Source: www.bbc.com By Kasra Naji BBC Persian Faezeh Hashemi was photographed sitting next to Fariba Kamalabadi A political storm has erupted in Iran after the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani visited a leader…
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Source: www.bbc.com By Kasra Naji BBC Persian Faezeh Hashemi was photographed sitting next to Fariba Kamalabadi A political storm has erupted in Iran after the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani visited a leader…
Source: Bahai World News Service Bani Dugal, principal representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations NEW YORK — A storm of furious denunciation, in reaction to a simple meeting between two friends…
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews” report, many eminent figures, as well as human rights activists and former prisoners, had a visit with Fariba Kamalabadi, one of the leaders of the…
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi 1, a religious leader in Qom, strongly condemned Faezeh Hashemi’s 2 visit with one of the leaders of the Baha’i community, and said that…
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The visit to a Baha’i leader by Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former congresswoman, caused a harsh reaction by fundamentalist media. Fariba Kamalabadi is on her first leave after eight…
Source: news.gooya.com, by Reza Alamehzadeh Translation by Iran Press Watch I became familiar with the name of Ms. Fariba Kamalabadi1, before I became involved with the making of the Iranian Taboo documentary 2, when…
Source: Reza Khandan1 Translation by Iran Press Watch We were used to seeing dear Fariba behind the opaque windows of the visiting hall. It is exciting to visit her or any other prisoner from this…
Source: www.nytimes.com By THOMAS ERDBRINK Faezeh Hashemi, center, in 2009. A visit by Ms. Hashemi, a daughter of a prominent ayatollah, to Fariba Kamalabadi, a leader in the Bahai faith, highlighted the harsh treatment of the group.…
Source: en.iranwire.com Faezeh Hashemi visits Bahai prisoner Fariba Kamalabadi during her temporary leave of absence “It’s very simple,” tweeted journalist Mahsa Amrabadi on May 16. “When you live for so many months with somebody, you are…
Source: www.theguardian.com Iranian hardliners call for arrest of Faezeh Hashemi, and her father describes Bahá’í faith as ‘deviant’ Faezeh Hashemi, centre-left, sitting next to Fariba Kamalabadi, centre-right. The daughter of a former president of Iran has been heavily…
Source: en.radiozamaneh.com May 14, 2016 at 5:12 pm Faezah Hashemi and her father, the moderate cleric Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, have become the target of serious criticism by conservative factions of the establishment after the daughter met…
Source: en.iranwire.com Monday 16 May 2016 Mana Neyestani
Source: openparliament.ca By James Bezan Mr. Speaker, Saturday, May 14, marks the eighth year of incarceration for the seven Iranian Bahá’i leaders. Their only crime is their religion and their efforts to serve the spiritual and…
Source: www.cnn.com By Joe Sterling, CNN Adherents of the Baha’i religion can be found worldwide. Here is the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois. (CNN)–The United States condemned the 2008 arrests of Baha’i leaders…
Source: news.bahai.org.uk Actor and comedian, Omid Djalili, joined Members of Parliament Mark Durkan and Jim Shannon, together with members of the House of Lords and House of Commons, faith leaders, members of civil society, activists, and…
Source: www.rferl.org The United States has called on Iran to immediately release jailed Baha’i leaders along with other prisoners of conscience. Seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community were arrested by the Iranian authorities eight years ago…