Source: iranwire.com Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof has faced harassment and intimidation for the last two years, following on from a one-year prison sentence handed down in September 2017. Authorities also banned him from joining political parties or…
Monthly Archives For July 2019
Appeals Court: Baha’i Yekta Fahandezh Sa’di Acquitted
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The Fars Province Court of Appeals has acquitted Shiraz resident Yekta Fahandezh Sa’di and released her from prison. Yekta, a Baha’i, was sentenced in absentia to 11…
Baha’i Man Missing for Six Months
Source: www.iranwire.com Hamed Rezvani, a musician and a teacher, left his home in Isfahan on December 24, 2018 and never returned. Rezvani’s family have repeatedly tried to find him, searching hospitals and the coroner’s office, and…
Twitter suspends Iran news agencies over ‘harassment of Baha’is’
Source: www.bbc.com Twitter has suspended several Iranian news accounts over alleged harassment of people who follow the Baha’i faith. Young Journalists Club (YJC), run by state broadcaster IRIB, state-run IRNA, and Mehr were among the Farsi-language…
Baha’i Kourosh Pardis’ Life in Danger
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Kourosh Pardis is one of the hundreds of anonymous prisoners of conscience who, because of their beliefs, live in prison rather than at home. He was…
From Baha’i Center to Ayatollah Khamenei Mosque
Source: iranintl.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On July 8, 2013, a mosque was opened at the site of the artistic arena in Tehran called “The Ayatollah Khamenei Mosque.” What we are discussing here is neither…
Court of Appeals – Baha’i Moin Mohammadi Sentenced to Monitoring with Electronic Anklet
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The Yazd Province Appeals Court has sentenced Moin Mohammadi, a Baha’i citizen, to one year of supervision using an electronic wrist or ankle bracelet, limited…
Birjand Revolutionary Court Sentenced Nine Baha’is to 54 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The Birjand Revolutionary Court has sentenced nine Baha’i citizens to a total of 54 years in prison. According to the sentence, each one of the…