Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Faezeh Hashemi, daughter of former President Rafsanjani, is the highest-ranking figure close to the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran who is critical “oppression against Baha’is”. She…
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Writing to Survive: Baha’i Woman’s Poetry Was Her Best Friend in Iranian Jail
Source: www.cnn.com By Moni Basu, CNN (CNN) –The sun had already set when the woman with long gray hair descended the steps to the same prison gate she had passed through all those years ago. Mahvash Sabet had…
Freedom for Prominent Baha’i Fariba Kamalabadi
Source: www.iranwire.com By SALEEM VAILLANCOURT Fariba Kamalabadi, one of seven former members of an ad hoc leadership group for the Baha’is in Iran, was released from Evin Prison today after completing a 10-year prison sentence. Her release…
Baha’i Poet Jailed in Iran Wins Free Speech PEN Pinter Prize
Source: mobile.nytimes.com By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OCTOBER 10, 2017 LONDON — A Baha’i poet who was jailed for almost a decade in Iran has won a writing award celebrating free speech. Mahvash Sabet shares the PEN…
Freed Iranian Baha’i Leader Mahvash Sabet Describes Unjust Trial, Prison Conditions
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org “We never betrayed our country and never will.” Mahvash Sabet, a leader of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i faith who was released from Evin Prison on September 18, 2017 after completing a 10-year sentence, said she was convicted of espionage…
Beyond Prison Walls: Mahvash Sabet Speaks with France Medias Monde
Source: fa.rfi.fr Editor’s note: Bahiyyih Nakhjavani and Shahram Yazdani translated the poems and Iran Press Watch translated the rest. Mahvash Sabet, a member of the Baha’i Community of Iran, who has been in prison due to her…
English Pen Is Delighted to Welcome the Release of Teacher and Poet Mahvash Sabet After More Than a Decade in Prison
Source: www.englishpen.org Teacher and poet Mahvash Sabet was one of a group of seven Baha’i leaders known as the ‘Yaran-i-Iran’ – ‘Friends of Iran’ – detained in 2008 for their faith and activities related to running…
An Exclusive Interview With The Freed Baha’i Leader
Source: iranwire.com By AIDA GHAJAR Mahvash Sabet, one of seven members of the former leadership group for Iran’s Baha’i community, was released on the afternoon of Monday, September 18 after serving 10 years in prison. Sabet and six…
Mahvash Sabet Concludes 10-Year Prison Sentence
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—18 September 2017—Mahvash Sabet, one of the seven members of the former leadership group of the Baha’is in Iran who were imprisoned due to religious beliefs, has been released after completing her unjust 10-year…
No Mother Can Be Deprived of Seeing Her Children Grow!
Source: goodtobemom.com Today is Mother’s Day! A day when we all can celebrate the unique and blessed station of motherhood in the company of our children and family. But there are two mothers in Iran…
Terry Glavin: These Seven People Are Victims of Iran Because of Their Faith. Remember Their Names, Always
Source: www.ottawacitizen.com By Terry Glavin In the coming weeks, the Khomeinist regime in Iran will stage yet another sham presidential election and Canada’s Parliament will proceed with the fourth annual Iran Accountability Week. Every year, participating Canadian…
Distinguished Composer Casts Light on Prisoner’s Poems
Source: news.bahai.org OSLO, Norway — At a recent major international music festival, one composition stood out in particular for its portrayal of faith and spiritual transformation under great oppression. Well-known Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen was inspired…
US Leaders Tell Persecuted Believers: ‘You Are Not Alone’
Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Apr 6, 2017 / 04:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious freedom advocates at the United States capitol on Thursday sent a message of solidarity to all those imprisoned or tortured…
A Comprehensive Report on the Situation of 9 Imprisoned Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – Fariba Kamal Abadi, Jamal-Aldin Khanjani, Mahvash Sabet, Afif Naimi, Saeed Rezai, Behrouz Tavakoli and Vahid Tizfah, are the seven administrative members of the Baha’i Community known as “Yaran-e Iran”, who along…
After Eight Years, Mahvash Sabet Shahriari Received a Five-Day Furlough
Source: www.tribunezamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Moments ago, Mahvash Shahriari, one of the leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, after eight years of imprisonment in Evin prison, left for a five-day furlough. According to a…
Dire Health Condition of Dr Foad Moghaddam in Raja’i Shahr Prison
Source: www.bazdasht.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The Bazdasht website has reported the dire health condition of the 66 year old Baha’i prisoner Dr Foad Moghaddam. Dr Moghaddam, who is a physician, has been in Raja’i…