Source: www.iranwire.com By AIDA GHAJAR Fariba Kamalabadi, one of seven former members of an ad hoc leadership group for the Baha’i minority religion in Iran, was released from Evin Prison on October 31 after completing a 10-year prison sentence.…
Monthly Archives For November 2017
Iran Attempts to Deflect Responsibility in Criticizing UN Resolution on Country’s Human Rights Record
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Iran has responded to a draft UN resolution condemning the country’s human rights record by attempting to deflect responsibility and verbally criticizing the sponsors of the draft. After UN member states adopted the draft resolution by the UN’s…
18 Years Imprisonment for 6 Baha’is in Sistan and Baluchestan Province
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Six Baha’i citizens were sentenced at Branch Three of the Revolutionary Court of Zahedan (Sistan and Baluchestan Province), to a combined total of 18 years imprisonment on…
Five Years in Jail for Baha’i Teacher
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti On the morning of Wednesday, November 15, Hasan Momtaz, a teacher for the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), was arrested at his mother’s home in Shiraz and taken to Adelabad Prison.…
A Baha’i Citizen, Peyman Ghiami Was Arrested in Kermanshah
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the “No to persecution and imprisonment of the Baha’i compatriots Campaign,” a resident of Kermanshah, was arrested once again for many times due to his belief. According…
Hasan Momtaz, Bahá’í Citizen, Arrested in Shiraz
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the website of the Human Rights in Iran (HRANA), Hasan Momtaz, a Baha’i citizen, was arrested in Shiraz on Wednesday, November 15, 2017. In 2011 Mr. Momtaz…
UN Condemns Iran’s Human Rights Violations for 30th Time
Source: news.bahai.org UNITED NATIONS — A committee of the United Nations General Assembly today condemned Iran for its continuing violations of human rights, the 30th such resolution since 1985. By a vote of 83 to 30 with…
Pakistani Shia Cleric Warns of Dangers Posed by Baha’is & Ahmadis
Source: www.rabwah.net By Ehsan Rehan Pakistan’s Shia leader has warned the public and the government of the dangers posed by Bahais and Ahmadis. Allama Iqbal Bahishti urged the public and authorities to be watchful of the…
Baha’i Shops Remain Sealed since November 2016 in Mazandaran, Despite Court Ruling in their Favor
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA (Human Rights Activist News Agency in Iran), more than 96 Baha’i-owned shops in Mazandaran Province remain sealed, since a series of forced closures by police and…
Three Young Baha’is Deprived of Education; Now Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Harana News Agency – Three Baha’i youth, Ruhyyeh Safajoo (21) and Tara Houshmand (21), and Sarmad Shadabi (22) have each been sentenced to five-years prison sentences. According to the…
Sealing off Dozens of Bahá’í-Owned Businesses in Sistan and Balouchestan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – A large number of Bahá’í-owned businesses in the Sistan and Baluchistan provinces have been sealed by agents of the Office of Buildings and Public Places.…
Fariba Kamalabadi: Baha’is Have No Desire but to Serve Iran
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Fariba Kamalabadi, a Baha’i community administrator imprisoned for ten years, was released on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 upon completing her sentence. Ms. Kamalabadi had been convicted on charges of…