WongMixxMySpaceNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSurphaceSphinnSpurlS LiveYahoo!Email This to a Friend Link HTML: Permalink: If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed or Email Feed.Powered by Bookmarkify™ More »The destruction of 50 Baha’i homes demonstrates the Iranian government disregard for its international obligations By Barney Leith Source: Guardian July [...]
By Niloofar Rostami Source: Institute for War & Peace Reporting July 3, 2010 Thirteen centuries after the Muslim Arabs invaded Iran and forced Zoroastrians to choose between conversion and emigration, the same dilemma continues to confront the dwindling numbers of this ancient religious community. For Zoroastrians, this kind of choice is embedded in their faith, [...]
Iran’s Bahai community fear rise in persecution
By Kasra Naji Source: BBC July 2, 2010 BBC News The current Bahai leadership in Iran is in jail, accused of spying for Israel First there are the images of wooden beams on fire. Then buildings come into view, some without windows and doors, others reduced to rubble. The shaky mobile phone footage posted on [...]
Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) June 26, 2010 The recent Baha’i rights violations are as follows: June 22 Navid Khanjani’s Bail Amount Increased Student rights activist, Navid Khanjani, presented his last defense in the 3rd branch of Prosecutor based Interrogation Center in Evin prison. His bail was raised from 50 million ($50,000) to [...]
Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) June 25, 2010 Sara Mahboubi, Baha’i student and resident of Sari who has been deprived of continuing her education, was arrested this morning after visiting the Intelligence Ministry in the city of Sari. It has been reported that security forces originally arrived at Sara Mahboubi’s house at 12:00pm [...]
Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA) May 22, 2010 Due to the new rules of the Ministry of Education, Shadan Shirzi was unable to register in the school for 8th grade. According to the RAHANA reporter, previously, the government allowed all students to sign up for the School’s entrance exam and only [...]
By Parvaneh Vahidmanesh Source: Mianeh 11 May 2010 Remnants of once flourishing community wonder how much longer they can hold out. “Ten years might pass before a wedding takes place in the Jewish community here,” said Haroun, who is one of the nearly 40 members of the Jewish community in Yazd. “Even though the Jewish [...]
By Abbas Djavadi Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) April 8, 2010 Of the hundreds of political prisoners in Iranian jails, there is one group, probably the only one, who have been tried and imprisoned not for attending demonstrations and not for writing and speaking publicly against the government, but simply for being members of [...]
* * Another Iranian nuclear scientist has defected and is seeking asylum in France. The man who was only identified as Mohammad is said to be 34 years old and formerly a resident of Tehran, specializing in the design and construction of nuclear reactors. Mohammad told Italian Emmegi Press Agency: “Due to the Iranian regime’s [...]
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) March 31, 2010 The Baha’i representative to the United Nations says that 50 Baha’is in southern Iran have been barred from leaving the country, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. Diane Alai of the Baha’i International Community told RFE/RL the Baha’is were arrested in 2006 for teaching classes to underprivileged children [...]