Source: www.ghatreh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Introduction (by Iran Press Watch): Baha’is have been persecuted in Iran since the Faith was initiated in 1844 by the delaration of the Bab that He was revealing a…
Monthly Archives For December 2016
Unprecedented Ruling Lightens Jail Term for Imprisoned Iranian Baha’is
Source: www.payvand.com Twenty four Iranian Baha’is who had been sentenced to heavy sentences ranging from 6 to 11 years for charges ranging from threatening national security to links to espionage, were acquitted from the charge that…
A Comprehensive Report on the Situation of 9 Imprisoned Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – Fariba Kamal Abadi, Jamal-Aldin Khanjani, Mahvash Sabet, Afif Naimi, Saeed Rezai, Behrouz Tavakoli and Vahid Tizfah, are the seven administrative members of the Baha’i Community known as “Yaran-e Iran”, who along…
Search and Arrest of Four Baha’is in Zahedan
Source: BahaiNews1 26 November at 9:53 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Baha’i News, four Baha’i residents of Zahedan ‒ Siyawash Rahimi, Baharam Rowhani, Mehrnoosh Ramezani and Hyda Yazdan ‒ have been arrested by…
Murder of a Baha’i in Yazd and Inquiry About the Rights of Baha’is
Source: fa.euronews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the Baha’i International Community, a Baha’i resident of the city of Yazd was killed by two men with a knife on the twenty-sixth of September of…
Raja’i Shahr Prison Officials Prevent Imprisoned Baha’i From Being Sent to Hospital
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org 27 November 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch On Saturday 26 November, Payam Markazi, an imprisoned Baha’i in Raja’i Shahr prison, was prevented from being sent to hospital, and was denied the right to…
Arrest of Baha’is in Shiraz
Source: www.iranwire.com Saturday 26 November 2016 By Kian Sabeti, Translation by Iran Press Watch On the evening of Tuesday 22 Nov, agents of the Office of Information of Shiraz, in a coordinated attempt, went to the…
Seizure and Destruction of the Baha’i Cemetery in Southern Khorasan
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Within the last two weeks, government forces in Southern Khorasan have walled off the Baha’i cemetery and destroyed its mortuary. According to a report on the website of…
Vetting the Claims of Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi About the Situation of Religious Minorities in Iran
Source: www.iranwire.com Friday, 25 November 2016 Author: Maryam Dadgar Translation by Iran Press Watch In a November 3, 2016 meeting with two delegates from Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs who were visiting Iran, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi[1]…
Expulsion of Baha’i Student from High School
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: 26 November 2016 Bardia Rouhu’l-Fada, a 15-yearold Baha’i citizen residing in the city of Rasht, has been expelled from high school, because of his belief in the Baha’i…
Authorities Silent About Closing 102 Baha’i Shops in Mazandaran
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – After more than three weeks since the closure of 93 Baha’i-owned shops in Mazandaran province, in addition to the closure of 9 Baha’i-owned in Tonekabon over several…