The Sentinel Project is proud to announce the release of a new report on our Iranian Baha’i situation-of-concern. Unfortunately, this “Supplementary Report: The Threat of Genocide to the Baha’is of Iran” does not contain good…
Monthly Archives For November 2010
Weekly Report on Violation of Baha’i Rights
(RAHANA – 6 Nov 2010) The violation of Baha’i rights in the past week included the following: Siamak Ilghani was summoned in order to serve his sentence, a court hearing was held for Sama Nourani…
Weekly Report on Violation of Baha’i Rights
(RAHANA – 30 Oct 2010) The violation of Baha’i rights in the past week included the following: The 3 year prison sentence of a Baha’i citizen was upheld, 2 Baha’i citizens began serving their 5…
Book Review — Iran Human Rights Review: Religion
Iran Human Rights Review: Religion edited by Tahirih Danesh and Adam Hug Preface by Cherie Blair The Iran Human Rights Review is a new Foreign Policy Centre project that seeks to be an important resource…
Conviction of a Baha’i living in Qaemshahr
HRA news – The appeals court of Mazandaran province approved the conviction of Masoud Ataiyan.
Raha’s Letter, 8th Oct. 2010 in prison
Raha’s Letter (This letter is written on 8th Oct. 2010 in prison) Alluhuabha Kindly some dearest friends have already asked me for several times to write them how I spend time in prison. At first,…
Baha’i Citizen Summoned to Revolutionary Court
(RAHANA – 30 Oct 2010) Farid Rohani, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, has been summoned to the Revolutionary Court.
Two Mashhad Baha’i Citizens Began Serving 5 Year Prison Sentence
(RAHANA – 24 Oct 2010) Two Mashhad Baha’i Citizens Jalayer Vahdat and Sima Eshraghi have been transferred to the Vakilabad Prison in order to serve their 5 year prison sentence.
Scotland’s Baha’i community calls for support
Billy Briggs 26 Oct 2010 “It was not long after Ayatollah Khomeini came to power that the real trouble started. My husband was arrested, tortured and killed and then they arrested me too,” Mehrangiz Moayyad…
Spain: City Councils of Bailén and Guarromán show support to the Baha’i community of Iran
The City Councils of Bailén and Guarromán – in the Spanish province of Jaén – have unanimously approved separate institutional declarations stating concern over the deprivation of rights and systematic persecution faced by the members…
Religious minorities in Iran are victims of persecution and face discrimination
(FIDH – 21 Oct 2010) Damning report on an ignored issue: Discrimination against ethnics and religious minorities in Iran. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human…
In The Mideast, An Online Music Site With A Message
(NPR – 12 Oct. 2010) “Iranian rapper named Foad Manshady, of the Baha’i faith, who takes risks to relate the problems of being a religious minority in Iran. The music can be danced to, she…
Two Baha’i Citizens Summoned and Threatened
(RAHANA – 21 Oct 2010) : Two Mashhad Baha’i residents who had received prison sentences, have been threatened and summoned in order to begin serving their sentence.
Two Baha’i Citizens Detained in Tonekabon
(RAHANA – 19 Oct 2010) On Saturday, October 16th, two Baha’i citizens were detained in the city of Tonekabon.