Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Mino Riyazati, Ehteram Sheikhi, Farideh Jaberi, and Asadullah Jaberi, four Baha’i citizens residing in Bushehr, were taken into custody on Saturday, January 25, after appearing…
Monthly Archives For January 2020
After 3 Years, Businesses of 7 Baha’is in Noshahr Remain Sealed
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Barring the Baha’is from Economic Activities HRANA News Agency – The businesses of seven Baha’i citizens in Noshahr remain sealed after more than three years. On November 1 and…
In Letter to U.N., Shirin Ebadi Protests Iran’s Suppression of Religious Freedoms
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed her concerns about the Iranian Regime’s enforcement…
Four Baha’i Citizens Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison in Karaj
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Abolfazl Ansari, Ruhollah Zibaei, Roein Kohansal, and Mohammad Sadegh Rezaei, four Baha’i citizens, were collectively sentenced to four years in prison by the Karaj Revolutionary…
Baha’is Punished for Being Truthful About Their Faith
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—27 January 2020—The Baha’i International Community is deeply concerned by the surge in persecution by the Iranian authorities against the Baha’i community recently, particularly a disturbing institutional decision impacting Baha’is across the country. By…
Imprisonment, Confiscation, Denial of Most Basic Civil Rights: A Surge in Persecution of the Baha’is in Iran
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — Iranian authorities are preventing Baha’is across the country from obtaining national identification cards, while a series of home raids, confiscations, arrests, and attacks on properties have unjustly targeted Baha’is. These developments…
Court of Appeal Upholds 11-year Prison Sentence for Ali Ahmadi, Baha’i Citizen
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Hrana Agency- Without holding a court hearing, the Court of Appeal in Mazandaran Province upheld the conviction of Ali Ahmadi, a Baha’i resident of Qaemshahr city, in Mazandaran Province.…
Sahba Farnoush Sentenced to Sixteen Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Baha’i resident Sahba Farnoush was sentenced to sixteen years in prison by Judge Iman Afshari, the head of Branch 4 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.…
Baha’i Representative to the United Nations: Baha’is Banned from Education to Prevent their Progress
Source: iranhr.net Translation by Iran Press Wacth Ali Asqar Faridi – Editorial Board, Huquq-i-Ma Magazine: Followers of the Baha’i Faith are one of the largest religious minority groups in Iran, but are not recognized as…
Vahda Silani Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Vahda Silani, a Baha’i resident of Kerman, was arrested at her home by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence on Sunday, January 9, and taken to an…
Court of Appeals: 5 Baha’is Sentenced to Total of 6 Years and 6 Months In Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The Court of Appeals of South Khorasan Province has sentenced four Baha’i citizens to a total of six years and six months in prison. Based on the…
Baha’i Hassan Sarvestani Released from Evin Prison After Completing His Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, on Tuesday December 3, 2019, Hassan Momtaz Sarvastani, a Baha’i citizen from Shiraz, was released from Evin…
Bandar Lengeh: Arrest of a Baha’i, and Sealing of Home and Businesses of Two Other Baha’is
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Noushin Hakimi (Nouhnejad), a Baha’i resident of Bandar Lengeh, was arrested by security forces on Saturday, December 14, and taken to an unknown location. At the time…
False Accusations and Poisoned Juice: Baha’i Jeweler Sent to Jail
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Kamran Shahidi never expected his life to change forever after a regular customer entered his jewelry shop in Tehran. But that is exactly what happened just over two years ago – resulting in a court…
No Smart National Smart ID for Baha’is in Iran
Source: IranWire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the reports received by Iranwire, Iran’s Records Registry has deleted the option for “other religions” from the new application forms for the Smart National…