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Iran Accused of Secretly Hanging Kurdish Dissidents

Iran Accused of Secretly Hanging Kurdish Dissidents

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 »By Haidar Mukhtari October 15, 2010 The Islamic Republic of Iran is still among the top countries that has the largest [...]

Iran sentences Baha’i aide to Nobel laureate to 2 years in jail

Iran sentences Baha’i aide to Nobel laureate to 2 years in jail

Source: CNN October 2, 2010 Tehran, Iran – A Baha’i assistant of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has been sentenced to two years in prison in Iran, the semi-official Mashregh news website said Saturday. Jinous Sobhani was arrested in early January with her husband and eight other members of the Baha’i faith after anti-government [...]

Pressure Intensified on Baha’i Women in Mashhad Prison

Pressure Intensified on Baha’i Women in Mashhad Prison

Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) September 30, 2010 According to the RAHANA reporter, when Baha’i citizen Rozita Vaseghi who had endured 6 months of solitary confinement, joined the other 3 detainees in the Vakilabad Prison, the authorities intensified the pressure by limiting the number of prison visits and telephone calls. The reports indicate [...]

Eid ul-Fitr prayers in Iran: for Shi’ite Muslims only

Eid ul-Fitr prayers in Iran: for Shi’ite Muslims only

Source: The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center September 19, 2010 Sunni Online, a website affiliated with the religious center used by the Sunni minority in the city of Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchestan Province, reported this week that internal security forces prevented Sunni worshippers from performing prayers on Eid ul-Fitr. The website reported [...]

A Baha’i’s Plea For Understanding

A Baha’i’s Plea For Understanding

By Christopher Schwartz Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) August 21, 2010 Throughout the Muslim world, Baha’is are routinely subjected to systematic derision in the form of elaborate conspiracy theories. Hostile political, religious, and media figures portray Baha’is as a secretive and miserly network of heretics who serve Zionism and Freemasonry to sow discord and [...]

Christian Citizen Detained in Rasht

Christian Citizen Detained in Rasht

Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) August 22, 2010 Hamed Pishkar who is a Christian resident of Rasht was detained at his house on August 15th for observing his religious rituals. The security authorities searched his house and took him to an undisclosed location. The pressure has exacerbated on the Christian residents of the [...]

Prison Time Totals 140 Years for Seven Administrators of the Baha’i Community

Prison Time Totals 140 Years for Seven Administrators of the Baha’i Community

Source: Committee of Human Rights Reporters August 8, 2010 The Committee of Human Rights Reporters announced that seven former administrators of the Baha’i community were each sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court. They are detained for the past two years based on repeated illegal temporary detention orders. Their trials [...]

Temporary Detention Extended for 7 Leaders of Iranian Baha’i Community

Temporary Detention Extended for 7 Leaders of Iranian Baha’i Community

Source: Human Rights House of Iran (HRANA) August 6, 2010 Although the trial of 7 leaders of Iranian Baha’i Community was finished on 14 June 2010, no court ruling has been issued for them yet. According to RAHANA’s reporter, Diane Allaei, the representative of Baha’i community in the UN says: “These innocent Baha’is have been [...]

Behrouz Sadegh-Khanjani and His Wife Held Incommunicado

Behrouz Sadegh-Khanjani and His Wife Held Incommunicado

Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) July 13, 2010 The security authorities have not allowed the couple to contact their family. The authorities have also went to their home and told their families that the couple have security problems. According to the RAHANA reporter, Fatemeh’s father has referred to the Evin Prison and the [...]

Christian Citizen Arrested in Mazandaran Province

Christian Citizen Arrested in Mazandaran Province

Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) July 12, 2010 In a recent incident, security agents of Mazandaran province had gone to to Mr. Stephen’s house, confiscated some of his personal belongings and asked him to introduce himself to the local office of Ministry of Intelligence. According to RAHANA’s reporter, Mr. Stephen visited the office [...]

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