www.ottawacitizen.com By Terry Glavin In the coming weeks, the Khomeinist regime in Iran will stage yet another sham presidential election and Canada’s Parliament will proceed with the fourth annual Iran Accountability Week. Every year, participating Canadian…
Source: news.bahai.org OSLO, Norway — At a recent major international music festival, one composition stood out in particular for its portrayal of faith and spiritual transformation under great oppression. Well-known Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen was inspired…
Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Apr 6, 2017 / 04:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious freedom advocates at the United States capitol on Thursday sent a message of solidarity to all those imprisoned or tortured…
