Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Ida Qajar One day before the start of the new year 1397, Vahid Tizfahm, of the imprisoned Yaran-e-Iran, was released from prison to spend Naw-Rúz alongside his family.…
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Youngest Member of Yaran Completes Ten Year Imprisonment
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — Vahid Tizfahm completed his 10-year sentence yesterday. At 44, he is the youngest of the seven former Baha’i leaders in Iran who were unjustly imprisoned for their religious beliefs in 2008.…
Jamaloddin Khanjani Returned to Evin Prison following Heart Surgery
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Jamaloddin Khanjani, a member of the leaders of Baha’i community of Iran known as the Yaran, was transferred to hospital for heart problems, and then was returned to Evin Prison…
A Century and a Half of Imprisonment; A look at the Conditions of 25 Bahá’í Prisoners in Tehran and Alborz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Bahá’ís in Iran are being deprived of basic human and civil rights due to their religious beliefs. Discrimination, othering, vengeance, prejudgment, hate-mongering, harassment and murder, as well…
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…
He Deserves the Flower of Freedom
Source: www.bahai.org.au Sydney, 20 May 2015 When Vahid Tizfahm was in solitary confinement in Iran — being punished for his faith as a Baha’i — some of his friends came to the prison with a present for…
Heartfelt Notes from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj
Source: fa.cfppiran.com By Vahid Tizfahm (1) Translation by Iran Press Watch Tribulations, yes! Hatred – never! Perseverance, for sure! Stagnation – never! I was born in this country. I was but a few years old…
Baha’is over the Last Year – a Return to the Era of the Iranian Revolution
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Thursday, 19 March, 2015 By Kian Sabeti The Iranian Solar Year 1393 (March 2014 – March 2015), witnessed the largest numbers of detained or sentenced and imprisoned Baha’is for…
A Baha’i Community Leader Writes to His Son from Prison
Source: www.rahesabz.net Translation by Iran Press Watch 16 May 2014 Chapters from History and Glimmers of Hope Vahid Tizfahm This is a letter from Vahid Tizfahm to his son. Vahid Tizfahm is one the…
The May 14 Anniversary of the Yaran: Vahid Tizfahm’s Plight as a Baha’i in Iran
By Ferdos Nikoumanesh Ferdos Nikoumanesh is a Baha’i living in Virginia and the sister-in-law of Vahid Tizfahm, who is serving a 20-year sentence as a prisoner of conscience in Iran. My brother-in-law, Vahid, is now…
Update on the Seven Leading Baha'is Jailed in Iran
The following report was posted by Iran Press News on Saturday, 3 January 2009: Seven leading Baha’is in Iran, namely Mahvash Sabet, Fariba Kamalabadi, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Vahid Tizfahm, Jamaloddin Khanjani and Behrouz Tavakkoli,…
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