66-year old Riaz Sobhani, currently in prison for financially assisting the Baha’i Institute of Higher Education (BIHE), was refused medical leave after his recent heart surgery. His son, Naim Sobhani, told the International Campaign for…
Monthly Archives For June 2012
Iran's calculus of terror includes Syrian response
[theglobeandmail.com, 5 June 2012] Payam Akhavan and Shirin Ebadi Published Tuesday, Jun. 05 2012, 2:00 AM EDT Last updated Wednesday, Jun. 06 2012, 2:18 PM EDT The massacre of 108 civilians in Houla on May 25 is…
Factory closures highlight economic strangulation of Iran's Baha'is
[BWNS, 14 June 2012] GENEVA — A recent intensification of attacks on Baha’i-owned businesses in Iran further demonstrates the Iranian authorities’ determination to suffocate the economic prospects of the Baha’is of that country, solely on account…
“My Father Was Charged With Helping The Baha’i University”
[iranhumanrights.org, 13 Oct. 2011] In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Naim Sobhani, son of Riaz Sobhani, an Iranian Baha’i imprisoned at Evin Prison for the past four months on the…
Children of Arrested Baha’is: “We Have No Recourse”
[iranhumnrights.org, 2 Nov. 2012] Following the sentencing of seven Baha’is associated with the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court, their families’ only hope is that the Appeals…
The Plight of Iran's Baha'is
[pbs.org 1 June 2012] by KAMIAR ALAEI * * Arash and Kamiar Alaei, physicians specializing in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, were found guilty in 2009 of “cooperating with an enemy government” and sentenced…
The Epic, Secret Struggle to Educate Iran’s Bahais
[chronicle.com, 13 May 2012] By Sohrab Ahmari The Salvadoran jurist Reynaldo Galindo Pohl died this year at age 93. A former education minister and president of El Salvador’s National Constitutional Assembly, Pohl spent much of…
Baha'is in Brampton host meeting
[bramptonguardian.com, 24 May 2012]A Brampton organization wants Canada to use diplomatic pressure on the Iranian government and help stop the systemic and relentless prosecution of Baha’is, a religious minority group.The Baha’is of Brampton will hold…
Letter from Bashir Ehsani, a Baha'i student at BIHE.
Dear IPW editor, I would like to draw your attention to a letter that my friend Bashir Ehsani wrote, upon my request to be read in our Education Under Fire Campaign in the Bay Area,…