Just over a month has elapsed from the devastating demolishment of 50 homes of Baha’is in a remote and previously unknown village of Ivel in the northern provence of Mazandaran, Iran. (See in Persian, in…
Monthly Archives For July 2010
Ongoing harassment and persecution of Bahai’s in Iran
HRA news – In the continuation of oppression of Baha’is in Iran, a person in Abadan was arrested and the Baha’i cemetery of Kerman was demolished.
Continuation of detainment of Afshin Heyratian, human rights activist for working children and Baha'is
Tuesday, 05 Mordad 1389 at 11:27 Hrana News – Afshin Heyratian, human rights activist for working children and Baha’i citizen, resident of Tehran, has been living under arrest since 13th of Khordad [3 June].
Video Series: The Story of Iranian Angel Mona Mahmudnizhad (Parsi)
Mona Mahmudnizhad (September 10, 1965 – June 18, 1983) was an Iranian Bahá’í who, in 1983, together with nine other Bahá’í women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her membership…
Prevention of burial of a Baha’i citizen in Mashhad
HRA News- On the morning of Monday Tir 28th [July 19th] , officers of “Behesht Reza” [i.e. the public cemetery] of Mashhad refused to release corps of a Baha’i woman named Marziyeh Gholamy (Pardel), who…
The physical well being of an imprisoned Baha'i is in danger
Wednesday 30 Tir 1389 at 16:40 Hrana News – The physical well being of Rozita Vasseghi, an imprisoned Baha’i in Mashad’s Vakil Abad prison has been reported as very serious during the last family visit.…
UK government urges Iran to “cease harassment” of Baha’i community
UK Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt reiterates the government’s concerns about the ongoing detention of the seven Baha’i leaders in Iran. “I again urge the Iranian Government to cease its harassment of the Baha’i minority,…
A Baha'i arrested in Sari
Sunday 27 Tir 1389 at 18:36 Hrana News – Ghavamoddin Sabetian, a Baha’i of Sari was arrested today, as the Ministry of Information officers enter his home. As reported by the Human Rights Committee of…
Arrest of an 18 year old Bahai in Sari
HRA News: Hooman Hoorbod, an 18 year old Bahai cititizen was arrested by police forces in Sari. According to the committee of human rights reporters, on Wednesday 23rd of Tir (July 14th), Hooman Hoorbod, an…
Arrest of two Baha'i citizens in order to carry out their court order
Thursday 24 Tir 1389 at 17:42 [15 July 2010] Hrana News – Two Baha’i citizens, residing in Mashad, have been arrested in order to carry out their court order for prison term. As noted by…
A Bahai has been sentenced to 4 years in prison.
HRA News: Peyman Kashfi Najaf Abaday, a Baha’i resident of Tehran who was arrested by Ministry of Information and released on bail, is sentenced to 4 years in prison.
Attack on Iran’s Baha’i is a Human Rights Outrage
The destruction of 50 Baha’i homes demonstrates the Iranian government’s disregard for its international obligations Written by Barney Leith for the Guardian [“]The governor general is like a physician … if he feels that there…
To be a Baha'i is a crime in the Islamic Republic
Thursday, 17 Tir 1389 [8 July 2010] Report of Rooz on human rights violations in Iran By : Fereshteh Ghazi, [email protected] Baha’i citizens, whose homes in Ivel village in Mazandaran were destroyed by trucks and…
Expulsion of a Baha’i student from the International University of Qazvin
HRA News – Vesal Momtazi, a Baha’i students at International University of Qazvin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imam_Khomeini_International_University] was expelled from this university due to being a member of the Baha’i faith.
The Baha'is of Ivel: Undaunted spirit
11 July 2010 GENEVA — Following the demolition of Baha’i homes in the Iranian village of Ivel – reported last week – there is another story that must also be told: that of sympathetic villagers…
A tale of suffering of a Baha'i in Ivel.
[Editor’s Note: The destruction of 50 Baha’i homes in Ivel on 24th of June, 2010, has seen an overwhelming reaction by the people of the world to an extend that Iran Press Watch (IPW) is…