Thursday 03 Tir 1389 [24 Jun 2010] at 18:32 [6:32 PM] Hrana News- Sara Mahboobi, a university student who had been deprived of her right to a university education residing in Sari, was arrested this…
Monthly Archives For June 2010
Weekly Report on Violation of Baha’i Rights
RAHANA: The recent Baha’i rights violations are as follows: June 22 Navid Khanjani’s Bail Amount Increased Student rights activist, Navid Khanjani, presented his last defense in the 3rd branch of Prosecutor based Interrogation Center in…
Video of the Site where 50 Homes of Baha'is in Ivel, Mazandaran, were demolished.
On 24th fo June, 2010, 50 homes of the Baha’is in Ivel were demolished. The news of this cruel act has filled the media. The following is a cell phone video recording of the site:…
Homes demolished in campaign to drive Baha'is out of Iranian village
(BWNS) GENEVA — Homes belonging to some 50 Baha’i families in a remote village in northern Iran have been demolished as part of a long-running campaign to expel them from the region. The action occurred…
Destruction of fifty Baha'i residences in the village of Ivel in Mazandaran
Thursday 3 Tir 1389 [24 Jun 2010] Baha’is of Ivel village [also written as Eival, or Evel] in Mazandaran, found out that the non-Baha’i citizens were preparing a local petition for the destruction, leveling and…
Afshin Iqani condemned to 4 years 3 months and 1 day "reprimand" imprisonment
Wednesday 2 Tir 1389 [23 June 2010] at 17:02 [5:02 PM] Hrana News – Afshin Iqani, a Baha’i citizen of Semnan, has been condemned to 4 years, 3 months and 1 day imprisonment as a “reprimand”.…
Baha'i student expelled from Sari
(Khabarnavard blog, 17 June 2010) Nagin Siyahi ( نگین سیاحی ), has been expelled from the University of Sari, following the expulsion of two other Bahais students recently. She was in the second semester of…
Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire makes statement to Canadian Senate
[Senator Romeo Dallaire, formerly Force Commander of UNAMIR, the UN peacekeeping force for Rwanda 1993-1994, speaks to the Canadian Senate of “state-sanctioned persecution” extending to the Baha’i community in Iran. “The Iranian government has sanctioned…
Baha’i Teenager Deprived from Education at Gifted Students’ School
Baha’i Teenager Deprived from Education at Gifted Students’ School Shadan Shirazi, a 14 year old student, was prevented from registering at “Exceptionally Talented Students” School because there is no option for the faith of Baha’i…
Iran Rejects UN Accountability for Baha’i Treatment
Iran Rejects UN Accountability for Baha’i Treatment (niacINsight, 18 June 2010) The Baha’i International Community expressed its deep disappointment with Iran’s refusal to adopt recommendations made by the UN during Iran’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR).…
UK Foreign Office minister meets with members of the Baha’i Faith
Alistair Burt meets with members of the Bahá’í faith 10 June 2010 Foreign Office minister met with representatives to share their concerns regarding the treatment of Bahá’ís in Iran and to show the UK’s commitment…
European Union “closely monitoring the trial of Baha’i leaders”
European Union “closely monitoring the trial of Baha’i leaders” A Declaration by the High Representative Catherine Ashton on behalf of the European Union on Iran, made in Brussels on 12 June 2010, states that “The…
Canadian Prime Minister urges Iran to respect rights of Baha'i community
Canadian Prime Minister urges Iran to respect rights of Baha’i community Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada 12 June 2010 Ottawa, Ontario Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement marking the anniversary…
Ongoing trial of Iran's Baha'i leaders highlighted on global day of action
Ongoing trial of Iran’s Baha’i leaders highlighted on global day of action (BWNS, 13 June 2010) BRUSSELS, Belgium — On a global day of action highlighting human rights abuses in Iran, the European Union and…
Trial of seven Iranian Baha'i leaders appears to have ended
Trial of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders appears to have ended (BWNS, 14 June 2010) NEW YORK — The trial of seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned for more than two years in Iran seems to have come…
Global Day of Action: Los Angeles, Reno, Melbourne, Heydarabad, etc.
The response of the global human family to the Global Day of Action for human rights in Iran, organized by 12june.org, has been truly amazing. In more than 87 cities across the world people of…