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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Mahbod Ettehadi, 23, Resident of Yazd, Arrested on 1 January 2017
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the Human Rights in Iran website, citing Bahianews, security agents arrested Mahbod, and his whereabouts is still unknown. Some sources speculate that he might be held in…
A Paradise for Murderers
Source: news.gooya.com By Bijan Masumian Translation by Iran Press Watch The root of the repression and murder of religious minorities in Iran can be traced back to the spread of religious hatred by Muslim extremists who…
Murder of a Baha’i in Yazd and Inquiry About the Rights of Baha’is
Source: fa.euronews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the Baha’i International Community, a Baha’i resident of the city of Yazd was killed by two men with a knife on the twenty-sixth of September of…
Expulsion of an Iranian Baha’i Student From Yazd University Because of Her Beliefs
Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran Campaign, Raha Sedaghat, a Baha’i from Yazd, was expelled from university because of…
“We Killed a Baha’i to Buy us Paradise for Seven Generations”
Source: www.iranwire.com When the doorbell rang, his elderly mother, who lives on the floor below, pushed the button to open the door without asking any questions. She assumed that a friend or a relative had come…
Farhang Amiri, Murdered September 28, 2016 in Yazd, Designated a Martyr by Universal House of Justice
Source: www.goldnews.biz Translation by Iran Press Watch Gold News reported that Mr. Farhang Amiri, a Baha’i citizen of Yazd murdered on September 28, 2016 in Yazd has been designated a martyr by the Universal House of…
Late Night Arrest of 17 Baha’i Citizens in Yazd
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch August 3, 2016 As reported by Bazdasht, last night around 10 pm a number of Ministry of Intelligence agents attacked the home of a Baha’i citizen in Yazd, having…
Report on the Status of Incarcerated Baha’i Couple Iman Rashidi and Shabnam Mottahed
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Iman Rashidi and Shabnam Mottahed, a Baha’i married couple, are now spending the sixteenth month of their sentences in Yazd prison. According to the Human Rights in Iran website,…
Farah Baghi, a Baha’i Citizen, Released from Prison
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the “No to the harassment and imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens” campaign, Farah Baghi, a Baha’i citizen, was released from prison after serving her one-year sentence. Some time ago, on August…
Baha’i Citizen Kosro Dehghani Released from Prison
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Campaign to Stop the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens, Khosro Dehghani, a Baha’i citizen, has been released upon completion of his prison term. Khosro Dehghani was…
Supplementary Report on the Process of Searching the Residences of Three Baha’i Citizens in the City of Yazd
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The “No to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens” campaign reports: After three Baha’i residences in Yazd were attacked and searched by security forces, a reliable source prepared…
Tahereh Reza’i Arrested and Sent to Yazd Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 19 October 2015 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BaháiNews”, Tahereh Reza’i, a Baha’i resident of Isfahan, was arrested in front of her home on 19 October and transferred later that day to…
Two Baha’is of Yazd Have Been Sent to Prison to Serve Their 3 Year Sentence
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Campaign to Stop the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is reports that on Tuesday the 6th of October two Baha’i women – Ms. Nateghe Ja’afari Naimi, who has been sentenced…
A Brief Letter About the Life and Patience of One Family: Farah Baghi at Yazd Prison
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Harana News- Farah Baghi, a Baha’i prisoner in Yazd since 10 February 2015, in a letter addressed to the Islamic Revolutionary Attorney of Yazd, talks about her family,…
A Lifetime of Persecution, the Story of a Bahai Couple in Yazd
Source: Farah Baghi and Vahid Qudrat (facebook grou Read the sad story of this Baha’i couple who have been persecuted by the Islamic Republic government in Iran for the past 36 years: My name is Vahid Ghodrat,…
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