Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Behrouz Tavakkoli, an elderly former Baha’i community leader who has spent nearly nine years in prison for his faith, is legally eligible for early release, but his requests for a case review are being…
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Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Behrouz Tavakkoli, an elderly former Baha’i community leader who has spent nearly nine years in prison for his faith, is legally eligible for early release, but his requests for a case review are being…
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – Fariba Kamal Abadi, Jamal-Aldin Khanjani, Mahvash Sabet, Afif Naimi, Saeed Rezai, Behrouz Tavakoli and Vahid Tizfah, are the seven administrative members of the Baha’i Community known as “Yaran-e Iran”, who along…
Source: Corrin J. Corbin By Corrin Corbin I have been a Baha’i for basically my entire life. My mother has been a Baha’i my entire life, therefore I was raised using the principles of the…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News- Fariba Kamalabadi, one of the members of the Yaran of Iran, Baha’i community leaders, was arrested in 2008 and sentenced to twenty years in prison. A short…
Source: www.tribunezamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Moments ago, Mahvash Shahriari, one of the leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, after eight years of imprisonment in Evin prison, left for a five-day furlough. According to a…
Source: www.iranwire.com By ROLAND ELLIOTT BROWN Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is set to attend the 71st United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, where he will likely hold court for the international press on…
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the Bazdasht’s site, Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi1, one of the Yaran (a coordinating group of seven people who facilitated the administrative affairs of the Iranian…
Source: www.amnesty.org Significant new report from Amnesty International. Among other things, it says: “Prisoner of conscience Afif Naimi, one of seven imprisoned leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for peacefully practising his religious…
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, Afif Naeimi, one of the leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, was transferred to the Tehran Heart Hospital yesterday. According to “BahaiNews”, Mr. Afif Naeimi,…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Faezeh Hashemi, the outspoken daughter of prominent former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has been threatened with prosecution by a high ranking Judiciary official following her meeting with Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi and other well-known civil…
Source: BBC Persian, 17th of May 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi 1, one of the Grand Ayatollahs in the Iranian religious studies center in Qum, has strongly condemned the visit of Faezeh…
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com Payam Akhavan, Professor of International Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Cover of Panjereh magazine condemning Faezeh Hashemi’s support of imprisoned Iranian Baha’i leaders The Islamic Republic of Iran is facing a big problem. As…
Source: www.bbc.com 14th May, 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch The interviewer (Nader Soltanpour): Mr. Muhammad Nourizad 1; political activist and critic of the Iranian government, is with us on the phone from Tehran. The interviewer:…
Source: حباب (facebook page) Translation by Iran Press Watch Seeing you again is the sole hope of my existence. My Dearest Saeid 1; Eight years have passed, and you are still incarcerated in the prison of oppression…
Source: Facebook Page of Sadegh Zibakalam 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch What Ms. Faezeh Hashemi did [meeting with the Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi, who was on furlough from Evin Prison] was the right thing to…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Faezeh Hashemi, Daughter of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Criticized for Meeting with Baha’i Leader A high-ranking member of the Iranian Judiciary has said that action will be taken against Faezeh Hashemi, the outspoken daughter of prominent…