Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Three Baha’is, Naser Bagheri, Faez Bagheri and Rooha Imani, have been sentenced to four years and six months in jail by a court in Yazd. …
Monthly Archives For November 2018
“Some Iranians Think Only a Tyrant can Save the Country”
Source: www.iranwire.com A new cartoon by IranWire colleague Mana Neyestani appears in two frames. The first frame, which features the text “Germany, 1930s,” refers to the persecution of the Jews under Hitler. The second frame, with…
Closure of Soudabeh Haghighat’s Business; Wave of Abuse and Arrests of Baha’is
Source: www.iranhr.net Translation by Iran Press Watch Human Rights Organization of Iran, November 22nd, 2018: the business of Soudabeh Haghighat, a Shirazi Baha’i who was arrested in September, has been closed, and authorities are not willing…
Surge in Persecution of Baha’is Across Iran Raises Alarm
Source: Baha’i International Community NEW YORK—23 November 2018—Members of the Baha’i community in Iran have been faced in recent weeks with a new wave of intensified persecution—including arrests, discriminatory court verdicts, and shop closures—for merely…
Baha’i Motocross Champion Arrested
Source: iranwire.com Shahrzad Nazifi, an Iranian Baha’i and a women’s motocross champion and coach, was arrested on Sunday November 18 and taken to Evin Prison. After her arrest, security agents searched her house for five hours…
Eight Members Of Iran’s Baha’i Religious Minority Sentenced To Prison
Source: iran-hrm.com In a wave of persecution of Baha’is in Iran, eight members of Baha’i community in Isfahan, were sentenced to a total of 42 years behind bars.They had been arrested on September 23. According…
Baha’i Businesses Shuttered In Ongoing Persecution Campaign
Source: www.iran-hrm.com Six businesses in Khorramshahr owned by members of the Baha’i faith have been indefinitely shut down by the authorities after some owners closed their establishments for their religious rituals. The action was in apparent…
Statistical Increase in Sealing of Baha’i Businesses in Ahvaz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA–Continuing the shuttering of the businesses of Baha’is in Ahvaz who had closed their shops because of a religious holiday: it now has reached five by the last count,…
Sealing of Baha’i-Owned Businesses in Khorramshar and Ahvaz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The closure of Baha’i-owned businesses continues in Ahvaz and Khorramshar, in the Khuzestan province, where several Baha’i-owned businesses have been sealed by the law…
The Forced Closure of the Private Business of Two Baha’is in the City of Abadan, for the Second Time This Year
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On November 5th, the Business of Two Baha’is in Abadan, Aram Azadi and Arman Azadi, was shut down and sealed by order of Judiciary Authorities,…
Baha’is Go to Prison for Praying
Source: www.iranwire.com On the morning of Wednesday, November 14, Dori Amri Esmaeelpour, a Baha’i citizen of Mashhad, presented herself at the city’s Vakilabad Prison to start serving her one-year prison sentence. In 2012 Amri had also…
UN Resolution Calls for End to Iran’s Rights Violations Against Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations General Assembly called on Iranian authorities to end ongoing human rights violations against the Baha’is in Iran. A resolution, adopted Thursday by a vote of 85 to 30, with 68…
Iran Update: Reports of Persecuted Baha’is October 24 – November 11
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) -Baha’i citizens of Iran have continued to face persecution this month, in the form of grave desecrations, business shutdowns, and interference by authorities in their places of employment. Meanwhile,…
Furlough Granted to Bereaved Baha’i Prisoner Azita Rafizadeh
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Authorities have granted a November 7th to November 10th furlough period to Baha’i prisoner Azita Rafizadeh, who will attend memorial services for her father, Seyed Yadollah Rafizadeh, who…
Violation of Baha’i Citizenship Rights Disgusting and Disgraceful
Source: www.zeitoons.com Translation by Iran Press watch Letter from a number of progressive Muslims condemning the violation of Baha’i rights Zeitoon – A group of progressive Muslims has strongly condemned the “desecration and excavation of the…
‘Suspicious Murder of General Khademi’ the First Head of HOMA, a Few Months Before the Iranian Revolution
Source: bbc.com Pejman Akbarzadeh Translation by Iran Press Watch In the 1970’s, Iran Air (known in the country as HOMA) had garnered the title of “fastest growing” among the world’s airlines. According to Encyclopedia Iranica,…
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