Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Report from the “No to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens” campaign: Shahram Chinian, a Baha’i citizen, after completing his five year imprisonment sentence, has been freed from…
Monthly Archives For November 2015
The Right of Baha’is to Teach Their Faith
Source: iranwire.com Translation By Iran Press Watch 17 November 2015 The arrests of 20 Baha’i citizens in Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz and the closing of 23 Baha’i-owned businesses in Mazandaran Province is evidence of continued pressure…
Two Bahai-Owned Businesses Shut down in Bandar Abbas
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, two shops belonging to Baha’is were closed and sealed in the city of Bandar Abbas. According to informed sources, the closure is still in effect…
Remaining Businesses Owned by the City of Rafsanjan’s Baha’i Citizens Sealed
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch As reported by the No to Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Compatriots Campaign: several businesses owned by Baha’i citizens were shut down and sealed on November 14, 2015. With…
Fifteen Baha’is Businesses Were Closed in Mazandaran
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency- Fifteen shops belonging to Baha’is were simultaneously sealed and closed by Chambers of Commerce of three cities of Sari, Qaem Shahr and Tonekabon in the province…
UN Condemns Iran for Continuing Human Rights Violations
Source: news.bahai.org UNITED NATIONS — The UN expressed “serious concern” yesterday over Iran’s continuing human rights violations, affirming that increased engagement with the international community on some fronts does not mean that Iran is no longer…
Education Becomes Her
Source: www.examiner.com By Randolph Dobbs The year is 2010 and an Iranian architectural student is hunched over a drafting table, adding last minute details to complete an assignment. Recalling the timber frame construction used in traditional…
Europeans Voice Concern About the Economic Oppression of Iranian Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org BRUSSELS — Prominent Europeans, including members of parliament, are calling on Iran to end its economic repression of Baha’is. Among the most prominent of such expressions was one that came from the European Parliament…
Fifteen Baha’is Arrested by Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org In a fresh crackdown on Iran’s Baha’i community, one of the most persecuted religious minorities in Iran, 15 followers of the faith were simultaneously arrested in Tehran, Isfahan, and Mashhad on November 15, 2015,…
The Government Shut Down Baha’i-Owned Businesses for Observing Religious Holy Days
Source: United for Iran How would you feel if the government shut down your business because you observed a religious holy day? #Bahai #Iran #stopshopclosings
Intelligence Agents Launched a New Crackdown on Baha’is Across Iran
Source: Iranwire English On Sunday, November 15, intelligence agents launched a new crackdown on Baha’is across Iran. They arrested 20 people in Tehran, Isfahan and Mashhad.
Authorities Launch New Crackdown on Baha’is
Source: en.iranwire.com Monday 16 November 2015 Kian Sabeti On the morning of Sunday, November 15, Iranian Intelligence Ministry agents carried out the arrest of 20 Baha’is in Tehran, Isfahan and Mashhad. As part of a massive operation,…
The Price of Seeking Justice
Source: aasoo.org By Shadi Sadr Translation by Iran Press Watch We are the audience to this bitter history… The two hour footage of the 27 December 1981 trial of the Baha’i community leaders (the seven…
Property of Semnan Baha’i Confiscated
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA (Human Rights Activists Association of Iran news agency), on 1 November 2015 security forces entered Afrasiab Khanjani’s glass warehouse with a warrant, confiscated his entire stock…
Supplementary Report on the Process of Searching the Residences of Three Baha’i Citizens in the City of Yazd
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The “No to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens” campaign reports: After three Baha’i residences in Yazd were attacked and searched by security forces, a reliable source prepared…
Confiscation of the Property of a Baha’i Citizen; A Political and Non-Religious Act
Source: didgahenow.com Ali Kalai, human rights activist Every human being should be revered, and so should his property, life, honor and reputation. This rule is the foundation of people’s lives in today’s world, people of different…