Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Intelligence agents arrested Manouchehr Kholousi, a Baha’i resident of Mashhad to carry out his one-year prison sentence one month before the arrest warrant’s due date. According…
Monthly Archives For October 2016
One Hundred Twenty Nine Baha’i Students Prevented from Pursuing Higher Education
Source: www.iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Kian Sabeti On September 18 this year, as for the last twenty years, tens of Baha’i applicants were not allowed to select a major and were denied admittance…
Human Rights Organizations and Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity
Source: english.alarabiya.net By Dr. Majid Rafizadeh The news regarding the Islamic Republic’s massacre of more than 30,000 political prisoners attracted the attention of the national and international media outlets. Nevertheless, many human rights and political activists are protesting the…
Prisoners in the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison Attended Gathering Hosted by Faezeh Hashemi with Attendance of Bahareh Hedayat and Faran Hesami
Source: www.goldnews.biz Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Gold News, Faezeh Hashemi in this get-together hosted some of her fellow inmates from Evin prison. In this gathering some inmates of the women’s ward of Evin…
Baha’i Cemetery in Urumia Demolished Second Time
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report by “BahaiNews” dated October 1, 2016, the Baha’i cemetery in Urumia has been demolished for the second time, and trees there were set on…
Venezuelan Deputy Angel Alvarado: Persecutions for Beliefs Must Stop
Source: www.analitica.com Translation by Iran Press Watch September 30, 2016 This parliamentarian wrote in a letter to the Iranian ambassador that the Baha’i community is persecuted for being “religiously impure” The Venezuelan parliamentarian, Angel Alvarado, has…
After Eight Years, Mahvash Sabet Shahriari Received a Five-Day Furlough
Source: www.tribunezamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Moments ago, Mahvash Shahriari, one of the leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, after eight years of imprisonment in Evin prison, left for a five-day furlough. According to a…
Ban Ki-Moon Troubled by Lack of Progress on Human Rights in Iran
Source: www.theguardian.com UN secretary general highlights ‘alarming rate’ of executions, unfair trials and arbitrary detentions in 19-page report Ban Ki-moon with Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani at the UN in New York in September. Critics say the…
24 Baha’is Appeal Court Held in Golestan Province
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – The court session of 24 Baha’is was held in Golestan province. Due to the high number of defendants, continuation of the session was adjourned until next week. These civilians have…
Treatment of Iranian Baha’is of Grave Concern
Source: www.editorials.voa.gov “The very existence of the group is declared to be illegal. Its leaders are in jail in many cases, and often many of those in jail end up facing significant human rights abuses there…
Sealing of Four Businesses of Bahá’í Citizens and Warning of More, in Khuzestan and Alborz
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: 27 September, 2016 In the past few days, four business premises of Baha’i citizens have been sealed, and warnings have been issued to a number of other premises…
Two Environmental Activists Arrested in Shiraz, Continue to Be Held in the Intelligence Detention Center in Shiraz
Source: www.justice4iran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch September 23, 2016 Yekta Fahandej and Nabil Tahzib, two environmental activists who were arrested in Shiraz, continue to be held in the Intelligence detention center in Shiraz; they have…
Businesses of Four Baha’is in Karaj Sealed
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, the businesses of four Baha’is in the Auto Parts Mall in Karaj were sealed by officers of the Office of Public Property. According to “BahaiNews”,…
Arrest of At Least Fourteen Baha’is in Shiraz
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch On Wednesday night, September 30, 2016, at least fourteen Baha’i citizens were arrested by security forces in Shiraz. According to Human Rights in Iran news agency, security forces went…