Source: United States Commission on International Religion Freedom IRAN, TIER 1 | USCIRF-RECOMMENDED COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN (CPC) KEY FINDINGS During the past year, the government of Iran engaged in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations…
Monthly Archives For May 2018
Baha’is In Iran ‘Face New Wave of Arrests,’ Says Baha’i International Community
Source: www.rferl.org The Baha’i International Community (BIC) says Baha’is in Iran are facing a new wave of arrests and raids on their homes across different cities in the country. The community said in a May 25…
Iran Accountability Week Led by All-Party Group for Sixth Year Running
Source: news.ca.bahai.org For the past six years, the first week of May has been marked by members of all federal political parties as “Iran Accountability Week”. The initiative was started by former Attorney General Irwin Cotler,…
Raid on Home of Baha’i Citizen Anisa Motahar, Isfahan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – As reported by HRANA, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists group in Iran, on Monday April 30, 2018, the family home of…
Numerous Anti-Baha’i Publications included at Tehran International Book Fair
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – A few days into the Tehran International Book Fair, a significant increase was seen in the number of anti-Baha’i publications, with titles such as “The…
Mrs. Khalokhi on the Critical Medical Condition of her Husband, Afif Naeimi, Upon his Return to Prison
Source: persian.iranhumanrights.org Translation by Iran Press Watch In an interview with the Human Rights Campaign in Iran, Shohreh Khalokhi, shared concerns regarding the health and well-being of her husband, Afif Naeimi, a former member of the Yaran-i-Iran…
Baha’i Citizen Arrested in Tehran
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report by the campaign of “No to Imprisonment and Persecution of Baha’is”, on Friday, May 11, 2018, Mehrdad Heyrani, a Baha’i citizen residing in Tehran was…
Baha’i Citizen Arrested in Mashhad
Source: www.hra-news.org May 8, 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch Kaviz Noozdahi, a Baha’i citizen has been arrested in the city of Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province. According to the HRANA news agency, Kaviz Noozdahi was arrested…
Three Baha’is Arrested in Abadan
Source: www.iranwire.com May 6, 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Ostanwire (of iranwire.com), on Sunday morning of May 6, 2018, agents of the Ministry of Information of Abadan City in southwest Iran performed an…
Expulsion of Arash Razavian from University Due to His Baha’i Faith
Source: hamidrezataghipour.wordpress.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: Friday, April 27, 2018 As reported by the Human Rights in Iran, quoting the story reported by Didgah-e-No, Seyyed Arash Razavian Rudbardeh, a Baha’i citizen living in Rasht,…
Final Warning to Seal the Shop of a Baha’i Owner in Tabriz
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report by the campaign of “No to Imprisonment and Persecution of Baha’is”, a shop belonging to Ms. Shiva Isa-Khani, a Baha’i in Tabriz, was shut…
Expulsion of Kiana Sanaie from University Due to Her Baha’i Faith
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the “No to Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Compatriots Campaign,” Kiana Sanaie, a Baha’i resident of Gorgan and a student at the not-for-profit Mir Damad University,…
Ten-Year Shutdown of Baha’i-Owned Business: A Report on Sealing of Mr. Payam Vali’s Business
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA News Agency, the optician business of Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen, was shut down by government agencies over ten years ago and remains closed to this…
Baha’i Citizen Shahram Eshraghi Is Released from Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency (news agency for the Human Rights Activists in Iran) – Today (Monday April 30, 2018) Shahram Eshraghi, a Baha’i citizen of Isfahan, was released from…