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Monthly Archives For May 2016
Iran Wants to Eradicate Baha’is. We Should Demand Their Religious Freedom
Source: religionnews.com By Robert P. George and Katrina Lantos Swett (RNS) The eighth anniversary this Saturday (May 14) of Iran’s imprisonment of seven Baha’i leaders is an opportune time to refocus attention on the plight of…
#ReleaseBahai7Now
Source: BIC This video explains some of the wrongful charges against the seven imprisoned Iranian Baha’i leaders. Please share widely. #ReleaseBahai7Now #Iran #Bahai #persecution
Human Rights Remain Nonexistent for Iran’s Bahai Population
Source: www.washingtonpost.com By Elliott Abrams May 12 at 9:06 PM Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, was U.S. deputy national security adviser for global democracy strategy from 2005…
A Statement of Concern: Baha’i Seven Mark Eight Years Behind Bars in Iran
Source: parliamentofreligions.org A Preface from Parliament Executive Director Dr. Larry Greenfield The Parliament of the World’s Religions is committed to cultivating harmony among religious and spiritual communities across the globe. That, in turn, demands that we…
Prominent Australian Lawyers to Call for Release of Baha’i Leaders
Source: www.bahai.org.au The seven Baha’i leaders, prior to their arrest An open letter signed by 26 prominent Australian lawyers calling for the immediate release of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran will be launched at the…
Temporary Freedom for Jailed Baha’i
Source: en.iranwire.com By Natasha Schmidt, Amy Fehilly Prison authorities have released Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi from prison on a temporary basis, IranWire has learned. Kamalabadi, who is serving a 10-year sentence for “insulting religious sanctities” and “propaganda against…
Twelve Baha’i Businesses Sealed in Babolsar
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch “Baha’iNews” reported the sealing of 12 businesses belonging to Baha’i citizens in Babolsar, Fereydounkenar, and Behnamir in the Province of Mazandaran on 1 May 2016. Baha’i businesses that were…
Two Baha’i Shops Closed in Tonekabon
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the No to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran Campaign, at noon on April 28, 2016, the agents of the Office of…
Baha’i Victim of Land Confiscation by Iranian Government Speaks Out
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Complaints Ignored by Rouhani Administration Last year, 50 hectares (123.5 acres) of farm land were confiscated by the Iranian government from Ziaollah Motearefi, who had legally purchased the land, simply because he is a…
NotACrime in Dallas: “Giving a Voice to the Voiceless”
Source: en.iranwire.com By Amy Fehilly The NotACrime campaign launched a global street art project this year with nearly a dozen murals across New York City to raise awareness of Iran’s human rights crisis. Not A Crime, a campaign to promote education…
Baha’i Businesses Shut down in Babol, Babolsar, Bahnemir, Fereydunkenar, Ramsar, Sari, and Tonekabon
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, the Office of Public Properties shut down the businesses of nine Baha’is in the Iranian cities of Ramsar and Sari on May 01, 2016. According to…
Iran: Religious Freedom Conditions Continued to Deteriorate over the past Year, Particularly for Religious Minorities
Source: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Iran Chapter – 2016 Annual Report Key Findings Religious freedom conditions continued to deteriorate over the past year, particularly for religious minorities, especially Baha’is, Christian converts, and…
Two Years Have Passed Since the Imprisonment of Nasim Bagheri
Source: bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Bazdasht, 27 April 2016 is the second anniversary of the imprisonment of Nasim Bagheri. Mrs Nasim Bagheri was born in Tehran in 1983. She was arrested on…
Report on the Situation of Navid Khanjani: The Prospect of Freedom
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA NEWS – The 12-year discretionary sentence of Navid Khanjani, the human rights activist, in Raja’i Shahr Prison in Karaj by application of the “aggregation rules” has been reduced…