Source: iranwire.com Friday, September 11, 2015 By Mehrangiz Kar Translation by Iran Press Watch I was a guest at the 25th gathering of the Baha’is of the world, which is held in September in Chicago every…
Yaran
What Sin Has Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani Committed?
Source: radiofarhang.nu By Heshmatullah Tabarzadi1 10th August 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch Mr. Khanjani is an 83 year old gentleman incarcerated in Hall number 21 of Evin prison. In truth, is there any government except that…
Imprisoned Baha’i Leader Taken to Hospital
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by sen’s daily Afif Naeimi a Baha’i prisoner of conscience and one of the seven Yarn (national facilitators for the Bahai community in Iran), has been transferred to the Tehran Heart Center. His physical…
Their Crime Was Their Faith
Source: yadyaraniran.blogspot.se Translated by Iran Press Watch A campaign to say no to the harassment and imprisonment of Baha’i citizens of Iran What was their crime? You may participate in this campaign by sending your…
Honouring Mahvash Sabet: Acharya Modgala Duguid Reads ‘The Perfume of Poetry’
Source: vimeo.com As part of the #7Bahais7years campaign, Acharya Modgala Duguid of the Amida Trust UK offers a message of support to Mahvash Sabet and oppressed people everywhere. She reads ‘The Perfume of Poetry’ from Mahvash’s…
Torn from their Country: The Banned Baha’is of Iran
Source: en.iranwire.com Thursday 21 May 2015 Natasha Bowler In Iran, Bahai’s face persecution, arrest, torture, and exile — simply for practicing their faith. In May, the Baha’i International Community (BIC) launched a global campaign to raise awareness…
Global Solidarity with Seven Imprisoned Iranian Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org NEW YORK — A global campaign to call attention to the long and unjust imprisonment of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders spawned a worldwide outcry this month on the…
Preventing the Transfer of Afif Naeimi to the Hospital
Source: manoto1.com Armin Ghobadi Monday, May 18, 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports from a number of informed sources, despite repeated instructions from the Medical Commission regarding cancellation of his prison sentence, Afif…
Spectacular Video Calls for Release of Leaders
Source: www.bahai.org.au At the climax of a seven-day campaign in support of seven unjustly imprisoned Baha’i leaders in Iran, the Australian Baha’i community has distributed a special video via social media. The video depicts a heart-shaped installation…
EU Parliament Lawmakers Call for Release of Jailed Iranian Baha’i Leaders
Source: www.ecumenicalnews.com By Peter Kenny | Wednesday, May 20 2015 Five members of the European Parliament have joined in a call for the immediate release of seven imprisoned former Iranian Baha’i leaders saying that it “unjust”…
Excerpts from Speech by Attorney for Yaran Recalling Their Arrest and Imprisonment
Source: Ain-i Baha’i TV Translation by Iran Press Watch Portions of the speech by the attorney for the seven former leaders of the Baha’i community ‒ the “Yaran [Friends] of Iran” ‒ Ms. Mahnaz Parakand, recalling…
He Deserves the Flower of Freedom
Source: www.bahai.org.au Sydney, 20 May 2015 When Vahid Tizfahm was in solitary confinement in Iran — being punished for his faith as a Baha’i — some of his friends came to the prison with a present for…
Members of European Parliament Raise Their Voices in Support of the Wrongfully Imprisoned Seven Bahá’í Leaders
A Sad Anniversary as Iran’s Brutalization of the Baha’i Continues
Source: blogs.cfr.org by Elliott Abrams May 19, 2015 This week marks a landmark in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s crimes against that country’s small Baha’i community: Seven years ago this week the regime imprisoned seven peaceful Baha’i leaders. What is…
My Brother Deserves Honours Not Jail
Source: www.bahai.org.au Adelaide, 19 May 2015 By Amin Tavakoli (1) This month my younger brother, Behrouz Tavakkoli, completed seven years of an unjust 20-year sentence for being part of the seven-member Baha’i leadership group in Iran. He…
Fiona Wade Joins #7Bahais7years
Source: vimeo.com Actress Fiona Wade joins the global campaign to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders with this special dedication to one particular member; Afif Naeimi, reading…
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