Source: www.justice4iran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch First & Last Name: Mohammad Moghiseh (Aliases: Haj Nasser and Naserian)[i] Biography: Mohammad Moghiseh was born in Sabzevar in Razavi Khorasan Province in Northeastern Iran. He has a seminary…
Monthly Archives For June 2017
Education for All? Not in Iran
Source: www.dw.com Iran is refusing to implement UNESCO’s education agenda. The country’s religious leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, views it as a Western conspiracy. In doing so he’s discriminating against women and minorities like the Baha’i. A profound…
Iranian Nobel Laureate Blasts Khamenei’s “Fire at Will” Policy Against Domestic Opponents
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s recent declaration that security forces should “fire at will” against presumed enemies of the state is an established policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi…
Two Shining Lights in an Iranian Prison’s Darkness
Source: www.washingtonpost.com By Roxana Saberi June 21 at 7:42 PM Roxana Saberi is an Iranian American journalist and author who was imprisoned in Iran for 100 days in 2009. The most valuable gift I ever received…
Extensive Distribution of Anti-Baha’i Pamphlets in Mazandaran Province
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – In a concerted effort to spread false information and incite hatred and violence against members of the Baha’i Faith, the Headquarter of Coordination and Monitoring of Mosques…
Three More Baha’i Youth Sentenced to Prison in Isfahan
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch The webpage of Human Rights in Iran, citing BahaiNews, reports that three Baha’i citizens, Zarrin Aghaie, Vahid Karami and Kayvan Neekaein, were tried by judge Ravaanmehr on 16th of…
Prison Sentence for Four Baha’i Youths in Isfahan
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Judge Ravanmehr of the first branch of Revolutionary Court of Isfahan has issued a prison warrant for four Baha’i youths. The webpage of Human Rights in Iran, citing BahaiNews,…
They Confessed to Killing a Baha’i, but Were Freed
Source: iranwire.com By ARASH AZIZI The confession came pure and simple from one of two brothers who, in September 2016, stabbed a man to death in the Iranian city of Yazd. Murderers don’t usually confess to their crimes.…
Several Baha’is Begin Prison Sentences in Golestan Province
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News – At least nine Baha’is residents of Golestan Province have been detained by authorities to begin their prison sentences. An informed source, while confirming the news, told the HRANA…
Arrest of Two Baha’is in Shahin-Shahr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – On 13 June, 2017, Noushin Salekian and Farideh Abdi, two Baha’is of the city of Shahin-Shahr, Isfahan Province, were detained by authorities. An informed source confirmed the…
Murderers of a Baha’i Released on Bail
Source: www.bic.org GENVEVA—13 June 2017—The two murderers of Mr. Farhang Amiri, a Baha’i who was stabbed to death in September 2016 in Iran, have been released on bail after having confessed to killing him because of…
Baha’i Business Sealed in Shahroud
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the Website of Human Rights in Iran, quoting BahaiNews, “the auto parts business of Maziar Hamedian, was closed and sealed on June 6, 2017 by…
Navid Khanjani Deprived of Release Despite Completion of Five Year Prison Sentence
Source: persian.iranhumanrights.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Navid Khanjani was due for release from Rajai Shahr prison on June 6, 2017, on completion of his five-year prison sentence. An informed source told the Campaign for Human…
Twin Brother and Sister Expelled from University Due to Their Belief in the Baha’i Faith
Source: adian.bashariyat.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, Shakib and Shima Mohammadalipour were expelled from Lorestan University School of Technology and Engineering, and Kashan University School of Architecture and Liberal Arts, due to their…
Another Student Expelled From University in Iran For Baha’i Faith
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Farzad Safaei was one semester away from a bachelor’s degree in industrial metallurgy at the Islamic Azad University in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, when he was expelled on May 20, 2017 by the security office for…
3000 Iranian Students Protest Against Deprivation of Religious Minorities on Higher Education
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch June, 2nd 2017 More than three thousand Iranian students from various universities are protesting educational restrictions imposed on Gonabadi Dervishes, and are demanding education equality for all religious and…