Source: U.S. Baha’i Office of Public Affairs Get Involved Persecution of the Baha’is in Iran The Baha’is of the United States have worked with members of Congress for more than 30 years to pass resolutions…
Monthly Archives For April 2017
Bahai-Owned Businesses Shut down and Confiscated in Semnan on Account of Being Najis
Source: Shirdel Firouzian’s facebook post Translation by Iran Press Watch Once, these companies were very active in Semnan. Suddenly, they closed all of these companies and we were ordered to stop working. because the milk,…
Florida Congressional Reps Call for Getting Tougher With Iran
Source: www.sunshinestatenews.com By KEVIN DERBY This week, members of the Florida congressional delegation called for tougher actions against the Iranian regime. On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the House Middle East and North…
Terry Glavin: These Seven People Are Victims of Iran Because of Their Faith. Remember Their Names, Always
Source: www.ottawacitizen.com By Terry Glavin In the coming weeks, the Khomeinist regime in Iran will stage yet another sham presidential election and Canada’s Parliament will proceed with the fourth annual Iran Accountability Week. Every year, participating Canadian…
Three Baha’i Residents of Mashhad Sentenced to Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA, the news organization for Human Rights Activists in Iran, on Saturday, April 22, 2016, sentences were announced for three Baha’i residents of Mashhad. Khashayar Taffazoli, Shayan…
Eight Baha’is Arrested Without a Warrant by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and Denied Legal Counsel
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Seven Baha’i citizens were arrested by the Intelligence Ministry in Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island, southern Iran, on April 18, 2017, an informed source told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Mahnaz…
US-Iran Exchange Applicants Rejected at UC Berkeley – or Were They?
Source: EducationIsNotACrime Hundreds of UC Berkeley students took part in a social experiment – without knowing it – as part of an awareness-raising campaign for the denial of higher education to tens of thousands of…
Ominous Wave of Yemen Arrests Raises Alarm
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — Orders for the arrest of at least 25 Baha’is have been issued by certain authorities in Sana’a who are harassing the Yemeni Baha’is and pressuring them to recant their faith.…
The Bahai Faith, Flourishing Throughout the World, It Faces Persecution in Its Homeland
Source: www.economist.com by A.V. THE Israeli city of Haifa is having a busy few days. On April 16th, in the twisting alleys around the harbour, Christians celebrated Easter. The previous day, local Jews had worshipped in…
Distinguished Composer Casts Light on Prisoner’s Poems
Source: news.bahai.org OSLO, Norway — At a recent major international music festival, one composition stood out in particular for its portrayal of faith and spiritual transformation under great oppression. Well-known Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen was inspired…
Azizollah Samandari Was Released from Rajai Shahr Prison After Five Years of Imprisonment
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, Azizollah Samandari, a Baha’i prisoner in Rajai Shahr prison was released on Friday,April 14th, 2017 after spending 5 years in prison. As Reported by BahaiNews,…
Forced Closure of Baha’i-owned Businesses in Mazandaran: No One Takes Responsibility After Four Months
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch More than one hundred and twenty days after of the closure of dozens of businesses of Baha’is in Mazandaran province, provincial officials have shown no indication…
Yekta Fahandezh Transferred to Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz for Five-Year Sentence
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Yekta Fahandezh Saadi, a Baha’i resident of Shiraz, has been transferred to Adel Abad prison in Shiraz. According to the Human Rights in Iran website, Yekta Fahandezh Saadi was…
I’m Baha’i, But I Was the Victim of an Anti-Muslim Hate Crime in America
Source: www.theislamicmonthly.com By Hasel Afshar, as told to TIM Editors. In Iran, I was persecuted for not being Muslim. In America, I was targeted because someone thought I was Muslim. I was born in a small…
A Report on the Condition of Afshin Seyyed Ahmad, a Bahá’í Citizen Imprisoned at Rajai Shahr Prison
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Date: April 6, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch The Bahá’í prisoner, Afshin Seyyed Ahmad, is currently serving his three-year prison term in Hall 12 of Rajai Shahr Prison. Based on a report by…
US Leaders Tell Persecuted Believers: ‘You Are Not Alone’
Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Apr 6, 2017 / 04:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious freedom advocates at the United States capitol on Thursday sent a message of solidarity to all those imprisoned or tortured…