The persecution of the Baha’is in the homeland of their Religion has stirred an outcry from governments and media in their defense. Less noticed, however, are the many individual efforts around the world in support…
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Under the Staircase
Kimia Ferdowsi is a young Baha’i artist and filmmaker. Currently a candidate for an MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute, she is a 2009 winner of the NYAXE Gallery Competition. Below one can access…
Date set in Iran for court session for Baha'is
(BWNS) Iranian authorities have notified the lawyers of seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders that the next session of their trial will be held on 7 February, the Baha’i International Community learned today. At their first court…
Baha'i sentenced to three years in prison
(Harana News) A Baha’i has been convicted of the charge of propaganda against the regime and of teaching the Baha’i Faith, and has been sentenced to three years in prison. As reported by the Baha’i…
Iran’s Ebadi says seven Baha’is must be acquitted
(Washington TV) — In an exclusive telephone interview with WashingtonTV on Tuesday, Shirin Ebadi, one of the lawyers defending the seven detained Baha’i leaders in Iran, whose first trial hearing took place today in Tehran,…
Iranian Islam, not the Yaran, on trial in the court of international opinion
Credo quia absurdum est. “I believe, because it is absurd.” — Tertullian’s (misquoted) Paradox by Christopher Buck [Editor’s Note:Iran Press Watch is pleased to offer a guest article by Dr. Christopher Buck, a distinguished legal scholar,…
Editorial Note: Accusations against Baha'is
Since the very last days of December of 2009, the authorities in Iran, through statements and the State news media, have accused the Baha’is of being involved in many ways with the recent political and…
Trial of Recently Detained Baha’is to Start “this Week” in Tehran
(MNBR) The semi-official Fars News Agency quoted today the Tehran persecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi as saying that the trial of the recently detained Baha’is of Tehran “will be this week in a revolutionary court in…
Citizens speak up for Baha'is in Iran
(DNA) Just five days before the trial of seven former leaders of the Baha’is in Iran, prominent citizens have expressed concern at the continued persecution of the community and urged the government of India to…
Transfer of a Baha’i from being a prisoner to internal exile
Mr. Zabihollah Raufi, a Baha’i in prison in Sanandaj, was transferred to the prison in Toyserkan after four months of incarceration in order to carry out his sentence of internal exile. HRANA – Prisoner’s Rights:…
Baha'i world governing body encourages the Baha’is [of Iran] to participate in the betterment of Iran
The Universal House of Justice [1], the world governing body of the Baha’is of the world, in recent months has called the Baha’is in Iran to an active participation in the affairs of Iran, its…
Iran State Media Blames the "Baha'i Sect" for Recent Unrest
(MNBR) – Yesterday in Iran, articles appeared in two government-run news outlets blaming the Baha’i “sect” for the recent unrest in Iran, and namely the widespread protests that took place across the country on the…
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