Source: www.facebook.com/freenavidkhanjani Translation by Iran Press Watch Today, Sunday the 29th of March, the families of the martyr Mostafa Karim Beigi, Mohamad Nourizad, Masoumeh Dehghan the wife of Abdolfatah Soltani, Akran Zeinali the mother of Saeed Zeinali, …
Monthly Archives For March 2015
Opening a New File for Adnan Rahmat-Panah
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Watch HRANA News Agency: Adnan Rahmat-Panah, a Baha’i prisoner in Shiraz who in the last month of his confinement was faced with a new case against him, has been sentenced to…
Interview With a Baha’i Sentenced to Death
Source: exilesactivist.wordpress.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By: Morteza Esmailpour 3/18/2015 In an interview with Peace Activists in Exile Campaign (PAEC), Behnam Roghani, a Baha’i citizen who was previously sentenced to death, talked about his…
UN Votes for Continued Monitoring of Human Rights in Iran
Source: Baha’i World News Service GENEVA — In a clear rejection of Iran’s claim that the human rights situation in that country has improved, the UN Human Rights Council today extended the mandate of its…
Iran’s Loss Is the World’s Gain: The Tale of My Persecuted Bahà’i Roommate
Source: scroll.in Prevented from going to college in Iran, she fled to the US to study, later helping discover a drug that fights cancer. Her country’s policies could come under UN scrutiny on March 19. Uma…
UN Special Rapporteur Commends Documentary on Denial of Education for Baha’is in Iran
Source: Baha’i World News Service 22 March 2015 GENEVA — A high UN official has praised the film “To Light a Candle”, a documentary film on the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran, as an important…
A Baha’i Couple Begins Their Sentences in Yazd
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Mr. Iman Rashidi and Mrs. Shabnam Motahed, a Bahai couple from Yazd, were arrested on March 18, and taken to the central prison in Yazd to begin serving their sentences.…
Baha’is over the Last Year – a Return to the Era of the Iranian Revolution
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Thursday, 19 March, 2015 By Kian Sabeti The Iranian Solar Year 1393 (March 2014 – March 2015), witnessed the largest numbers of detained or sentenced and imprisoned Baha’is for…
Iran’s UPR Response Offers Bleak Outlook for Baha’is and Human Rights
Source: Bahai World News Service 19 March 2015 GENEVA — Iran’s limited and conditional acceptance of just two out of ten recommendations made by other governments about its ongoing persecution of Baha’is today suggests there…
Another Bahai Home Raided in Shiraz
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily On the morning of March 16, intelligence agents in the city of Shiraz raided the home of Mr. Karamat Amiri, a 62-year old Bahai. This is the latest in a…
Human Rights Violations – Iran’s Policy to Block Progress of Bahá’í Youth
Iran’s government has a policy to destroy the Bahá’í community in that country. The denial of access for Bahá’ís to higher education is one of many strategies implemented to achieve that aim. To learn more…
A Baha’i Citizen Was Arrested in the City of Najafabad to Complete Her Imprisonment
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRNA News Agency- Security forces went to Naghmeh Farabi’s residence, a Baha’i citizen in the city of Najafabad, arrested her and took her to Yazd prison for completion of…
Iran Disseminated Some 4900 Items of Anti-Baha’i Propaganda in 2014
Source: www.bic.org The Situation of Baha’is in Iran Question to the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, interactive dialogue, 28th Session of the Human Rights Council Human Rights 16…
Ongoing Inspection of Baha’i Homes in Shiraz
Date: March 13, 2015 Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – As part of continuing inspections of Baha’i citizens’ homes in Shiraz, Arash Kayedi’s home was inspected and his personal items confiscated.…
Imprisoned Baha’i Educator Wins Raha Südwind Award
Source: www.iranhrc.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Tuesday 10 March, 2015 Tribute to those who have contributed to the protection of human rights in Iran Faran Hesami, Winner of the Raha Sudwind Award Human rights award…
Maziar Bahari’s Interview with CBC on the Persecution of the Baha’is of Iran
Source: www.cbc.ca Sunday March 15, 2015 The very place where the Baha’i faith was born has become the country where its people are the most persecuted. Founded in 19th century Persia, the Baha’i community promoted equality…