Source: www.amnesty.org The Iranian authorities are intensifying their crackdown against human rights defenders, who have already been working under suffocating levels of repression. Human rights defenders are routinely portrayed in official statements and court verdicts as…
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Baha’i Released at End of Prison Sentence, But Daughters Still in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Manouchehr Kholousi, a Baha’i resident of Mashhad, was released from the Vakilabad prison in Mashhad after the end of his one-year prison term, while his two daughters,…
Threat to Close and Seal Baha’i Business in Karaj
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Following the widespread closures of Baha’i businesses in recent weeks, the Office of Public Property of Alborz Province has sent a letter to Mehran Naseri, a Baha’i resident of…