Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Behnam Rouhanifard, an Iranian Baha’i and singer-composer from Tehran, has been arrested by security forces. According to a human rights watchdog in Iran, Mr. Rouhanifard was arrested on 03…
Monthly Archives For September 2017
Nava Kholousi Released from Mashhad Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Nava Kholousi, a Baha’i serving a four-and-one-half year sentence at Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad, was released from prison the evening of September 6, 2017. …
Masih Alinejad: To Defend Rights of Bahá’ís We Do Need Not to Be Bahá’í, We Just Need to Be Human Beings
Source: www.instagram.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Editor’s note: Masih Alinejad is an Iranian journalist and author, as well as an activist for human and women’s rights. She is currently living in exile in the United States.…
Laeya Shaerzadeh Expelled from University after Three Terms of Study
Source: Human Rights activist, Hamid Reza Dehghan Tabrizi Translation by Iran Press Watch Laeya Shaerzadeh, a Baha’i citizen and undergraduate student studying at the University of Hafez in Shiraz, has been expelled due to her…
Keyvan Rahimian, BIHE Professor, Released After Five Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from HRANA, the Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran, on Friday, August 25, 2017, Keyvan Rahimian, professor of the Baha’i Institution of Higher Education…
UN Expert Concerned at Condition of Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Iran
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org GENEVA (31 August 2017)- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, Asma Jahangir, today expressed her deep concern about the situation of a number of prisoners who have been…