HRANA – Nasim Bagheri, a professor at the online Bahai university (BIHE), was arrested this morning by agents of the ministry of intelligence. According to reporters at HRANA, the news organization of Human Rights…
Monthly Archives For April 2014
Parham Aqdassi, Expelled Nuclear Physics Student Atcity of Hamedan’s Bu Ali Sina University
Parham Aqdassi, expelled nuclear physics student /ABF Interview Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation March 26, 2014 Interview Interview dates: September 2, 2009 (prior to leaving Iran) and October 2, 2013 (Subsequent to leaving Iran) 1. I took…
Praise and Support by Lawyer and Human Rights Defender Nasrin Sotoudeh for Ayatollah Masumi Tehrani
[Alliance for Rights of All Minorities-ARAM] Nasrin Sotoudeh, attorney and human rights defender, met with Ayatollah Masumi Tehrani in the aftermath of his gift of the ornamentation of the Baha’i symbol of the “Greatest Name” and…
A Court in Yazd Issued Prison Sentences of a Sum Total of 58 Years for 20 Baha’is
[HRANA] Wednesday, 23 April, 2014 HRANA News – A court in Yazd issued prison sentences of a sum total of 58 years for 20 Baha’is. Based on information from reporters at HRANA, the news organization…
Petitioning The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
Urge Iran to release the seven Bahai leaders unjustly imprisoned since 2008 serving a twenty-year sentence by signing this petition.
Ayatollah Tehrani’s gift stirs global conversation on religious co-existence
[Baha’i World News] 25 April 2014 NEW YORK — The ground-breaking gift of a senior Iranian cleric to the worldwide Baha’i community is beginning to stir a global conversation about religious co-existence and freedom of religion.…
A Baha’i Grandfather’s Letter from Prison to his Granddaughter
Source: noghtenazar.org Translation by Iran Press Watch In the name of God, the Most Glorious of the Glorious! A letter to my first grandchild, Noura, who was born three days ago in Canada From Behrouz Tavakoli…
Sonia Ahmadi a Baha’i resident of Mashhad turned herself in at Vakilabad prison
[HRANA] HRANA – Sonia Ahmadi*, a Baha’i resident of Mashhad who was released earlier with a promise of complete freedom, turned herself in at Vakilabad prison** to serve the remainder of her sentence. According to reports from the news organization Human Rights Activists…
A Conversation in Prison, The Story of their Trials and Tribulations
[roozonline] Sunday, April 13 2014 A Conversation in Prison, The Story of their Trials and Tribulations Massoud Bastani, Rajai Shahr Prison Little Artin has no role in this story, but he is the pivotal point…
Senior Anglican leaders praise “significance” and “courage” of Iranian ayatollah’s gift to Baha’is
[Bahá’í World News Service] 15 April 2014 LONDON — Two senior leaders of the Church of England have praised the ground-breaking action of an Iranian ayatollah who last week called for religious “coexistence” by dedicating to the…
Business of a Baha’i in prison in Semnan shut down
HRANA News Agency – the optometry shop of Afrasiyab Sobhani, a Baha’i imprisoned in Semnan*, has been shut down. According to reports, the news organization Human Rights Activists in Iran , in the wake of…
The Year of Human Rights and the Rights of Baha’i Citizens
The year of Human Rights and the Rights of Baha’i Citizens Date: Wednesday 20, Farvardin 1393 (9 April, 2014) HARANA News – Heshmatollah Tabazadi¹ a journalist and political prisoner at the 12th Hall of Rajai…
Baha’is in Iran are not discriminated against!
[roozonline] Monday, March 7th 2014- Farvardin 18th 1393 Denial of the existence of the Prisoners and the Student Banned from Higher Education Baha’is in Iran are not discriminated against! By Niusha Saremi The head…
Maziar Malaki, a Bahai citizen and student majoring in manufacturing machinery, has been expelled from the University of Birjand*
[HRANA] According to reporters from HRANA, the news organization of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Maziar Malaki, a Baha’i citizen from Birjand and a student in manufacturing machinery, was summoned by university security and asked…
No information regarding the Status of Nika Kholousi, an Iranian Baha’i Prisoner
[HRANA, Wednesday, April 9, 2014] For the last ten days, there has been no sign of whereabouts of Nika Kholousi, a Baha’i citizen of Iran. According to Human Right Activists News Agency (HRANA), there has…
Bahá’ís: “Second-Class Citizens” in Iran
Source: www.bbc.co.uk Translation by Iran Press Watch Niki Mahjoub [Originally published by BBC Persian on Tuesday, 8 April 2014 at 16:59 GMT] One day in the middle of class, our religion teacher asked, “Children, have you…