Source: www.farzanfaramarzi.coml Translation by Sen’s daily Samim Dokoohaki, a Bahai student of music at the Beyza campus of the Azad University, was expelled from the University on March 1, 2015 because of his religious beliefs. He…
Monthly Archives For May 2015
Baha’is Mark Seventh Year of Unjust Jail Terms
Source: en.iranwire.com Thursday 14 May 2015 Natasha Bowler The Baha’i International Community (BIC) today launches a global campaign to raise awareness about the situation for Baha’is in Iran, and to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the unlawful…
Iran Escalates Persecution of Religious Minorities Under Rouhani
Christians, Baha’is jailed despite election of the purportedly moderate president Source: freebeacon.com May 13, 2015 5:00 am BY: Daniel Wiser Iranian authorities have escalated their persecution of religious minorities since the election of President Hassan Rouhani despite…
Mansour Osanlou, Human and Labour Rights Activist Who Was in Prison with the Yaran, Has Joined YadeYaran Campaign.
Mansour Osanlou (1) is a trade union and human rights activist. He is a former leading personality of the Syndicate of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (2) (Vahed Company) who has been imprisoned on numerous…
Don’t Forget the Baha’is
Source: thehill.com May 11, 2015, 10:00 am By S. Rob Sobhani, Ph.D President Obama and his foreign policy team should be commended for trying to solve the difficult problem of Iran’s nuclear program. While…
Selective Truths Revealed: The Case of Iranian Search Engines
Source: globalvoicesonline.org From top to bottom, the logos of Parsijoo, Yooz, and GorGor. Mixed by Amin Sabeti. This post was written by Small Media researcher Kyle Bowen, and is based on Small Media’s latest Iranian Internet Infrastructure and Policy (IIIP) report.…
Harassment and Closure of Baha’i Businesses in Kerman
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency. Harassing the businesses of Baha’i citizens still persists in a number of cities in the Province of Kerman. According to the report by HRANA ‒ Human…
Irwin Cotler: Naming Tehran’s Victims
Source: news.nationalpost.com Irwin Cotler, National Post | May 4, 2015 Canadian parliamentarians from across the political spectrum have joined together to launch the fourth annual Iran Accountability Week in order to sound the alarm on the toxic convergence…
Addressing the Judge, a Letter from a Baha’i Sentenced to Prison
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA- Navid Haghighi, a Baha’i from Arak who has been sentenced to three years of mandatory prison, plus an additional year with the possibility of parole, due to charges…
Seven Days in Remembrance of Seven Years in Prison for the Seven Baha’i Leaders
Source: www.bic.org #7Bahais7years On 14 May 2015, the Baha’i International Community will be coordinating a global campaign to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders. The campaign…
Three Baha’is Tried in Gorgan
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Hana Aghighian, a Bahai from Gorgan, and Bita Hedayati and Hana Kushkebaghi, from Gonbad-e Kavus, were tried in Gorgan on April 25. Mrs Kushkebaghi was not present, as she had…
Solidarity with Those Remembering the Iranian Yaran
Source: yadyaraniran.blogspot.se Translation by Iran Press Watch Some known human rights activists were among those who gathered in protest at the Iranian Bar Asccoication in Tehran to offer their support to all who remember the imprisoned…
“Practical Dreamers”
Source: www.noghtenazar.org By Saeid Rezaie Translation by Iran Press Watch Today, after four years, Mahmoud Badavam, Farhad Sedghi and Ramin Zibaie, faculty members of the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), have been released from Rajai-Shahr…
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