Source: koin.com Every room in the house was damaged Chris Holmstrom and KOIN 6 News Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Troutdale man returned home after 3 days out of town to find his house extensively damaged…
Monthly Archives For March 2017
Why Yale and Columbia Are Accepting Students from a University That Holds Classes in a Basement in Tehran
Source: qz.com WRITTEN BY Neha Thirani Bagri @NehaNotes Marjan Davoudi was 19 years old when she was told that she was not human. Davoudi, now 56, had been studying math at the National University in Tehran when…
Baha’is Imprisoned in Iran for Religious Beliefs Singled Out for Cruel Treatment
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org A member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i faith has expressed serious concerns about two imprisoned ailing family members who are being denied early release despite being legally eligible. The Intelligence Ministry is refusing to send…
Niloufar Mousavi Expelled From University for Being a Baha’i
Source: BahaiNews1 March 14, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, Niloufar Mousavi was expelled from university at the end of her first semester exams, because of her belief in the Baha’i Faith.…
Deprivation of Education for Afrooz Zabihi, a Baha’i Student in Her Fifth Semester
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA NEWS – Fifth Term Civil Engineering student from Shahid Beheshti University, Baha’i Afrooz Zabihi, was banned from continuing her education after completing 90 credit hours, because of her religious…
Nowruz Holiday Action for Iranian Prisoners of Conscience
Source: Amnesty International The Iranian holiday Nowruz نوروز (“new day”) is an ancient holiday celebrated on the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere to welcome in the new year. On this Nowruz we…
Navid Moallemi Arrested and Transferred to Prison
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a BahaiNews report, Navid Moallemi, a Baha’i resident of Minudasht in Golestan Province, was arrested and transferred to prison on Saturday, 12 March 2017 in front…
Business of Ehsanullah Shareghi, a Baha’i Resident of Karaj, Closed
Source: BahaiNews1 March 17, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a BahaiNews report, government agents have closed the business of Ehsanullah Shareghi, a Baha’i resident of the Gohardasht neighborhood of Karaj. Furthermore, they…
Saeed Azimi Remains in Uncertainty After 108 Days
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews reports, Saeed Azimi, a Bahá’í resident of the city of Isfahan arrested by security agents, remains in limbo after 108 days in Dastgerd Prison. Per…
Government Closure of Another Baha’i Business In Karaj
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, the personal business of Rezvanollah Babaian, a Baha’i resident of Mahdasht in Karaj, has been closed by government agents. All of the merchandise in the…
Iran’s Persecution of Baha’is Has Become More Covert
Source: Baha’i International Community UN Human Rights Council – 34st Session, March 2017 Agenda Item 4 GENEVA—15 March 2017 Mr. President, For nearly four decades, the Iranian government has tried to eliminate the Baha’i community…
Thirty-Two European Parliamentarians Call for an End To “Economic Apartheid” Against Baha’is in Iran
Source: Baha’i International Community Brussels—15 March 2017—Calling Iran’s efforts to oppress Baha’i businesses a form of “economic apartheid,” 13 members of the European Parliament and 19 MPs from seven national parliaments have signed a statement…
50 Iranian-Americans you Should Know: Payam Zamani
Source: www.iranwire.com By NATASHA SCHMIDT Payam Zamani is an entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor. His company One Planet Ops is a hybrid tech firm that runs a suite of online technology businesses in the real estate, home improvement,…
Shop of Two Baha’is Sealed in Karaj
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Baha’iNews, On March 9, 2017, a shop owned by two Baha’is was sealed and their business stock was confiscated by agents of the government. Based on…
Baha’i Liza Tebyanian Arrested in Karaj
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a BahaiNews report, a few hours ago, Liza Tebyanian (Enayati), a Baha’i resident of Karaj in Alborz Province, was arrested by security officers on Wednesday, March…
UN Rights Monitor Highlights Political Repression, Abuse, Executions In Iran
Source: www.rferl.org Reformists in Iran are under pressure, detainees face torture and abuse, and people are being executed at an “alarming” rate, a UN monitor studying human rights in the tightly controlled country says. The bleak…