Source: www.goldnews.biz Translation by Iran Press Watch Gold News reported that Mr. Farhang Amiri, a Baha’i citizen of Yazd murdered on September 28, 2016 in Yazd has been designated a martyr by the Universal House of…
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Two Baha’i Residents Report to Prison to Serve Their Sentence
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-496 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News – Navid Haghighi and Shahram Fallah, who have each been sentenced to prison terms of three years, reported to the Arak and Kerman prison systems to…
Expulsion of Mr. Sana’u’llah Bandi from University
Yazd – On the 25th of Mehr 1388 (17 Oct. 2009), Mr. Sana’u’llah Bandi from Yazd was summoned to the Office of University Protection. There he was informed that based on the order of the…
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…
Report on Imprisoned Baha'is in Yazd
According to recently received news, four Baha’is are currently in prison in Yazd. According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], based on reports from the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Mr.…
Baha’is under Attack in Yazd and Semnan
On Thursday, April 9, 2009, Khabar Navard reported that during the nationwide Naw-Ruz festivities, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided the home of Mr. Bahnam Rouhani, one of the Baha’is of Yazd, on March…
Violations of the Rights of our Baha’i Countrymen
By Hamid Hamidi Editor’s Note: The following is the text of a talk given by Mr. Hamid Hamidi and Iran Press Watch welcomes comments and reactions to this seminal piece. Mr. Hamidi is a much-respected…
The Annual Report of Human Rights Activists in Iran: The Worrisome Condition of the Iranian Baha’i Community in 2008
Monday, 19 January 2009 Editor’s Note: Given the increasingly difficult situation of Baha’is in Iran, and an increase in the number of arrests, searches and destruction of Baha’i cemeteries, and also the fact that Baha’i…
Fired from Work for Being Baha'i
Human Rights Activists of Iran has published the following letter of a Baha’i employed by Iran National Broadcasting Agency (which is a state-run public broadcasting and presently is known as Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting,…
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