Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Sen’s daily Kamran Rahimian, one of the educators of the Baha’i Institute for Higher Eduction (BIHE) in Iran, has been released from Raja’i Shahr prison, near Tehran, at the end of a…
Monthly Archives For August 2015
Fresh Graffiti against Baha’is in Tehran
Source: hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – On the night of July 25-26, a Bahai home in the Shahrak-e Gharb district in North-west Tehran was defaced with the usual unimaginative slogan: “Death to Baha’i.” According to the report of…
Official Pressure to Boycott Bahai-Run Businesses in Zahedan
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Sen’s daily The adyannnews website, has published a photograph of a Baha’i-run optometry shop in Zahedan, along with an article which says that although all the Shia and Sunni religious authorities have stated…
Over 30 Bahai Businesses Closed in Sari
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Sen’s daily Reports from Sari indicate that over 30 Bahai businesses have been closed by authorities, and that the closures are continuing. Most of the closures have now lasted from 3 weeks…
Two Bahais in Sanandaj Targets of Vandalism and Official Pressure
Source: mafnews.net Translation by Sen’s daily Azarakhsh Mansouri and Majid Abdul-Motallebi, two Baha’is from Sanandaj, were detained at a prayer meeting in a private house on April 1, 2014, and interrogated for a few hours. They…
Saba Golshan Begins 4-Year Sentence in Isfahan
Source: sensday.wordpress.com Mr. Saba Golshan reported to the central prison on Isfahan this morning, to begin serving a 4-year sentence. His sentence also includes a one-year suspended sentence. On August 1, 2011, agents from the Ministry…
In Iran, Anti-Baha’i Actions Hurt People and Business
Source: www.ihrb.org (Institute for Human Rights and Business) by Bayan Towfiq1 August 11, 2015 The airwaves are still buzzing with news of the historic nuclear dealbetween six major world powers and Iran. As foreign corporations begin to consider…
Human Rights Activists Visit the Family of Navid Khanjani on the Occasion of His Birthday
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On the occasion of the birthday of Navid Khanjani * – a Baha’i citizen who has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for his belief in the Baha’i Faith…
Three Members of Khanjani Family Share 36 Years of Prison
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch by Behnam Roghani Since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, Iranian Baha’is have systematically faced several types of pressure by officials. They met with many atrocities, including capital punishment,…
A Quiet Genocide
By Shapour Daneshmand AQUIETGENOCIDE.COM is a project that evolved out of the mounting concern of alarmed Americans and Iranians appalled by the atrocities committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran against an entire group of…
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Chided for Religious Persecution
Source: www.washingtontimes.com By Cheryl Wetzstein – The Washington Times – Monday, August 3, 2015 Iran’s president, who reached his second anniversary in office Monday, was again implored to release prisoners of conscience — including an Iranian-American pastor…
Rouhani: Two Years Later
Source: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week marks the two-year anniversary of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s assumption of…
50 Iranian Women You Should Know: Jinous Nemat Mahmoudi
Source: en.iranwire.com Tuesday 04 August 2015 IranWire Global and Iranian history are both closely intertwined with the lives and destinies of prominent figures. Every one of them has laid a brick on history’s wall, sometimes paying the…
Iran is Economically Missing Out by Repressing Baha’i Faith
Source: religiousfreedomandbusiness.org by Bruce Rahmani 31 Jul, 2015 In this “Leaders Speak!” edition, U.S. entrepreneur Bruce Rahmani argues that Iran is missing a great resource for economic growth by repressing the country’s largest religious minority – the Baha’is. For instance,…
Family of Shahriar Cyrus Denied Prison Visiting Rights
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Sen’s daily Despite the orders of the prosecutor, authorities at Evin prison, in Tehran, have refused to allow Shahriar Cyrus, a Bahai painter and a respected art critic, to receive family visits.…