[www.internationalpolicydigest.org] A few weeks ago, a senior clergyman in Iran, Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi Tehrani, did the unthinkable. He joined a gathering of human rights activists commemorating the sixth anniversary of the incarceration of the seven-person leadership group of…
[foreignpolicyblogs.com] ISLAMIC AWAKENING by Reza Akhlaghi | on May 28th, 2014 Abdolhamid Masoumi-Tehrani is an Iranian Ayatollah based in Tehran, Iran. He is also a calligrapher and painter, who uses his art works to challenge openly Iran’s ruling…
[hra-news.org] Ayatollah Abdul-Hamid Masumi Tehrani, who recently made headlines worldwide due to his sympathy for the Baha’is of Iran, has been summoned to Iran’s special clerical court. According to the HRANA – the news organ…
[Bahai World News Service] DHAKA, Bangladesh — Four leading jurists in Bangladesh have commended the action of a prominent Iranian religious leader who has called for coexistence of all religions, including Baha’is. Advocate Md. Abdus Salam Mondal, Deputy…
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful! Today, thanks to scientific advancements, territories that were once isolated have drawn closer to one another and the cries of those who suffer oppression and torment…
[Zackery M. Heern @zackeryheern *] Iranian Ayatollah defends Baha’i rights and goes head-to-head with the regime HUMAN RIGHTS In defiance of the Iranian government, Ayatollah Masoumi-Tehrani recently gifted an art piece to Baha’is throughout the world, and…
[Alliance for Rights of All Minorities-ARAM] Nasrin Sotoudeh, attorney and human rights defender, met with Ayatollah Masumi Tehrani in the aftermath of his gift of the ornamentation of the Baha’i symbol of the “Greatest Name” and…
[Baha’i World News] 25 April 2014 NEW YORK — The ground-breaking gift of a senior Iranian cleric to the worldwide Baha’i community is beginning to stir a global conversation about religious co-existence and freedom of religion.…
