[news.bahai.org, 16 Nov 2013] NEW YORK — The seven imprisoned Iranian Baha’i leaders have written a letter to President Hassan Rouhani, commenting on his proposed “Charter of Citizen’s Rights.” During his campaign for election earlier…
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The Plight of Iran's Baha'is
[pbs.org 1 June 2012] by KAMIAR ALAEI * * Arash and Kamiar Alaei, physicians specializing in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, were found guilty in 2009 of “cooperating with an enemy government” and sentenced…
Film Review: A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS from Education Under Fire on Vimeo.
[educationunderfire.com] The story of Roxana Saberi’s time in prison with Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, two, of The Yaran (“the Friends”), sentenced to 20 years in prison simply for helping administer the needs of the Baha’i community in…
Persecution intensifies as former Baha’i leaders mark anniversary behind bars
[BWNS, 14 May 2012] GENEVA — Iran’s former Baha’i leaders begin their fifth year in prison today amid an intensification of the persecution of their co-religionists. The seven prisoners each face the bleak prospect of…
World calls for unconditional release of Baha'i leaders and other Iranian prisoners of conscience
[BWNS 3 April 2012] NEW YORK — The plight of Iran’s seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders has been capturing the public’s attention in 12 of the world’s major cities, where a day of action marked the…
Press Release: Worldwide Action for Iran’s Baha’i Seven
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U4I media contact: Sarah Shourd, Advocate, [email protected], (510) 473-5923 U4I media contact: Roxana Saberi, journalist, U4I advisory board member, [email protected] Berlin, Germany Baha’i media contact: Alina Braml, [email protected], +49 (0) 30 24 72 32 17 Brazil…
Report on the status of Bahai prisoners in Iran
[hranews.info, 20 March 2012] The Human Rights Activists’ News Agency (HRANA) reports that, as Now Ruz approaches, 67 Bahai prisoners remain in detention in Iran. Of these, 43 are sentenced prisoners, serving a total of 260…
Iran's seven Baha'i leaders: 10,000 days in prison
[BWNS 29 March 2012] NEW YORK — Sunday 1 April marks 10,000 days that Iran’s seven former Baha’i leaders have spent in prison between them – a period throughout which they have been deprived of the…
Exciting EUF Weekly Conference Call, Guest Speakers: Bani Dugal (BIC), Mana Mostatabi (United4Iran)
EDUCATION UNDER FIRE’S EXPLOSIVE, INFORMATIVE AND INTERACTIVE WEEKLY CONFERENCE CALL SUNDAY, JANUARY 8TH 5:00 – 6:00 EASTERN ************** Join keynote speaker, Bani Dugal, Education Under Fire documentary interviewee and Principal Representative of the Baha’i International Community to…
One Prisoner; Jamaleddin Khanjani, One of the Seven; by Mojtaba Samienejad
[RAHANA, 12 Nov 2011, Mojtaba Samienejad] The story began when life took the color of blood and prison; the 1979 Revolution in which the execution ropes were dancing in the skies to the death song and…
More Than Fifty Baha'i Citizens Imprisoned in Iran
[HRA 17 Aug. 2011] HRANA News Agency – While in various international gatherings and interviews conducted with foreign media, Iranian government officials continue to claim that no one is imprisoned in Iran because of their beliefs,…
Open letter in Wall Street Journal says Iran’s persecution of Bahá’ís violates constitution
The Bahá’ís in Iran are not “others” — they are an inseparable part of the Iranian nation. Writing now in the 17 December 2010 edition of the Wall Street Journal Europe, Dr Kishan Manocha, Director of…
New reports of human rights violations highlight situation of Iran's Baha'is
[BWNS, 23 Aug. 2011] GENEVA — Iran’s treatment of its Baha’i citizens has been identified as a major area of concern in three important new surveys carried out by international human rights organizations. The reports…
Statement by “Population of Combat against Educational Discrimination” Objecting to the Sentence of Mr. Sama Nourani
(edu-right.net) After more than three decades, the trend in the confrontation of the [Iranian] authorities with social and civil activists continues intensively. This trend is not new and, as the most progressive social force in Iran,…
Jailed Iranian Baha'i leader appears on Dutch postage stamp
(BWNS 6 July 2011) HILVERSUM, Netherlands — A series of special postage stamps portraying victims of human rights abuses in Iran has been launched in the Netherlands. Current and forthcoming stamps in the series depict the…
Two Iranian Baha'i leaders returned to Evin prison
[BWNS 25 May 2011] GENEVA — The two women amongst Iran’s seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders have been returned to Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. The Baha’i International Community has confirmed that Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Sabet are now…
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