Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Farzad Rouhani Manshadi, a Baha’i citizen living in Yazd, was detained by security forces today and transferred to an unknown location. The agents simultaneously searched…
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Appeals Court of Yazd Province Sentences Two Baha’is to Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Branch 11 of the Court of Appeals in Yazd Province has sentenced two Baha’i citizens of that city, Mehran Bandi Amirabadi and Mehran Islami Amirabadi,…
Baha’i Citizen Arrested in Yazd by Security Forces
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Today, Moein Mohammadi, a Baha’i living in Yazd, was arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location. It is said that he was…
Three Baha’is Sentenced to Prison in Yazd
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Three Baha’is, Naser Bagheri, Faez Bagheri and Rooha Imani, have been sentenced to four years and six months in jail by a court in Yazd. …
Under Pressure from Security Forces, Samsung Company Fires Baha’i Employee
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – In continued efforts to marginalize the Iranian Baha’i community, Yazd security officials put pressure on the administrator of a Samsung subsidiary to fire marketing representative Sahar Rouhani on…
Arrest of A Bahá’i Citizen in Yazd
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Mehran Bandi Amirabadi, a Baha’i citizen residing in Yazd, has been arrested by security forces. According to HRANA, the human rights activists News Agency in…
Baha’i Citizen of Yazd Released from Prison upon Completion of Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Iman Rashidi, a Baha’i citizen living in Yazd, who was sentenced to three years imprisonment and one year suspended imprisonment as one of the 20…
Fariborz Baghi Released from Prison Upon Completion of Three-Year Sentence
Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 17 December 2017 Based on a report by the “No to Harassment & Imprisonment of Bahá’i Compatriots” campaign, Fariborz Baghi, a Bahá’í citizen from Yazd was released from prison upon completion of his…
Report on the Arrest of two Baha’i citizens in Isfahan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from HRANA, Human Rights Activists’ News Agency in Iran, Ms. Hiva Yazdan Mehdiabadi, a Baha’i resident of Yazd, was detained by security forces twenty days…
Baha’i Musician Arrested in Tehran
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Behnam Rouhanifard, an Iranian Baha’i and singer-composer from Tehran, has been arrested by security forces. According to a human rights watchdog in Iran, Mr. Rouhanifard was arrested on 03…
Religious Discrimination Explicit in Iran’s Penal Code
Source: news.bahai.org 25 July 2017 BIC NEW YORK — A court in Yazd has recently sentenced a man convicted of the public murder of a Baha’i to just 11 years in prison and two years away from…
They Confessed to Killing a Baha’i, but Were Freed
Source: iranwire.com By ARASH AZIZI The confession came pure and simple from one of two brothers who, in September 2016, stabbed a man to death in the Iranian city of Yazd. Murderers don’t usually confess to their crimes.…
Extrajudicial Killings Supported by Law and Islamic Jurisprudence
Source: www.ihrr.org By Kamyar Behrang Perhaps when Mirza Mohammad Reza Kermani shot the Qajar king, Naser al-Din Shah, on 30 April 1896, Iran’s contemporary history entered a different era. Mirza Reza Kermani was first attracted to the…
Mass arrests of Baha’is in Yazd
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Seven citizens were arrested in Yazd because of their belief in the Baha’i Faith. According to the report from the Website of Human Rights in Iran, quoting BahaiNews, Farzad…
Fariba Ashtari Released from Yazd Prison, After Serving a Two-Year Sentence
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report by BahaiNews, Fariba Ashtari, a Bahá’í citizen residing in Yazd, has been released from Yazd Prison, after serving her sentence. According to BahaiNews, this Bahá’í…
Expulsion of a Baha’i Couple from Payame-Noor University in Yazd Province
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch As reported by BahaiNews, a young Baha’i couple ‒ Azadeh Zolfaghari and Masoud Ghadirzadeh ‒ were expelled from university, owing to their belief in the Baha’i Faith. Based…
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