Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Hooman Khoshnam, a Baha’i resident of Karaj, became the sixth Baha’i citizen to be arrested by Ministry of Intelligence security forces in the city on September 25th, 2018.…
Monthly Archives For September 2018
Authorities Raid Home of Detained Baha’i Citizen Noora Pourmoradian, Arrest her Parents
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) – The aggression against Baha’is in Iran was still palpable Thursday, September 27th when Shiraz-based Security forces raided the home of Shirazi Baha’i prisoner of conscience Noora Pourmoradian, seizing…
Arrest of Member of Shiraz City Council for Supporting Detained Baha’is in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: September 27, 2018 HRANA News Agency – A member of the board of directors of the Islamic City Council of Shiraz reported that Mehdi Hajati, a member of…
Baha’i Student Shaghayegh Shoghi Expelled from University for Religious Beliefs
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – In her sixth semester of study at the Isfahan University of Technology, Baha’i student Shaghayegh Shoghi has been expelled for her religious beliefs. While Shoghi is among the…
17 Baha’is Arrested in One Month in Iran
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Seventeen members of the Baha’i faith were arrested by agents of the Intelligence Ministry throughout Iran between August 23 and September 23, 2018, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Six…
Bulletin on September 2018 Baha’i Crackdown
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – An intense wave of human rights violations has seriously undermined the Iranian Baha’i community over the past two weeks. For years, the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution…
Six Baha’i Environmentalists Arrested
Source: www.iranwire.com In the latest in a series of crackdowns on environmental activists in Iran, six people have been arrested in Shiraz. The Intelligence Ministry detained Sudabeh Haghighat, Noora Pourmoradian, Elaheh Samizadeh, Ehsan Mahboub Rahvafa, Navid Bazmandegan and his…
Authorities Continue Pursuit of Baha’i Citizens in Isfahan Province
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – On Sunday, September 23rd, Saham Armin became the eighth Baha’i citizen to be detained by Ministry of Intelligence forces after having his home searched in Baharestan, a city…
Dr. Ismail Ghadirian: Exemplar of Social Action and Academic Activity
Source: www.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Ten days ago, September 7, 2018 was the last day of life for one of the founders of the Baha’i Institute of Higher Education (BIHE): Dr. Ismail…
Scores of Baha’i Students Barred from Higher Education in Iran
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—26 September 2018—Scores of Baha’i students in Iran have again this year been barred from entering university due to their religious beliefs. Despite passing national university entrance examinations, at least 60 Baha’i…
Iran’s Silent Plan to Destroy an Entire Community
Source: Bahai International Community NEW YORK—25 September 2018—The Iranian government is actively employing systematic measures in an effort to eradicate the Baha’i community—the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran—as a viable entity, the Baha’i International…
An Open Letter by an Iranian Baha’i; All Four Members of my Family have been Denied Access to Higher Education
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Alhaan Shaydanshidi, sister of Nikan Shaydanshidi, a Baha’i student who was expelled from the University of Tehran after studying for three semesters of undergraduate studies, seeking a degree in…
Baha’i Arrests Persist in Karaj
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Iranian authorities continued in their raid of the Iranian Baha’i community with the arrest of another Baha’i resident of Karaj, a northwest suburb of Tehran, on Sunday, September 16th,…
Bahai Student Barred from Receiving His Degree or Advancing His Studies
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Misagh Aghsani, a Baha’i student at Payam Noor University in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia, has become the latest member of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority to be…
Expulsion of Baha’i University Student Nikan Shaydanshidi
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Just shy of obtaining his associate’s degree in industrial mold making, Baha’i student Nikan Shaydanshidi has been expelled from Tehran Technical University for refusing to denounce his faith.…
Denied An Education In Iran, Recent U.S. Graduate Faces Bright Future
Source: en.radiofarda.com “Six years ago, when I entered USA as a refugee, I never imagined that someday I would be standing in front of you,” said 29-year old Holakou Rahmanian, speaking to professors of mathematics and…