Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, Kamand Agahi, a Baha’i resident of Isfahan, was expelled from university after attending the college for only 40 days, after being recognized as a Baha’i.…
Monthly Archives For November 2016
42 Baha’i Businesses in Kerman Still Sealed
Source: BahaiNews1 Thursday November 10, 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, forty two Baha’i businesses closed by agents of the Office of Public Places under pressure from the Ministry of Information in…
Baha’i Educator Freed at the End of His 4-Year Sentence
Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report by the No to the Harassment of Baha’i Citizens campaign, on Monday November 14, Shahin Negari was released from prison after serving his full four-year…
Iran’s Human Rights Failures Condemned by World Community
Source: news.bahai.org 16 November 2016 UNITED NATIONS — The UN yesterday expressed serious concerns about “severe limits” on the right to freedom of religion or belief in Iran, and specifically about the ongoing persecution of Iranian…
2000 Baha’is and Human Rights Activists to Rouhani: “Provide Education to Baha’is”
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch More than two thousand Baha’is inside and outside of Iran, as well as a number of human rights activists and some former student activists, in a letter to Hassan…
Iran: Abuse and Repression of Baha’i Religious Minority Again on the Rise
Source: www.fidh.org On 2 and 3 November 2016, police agents sealed off more than 100 small businesses belonging to followers of the Baha’i faith in several cities across Iran, including in the northern cities of Qaemshahr,…
Amrollah Hekmatshoar, a Baha’i Citizen, Has Been Arrested in Karaj
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on reports from BahaiNews on Monday, November 7, 2016, security agents have arrested Amrollah Hekmatshoar, a Baha’i resident of Karaj, near his workplace, and taken him to…
Danial Kheradmand, Baha’i Citizen, Expelled from University
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the BahaiNews, Danial Kheradmand, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, secured admission to the University of Sari as an accounting major. He has been expelled from the…
The Businesses of Two Baha’i Residents in Karaj Have Been Shut Down
Source: BahaiNews1 November 7, 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, the businesses of Kambiz Sedghi, and Kourosh Sedghi, who owned interior decoration stores, have been sealed shut by agents of the Office of…
Arrest of at Least Five Baha’i Citizens at the Provincial Governor’s Office of Mazandaran
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch As reported by the BahaiNews, on the morning of 8 November 2016 at least five Baha’i citizens were arrested at the Mazandaran’s Provincial Governor’s Office, and a large…
Speaking out Through Art: Waco Baha’i Center Hopes Mural Raises Awareness of Persecution
Source: www.wacotrib.com By CASSIE L. SMITH [email protected] The Iranian government is systematically persecuting a group of 300,000 Baha’is. Since the 1970s, the government has executed the religion’s followers and leaders and continues to target, jail and…
Forced Closure of Shops in Iran on an Unprecedented Scale
Source: news.bahai.org Over one hundred Baha’i-owned businesses in cities across Iran, including Sari, Ghaemshahr, and Bandar Abbas, were sealed by Iranian authorities after they were temporarily closed to observe Baha’i Holy days on 1 and 2…
A Report about 3 Imprisoned Activists of the Right to Education
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Navid Khanjani, Ighan Shahidi, and Vahed Kholousi, three Baha’is and defenders of the right to education, who had been arrested between 2009 and 2010, by the security forces, are still…
Nearly 100 Businesses Sealed in Karaj, Nowshahr, Qaemshahr, Sari, Tonekabon, Amol, Chalus, Bahnemir, Fereydunkenar and Bandar Abbas for Observing Baha’i Holidays
Source: BahaiNews1 According to BahaiNews, security agents and agents from the Office of Public Places raided and shut down 8 Baha’i-owned businesses in Karaj, 35 Baha’i-owned businesses in Sari, 7 Baha’i-owned businesses in Nowshahr, 6…
Courageous Cleric Divides Painting, Promotes Unity
Source: www.news.bahai.org In recent years, individuals and groups from within and outside of Iran have raised the call for justice, human rights, and a culture of inclusion in the country. Though more and more voices are…
Precarious Situation for All Prisoners at Rajai Shahr Prison, in Particular Baha’i Prisoners: Jamaloddin Khanjani, Farhad Eghbali, and Farhad Fahandezh
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch As reported by Bazdasht, quoted from Al-Arabiya, a group of political prisoners detained at Rajai Shahr prison, in a letter to Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur of the UN Human…