Source: medium.com By Sarv Mithaqiyan (a.k.a. Sodid) Religious freedom and practice are taken for granted in the USA. This is not true for countries like Iran. Soon after its inception in 1844, the Baha’i Faith provoked suspicion…
Monthly Archives For May 2017
Whoever Wins Iran’s Election, Its Religious Minorities Lose
Source: www.wsj.com By Kristina Arriaga May 11, 2017 4:11 p.m. ET What will Iran’s May 19 presidential election mean for the Baha’i, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious group? Given that every candidate was handpicked by Supreme…
Global Campaign Launches for Imprisoned Baha’i Leaders
Source: news.bahai.org 12 May 2017 NEW YORK — The Baha’i International Community is launching a global campaign calling for the immediate release of the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders, unjustly imprisoned now for nine years. The campaign,…
42 Bahai Businesses in Rafsanjan and Kerman Remain Sealed After Two Years
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The businesses of 42 Baha’is in Kerman and Rafsanjan were shut down and sealed two years ago by the Office of Properties of both cities due to…
No Mercy for Iran’s Baha’i
What Their Repression Reveals About the Regime Source: www.foreignaffairs.com By Elliott Abrams Iran will elect a new president on May 19. But the real event will take place days before, on May 14, and it will…
A Century and a Half of Imprisonment; A look at the Conditions of 25 Bahá’í Prisoners in Tehran and Alborz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Bahá’ís in Iran are being deprived of basic human and civil rights due to their religious beliefs. Discrimination, othering, vengeance, prejudgment, hate-mongering, harassment and murder, as well…
“Not Another Year!”
Source: www.bic.org Release the Baha’i seven now Nine years ago, seven innocent men and women were rounded up by Iranian authorities and thrown into the infamous Evin prison solely because of their religious beliefs. The seven…
Closure of 18 Baha’i-Owned Businesses in Shaheen-Shahr
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, 18 Baha’i-owned businesses in Shaheen-Shahr, Isfahan Province, were closed and sealed on Monday, May 1, 2017 by officers of the provincial Office of Public Places. The…
Berkeley Architect Fights Religious Oppression With Education …
Source: www.nbcbayarea.com By Garvin Thomas It is late on a Wednesday evening and in Niknaz Aftahi’s second-floor Richmond apartment an underground class is just about to start. “Has anyone new joined?” asked Aftahi, looking at the…
Seven Baha’is Arrested in Bandar Abbas and Qeshm by Ministry of Intelligence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Seven Baha’i citizens were arrested on Tuesday18th of April in the cities of Bandar Abbas and Qeshm, by the Ministry of Intelligence. Those arrested are Mahnaz Jan-nesar,…