Source: www.rabwah.net By Ehsan Rehan Pakistan’s Shia leader has warned the public and the government of the dangers posed by Bahais and Ahmadis. Allama Iqbal Bahishti urged the public and authorities to be watchful of the…
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9 Songs dedicated to the Baha'is in Iran
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…
Subpoena of a Baha’i by the Office of Intelligence
HRANA – Religious Minority Rights: According to the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Mr. Sepehr Rowshan, a Baha’i in the city of Bushehr, was subpoenaed by the Office of Intelligence for attending…
A life animated by conscience, not power
(CNN) The moral conscience of Iran’s reform movement passed away Sunday morning. Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who died at 87, was the Iranian equivalent of South Africa’s Desmond Tutu for politics. Over the past…
Another Baha'i Cemetery Desecrated
The cemetery of the Baha’is of Abadan and Khorramshahr, cities in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, was raided during Azar 1388 (early December 2009). The following are photos portraying the vast desecration of the cemetery’s…
Open Letter to Mr. Ahmadinejad
Editor’s Note: The following open letter was written by Brazil’s National Spiritual Assembly [the highest elected administrative body of Brazil’s Baha’is] during Mr. Ahmadinejad’s recent visit to their country. Mr. President, Your visit to Brazil,…
Worrisome condition of two Baha’is in Mashhad prison
The condition of two Baha’is in prison named [Mrs.] Sonia Ahmadi and Mr. Ghanvatiyan, who were arrested on the 11th of Aban [2 Nov. 2009], is unknown. Human Rights Activists News Agency, Religious Minorities Rights:…
Barring the burial of a deceased Baha’i
The Office of Protection of the city of Najaf-Abad has not delivered the body of a deceased Baha’i, Mrs. Puran Bahrampour, to her family to conduct her funeral. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency,…
Ban on Iran paper over Baha'i photo lifted
Editor’s Note: Iranian authorities banned Hamshahri, the popular daily, for using a photo of the Baha’i House of Worship (temple) in an ad by travel companies to promote tourism. It appears that the widespread criticism…
A Life of Repression
Anti-Americanism, open hostility towards Israel, a legal system that does not grant men and women equal rights, and a doctrine that calls itself the “rule of the supreme legal scholar” have determined the official philosophy…
Iran bans paper for running photo of Baha'i temple
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have banned the country’s largest-circulation newspaper for publishing a photo of a Baha’i temple, state media reported Monday. Iran’s Shiite cleric-led regime views the Baha’i religion as heretical and has…
Expulsion of a Baha’i Student from University
According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], in a continuation, and at an ever-increasing rate, of the expulsions of Baha’i students from universities in Iran, Ms. Yasama Jan Fada, a resident of Bandar-Lengeh (Provice…
Attack on Baha'i Gathering and Arrest of Two Baha'is
Last night [22 Nov. 2009], Intelligence agents of the city of Sari, named Gholami and Heydari, aggressively entered the home of Mr. Vahid Ismail-Zadehgan, hitting him and with the use of foul language, attempted to…
Search and Interrogation of Baha'is in Qaemshahr
According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], Religious Minorities Rights, homes of two Baha’i families residing in Qaemshahr were subjected to searches by officers of the Ministry of Intelligence on the 23rd of Aban…
The Music and Arrest of a Baha'i Musician
Behnam Rohani-Fard, a Baha’i Musician and composer who had resided in Tehran for some time traveled to the city of Yazd to participate in the mourning ceremony arranged for one of his family members. In…
Final court proceedings for nine Mashhad Baha’is
The final court session for the sentencing of nine Baha’is in Mashhad took place on 3 Aban 1388 (October 25, 2009). Most of these accused Baha’is were arrested on the 13 and 14 of Mordad…
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