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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A Look at the Case of Seven Baha’is, Seven Years after Their Controversial Arrest
Source: www.bbc.co.uk/persian Translation by Iran Press Watch By Kambiz Fattahi May 14, 2015 At the seventh year anniversary of the detention of the leaders of the Baha’i community…
A Heart Full of Love
Source: www.bahai.org.au Sydney, 18 May 2015 By Mehrzad Mumtahan (1) For the seventh anniversary of the unjust imprisonment in Iran of my uncle and his six colleagues, I have been involved in the creation of an installation…
My Noble Cousin
Source: www.bahai.org.au By Bruce Vasli (1) Sydney, 17 May 2015 My cousin, Afif Naeimi, is dedicated to improving the community in which he lives. He has contributed by teaching spiritual education to children and participating in study…
Statement by Minister Nicholson on Seventh Anniversary of Arrest and Imprisonment of Bahá’í Leaders in Iran
Source: www.international.gc.ca May 15, 2015 – Ottawa, Ontario – Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement: “This…
A Leader Who Wins Respect
Source: www.bahai.org.au SYDNEY, 16 MAY 2015 Jamaloddin Khanjani, 81, is a successful businessman known for his dynamic, loving personality. Mr Khanjani established the first automated brick factory in Iran, employing hundreds of people. And when the authorities…
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Video Message in Support of the Seven Baha’i Leaders
Source: www.youtube.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Nasrin Sotoudeh ‒ attorney and human rights activist Anniversary of the seventh year of the imprisonment of the leaders of the Baha’i Community ‒ the Yaran (“Friends”…
MP Bezan Advocates for Seven Bahá’í Leaders
Source: www.facebook.com May 15, 2015 at 1:22pm Ottawa, ON – Yesterday marked the beginning of the eighth year of incarceration for six of the seven members of the Bahá’í Faith leadership group in the…
Iran Religious Persecution: Baha’i Faith Leaders Remain Imprisoned After Seven Years
Source: www.ibtimes.com By Lora Moftah @LoraMoftah [email protected] on May 15 2015 2:20 PM EDT Events are being planned around the world this week to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the arrest of Iran’s Baha’i religious leaders. Multiple pictures of the Baha’i…
She Committed “The Crime of Love Again”
Source: www.bahai.org.au Sydney, 14 May 2015 The first of seven Baha’i leaders to be unjustly imprisoned in 2008 was Mahvash Sabet, a poet whose thoughts and feelings have since inspired people the world over. While in her…
My Innocent Mother Is in Jail
Source: www.bahai.org.au By Vargha Taefi (1) MELBOURNE, 15 MAY 2015 My mother, Fariba Kamalabadi, is an educational psychologist and is a warm, compassionate, spiritual and intelligent person. She is now serving a jail sentence of 20 years…
Baha’is Mark Seventh Year of Unjust Jail Terms
Source: en.iranwire.com Thursday 14 May 2015 Natasha Bowler The Baha’i International Community (BIC) today launches a global campaign to raise awareness about the situation for Baha’is in Iran, and to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the unlawful…
Mansour Osanlou, Human and Labour Rights Activist Who Was in Prison with the Yaran, Has Joined YadeYaran Campaign.
Mansour Osanlou (1) is a trade union and human rights activist. He is a former leading personality of the Syndicate of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (2) (Vahed Company) who has been imprisoned on numerous…
Irwin Cotler: Naming Tehran’s Victims
Source: news.nationalpost.com Irwin Cotler, National Post | May 4, 2015 Canadian parliamentarians from across the political spectrum have joined together to launch the fourth annual Iran Accountability Week in order to sound the alarm on the toxic convergence…
Seven Days in Remembrance of Seven Years in Prison for the Seven Baha’i Leaders
Source: www.bic.org #7Bahais7years On 14 May 2015, the Baha’i International Community will be coordinating a global campaign to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders. The campaign…
Solidarity with Those Remembering the Iranian Yaran
Source: yadyaraniran.blogspot.se Translation by Iran Press Watch Some known human rights activists were among those who gathered in protest at the Iranian Bar Asccoication in Tehran to offer their support to all who remember the imprisoned…