Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch On Sunday morning, 29 April 2014, intelligence agents arrested Nasim Bagheri, one of the professors at Iran’s “Baha’i Institute of Higher Education” (BIHE), at her…
Monthly Archives For September 2016
Civil Rights in The Islamic Republic of Iran
Source: www.fidh.org 10 September, 2016 By Abdolkarim Lahiji1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Prologue – Ms. Bani Dugal, Principal Representative of the Baha’i International Community at the United Nations, on 6 September 2016, in a letter…
Latest News About the Condition of Seven Baha’is Arrested in Shiraz
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch “BahaiNews” has provided information on the condition of seven Baha’is who were arrested recently. Two of these individuals have been released on bail, but five of them are…
Human Rights Violator: Gholam-Ali Naeem-Abadi
Source: www.justice4iran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch 22 August, 2016 Name: Gholam-Ali Naeem-Abadi Biography: Gholam-Ali Naeem-Abadi, born in 1944 in the city of Damghan, educated at the Seminary of Theology [1] Responsibilities: – From November 1990 to…
Re-Trial of Four Baha’is After Imposition of Harsher Bail
Source: bahaicamp Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is in Iran” campaign, on the morning of September 7, 2016, Yeganah Agahi, Adib Janamian, Parvin…
A Report on Nasim Bagheri’s Situation in Evin Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Nasim Bagheri, one of the instructors of Bahai Online University, was arrested in June 2011 and sentenced to 4 years in prison. She is suffering from thyroid but despite multiple…
BIC Calls on President Rouhani to End Systematic Economic Oppression
Source: news.bahai.org Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani (left); Principal Representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations, Bani Dugal (right). NEW YORK — The Baha’i International Community has called on Iran’s President, Dr Hassan Rouhani,…
Where Is the Murderer of Ataollah Rezvani, a Baha’i Resident of Bandar Abbas?
Source: www.justice4iran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Justice for Iran, August 22, 2016: Three years since the murder of Ataollah Rezvani, a Baha’i resident of Bandar Abbas, with a bullet in his skull, law enforcement and…
Letter from Sahba Rezvani, an Iranian Baha’i, to Iranian Leaders
Source: www.justice4iran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch In June 2014, Sahba Rezvani, sister of Ataollah Rezvani, wrote a number of letters to: the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani; Sadegh Amoli Larijani, Head of the Judiciary; Mohammad…
Putting a Face to the Crime; Islamic Republic Figures Responsible for the Persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran
Source: www.justice4iran.org March 10, 2013 Introduction The Persecution of Bahá’ís is not a new phenomenon. Bahá’ís have been persecuted throughout the history of their faith in Iran. As Eliz Sanasarian notes in her book, Religious Minorities…