Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Security forces have blocked the burial of a Baha’i from Kerman, who died a day earlier, and forced his family to bury him in the…
Monthly Archives For August 2018
Forced Closure of Baha’i-Owned Business in the City of Kashan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On July 28, 2018 a Baha’i-owned business in Kashan was shut down and sealed following the refusal of the Kashan Office of Properties to…
Mass Arrests of Baha’is in Shiraz
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti A judge has told the families of three Baha’is arrested 10 days ago to expect heavy sentences, but has failed to provide any further information about their cases. On August 17,…
Appeals Court Convenes for 4 Baha’i Residents of Mashhad
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – On August 26, 2018, the Appeals Court of Razavi Khorasan Province met to process the appeal of four Baha’i residents of Mashhad convicted of propaganda against the…
Romina Asgari, a Baha’i Student, Expelled from University
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Romina Asgari, an undergraduate student at Azad University, was expelled after 4 semesters because she is a Baha’i, thus depriving her of a higher education.…
Petition to Unseal 22 Closed Baha’i-owned Businesses in Urmia Denied by Superior Administrative Court
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The petition by 22 Baha’i citizens in Urmia whose businesses have been shut down for over a year has been reviewed by the Superior Administrative…
New Methods to Prevent Baha’is from Studying
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti In Iran at the moment, most young Iranians aged 18 or 19 are impatiently waiting for their results in the nationwide university entrance exams. But Pegah, who lives in Karaj near…
The Baha’i Prisoner of Semnan: 2,000 Days and Counting
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti “I am thinking of Pouya Tebyanian, of a person who since the winter of 2013 has been in prison for Baha’i proselytization,” tweeted student activist Zia Nabavi, who was at one time Tebyanian’s cellmate.…
Preventing the Burial of a Baha’i in Kerman
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Security forces have blocked the burial of a Baha’i citizen from Kerman, who died on August 7, and after four days forced his family to…
Arrest of A Bahá’i Citizen in Yazd
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Mehran Bandi Amirabadi, a Baha’i citizen residing in Yazd, has been arrested by security forces. According to HRANA, the human rights activists News Agency in…
Three Young Baha’is Fired from Work in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency: In continuing efforts to put pressure on the Baha’i community by preventing them from carrying out economic activities, three Baha’is have been fired from their jobs…
Baha’i Couple in Shiraz Sentenced to Combined Three-and-a-half Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Ever Increasing Pressure on the Iranian Baha’i Community HRANA News Agency – Rouhiyeh Nariman, a Baha’i resident of Shiraz, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years imprisonment by Branch 17…
Baha’i Nika Kholousi Released from Mashhad Prison After Serving 5-year Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – As reported by HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, today, Sunday August 5, 2018, Nika Kholousi, a Baha’i resident of Mashhad, who had…
Baha’i Student Expelled Weeks Before Finishing Degree
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Sarir Mooghen, a 23-year-old Baha’i student, has been expelled from Isfahan’s Azad University just one semester before she was due to complete her Bachelor’s degree in architecture. She had been at the…
After a Year, Businesses of 22 Baha’is in Urmia Still Sealed
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRNA News Agency – The businesses of 22 Baha’is in Urmia that were sealed by officials of that city’s Office of Public Places in July and August of…
Woman Expelled From Iranian University Just Before Obtaining Degree Because She’s Baha’i
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org A young Baha’i woman was expelled from Iran’s Islamic Azad University in the city of Isfahan one semester before completing her bachelor’s degree in architecture because of her religious beliefs. “Sarir Movaghan had declared…