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Detained Baha’i Payam Fanaian sentenced to six years in prison

Detained Baha’i Payam Fanaian sentenced to six years in prison

Bookmark This!Close Bookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser Favorites / BookmarksAskbackflipblinklistBlogBookmarkBloglinesBlogMarksBlogsvineBuddyMarksBUMPzee!CiteULikeConnoteadel.icio.usDiggdiigoDotNetKicksDropJackdzoneFacebookFarkFavesFriendsitefolkd.comFurlGoogleJamespotJeqqKaboodlekirtsylinkaGoGoLinkedInMa.gnoliaMister WongMixxMySpaceNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSurphaceSphinnSpurlSquidooStumbleUponTechnoratiThisNextTwitterWebrideWindows 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 »Source: Persian2English March 30, 2010 Human Right Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Payam Fanaian, a Baha’i follower arrested in the wake [...]

Belief in Baha’i Faith Causes Iran’s Judiciary to Refuse Appeal Letter for Navid Khanjani

Belief in Baha’i Faith Causes Iran’s Judiciary to Refuse Appeal Letter for Navid Khanjani

Source: Persian2English March 22, 2010 Deutsche Übersetzung auf Julias Blog lesen Clicking here will direct you to the “Free Navid Khanjani” petition. Sign it and spread the word. Committee of Human Rights Reporters – After 20 days since the arrest of Navid Khanjani, his family has been unsuccessful in tracking [any information] from [court] judges [...]

An Iranian Seder in Beverly Hills

An Iranian Seder in Beverly Hills

Lauren Maddahi looks over the table before dinner is served.  Photo: Amy Dickerson for The New York Times By Jon Nathan Source: The New York Times March 23, 2010 YOU might say that Maryam Maddahi and her relatives hold a dry run for the Passover Seder every Friday night, when they have a rotating Sabbath [...]

The ongoing detention of an Armenian Christian leader in ‘Évin’ infamous prison

The ongoing detention of an Armenian Christian leader in ‘Évin’ infamous prison

Source: Farsi Christian News Network March 19, 2010 Pastor Vahik Abrahamian, an Armenian Christian residing in Tehran, Iran, who was visiting a friend, upon his return to his home was arrested in Tehran by plainclothes security officers. The manner in which he was arrested and the prolonged detention in Evin notorious prison, has created grave [...]

Baha’i Prisoner Babak Mobasher Detained in Rajai Shahr Prison

Baha’i Prisoner Babak Mobasher Detained in Rajai Shahr Prison

Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA) March 10, 2010 After 60 days of receiving no information and thinking that is detained in Evin prison, we found out today that he is detained in Rajai Shahr prison RAHANA – The father of Baha’i prisoner Babak Mobasher and a close relative of Navid Khanjani [...]

Two More Baha’i Students Banned from University

Two More Baha’i Students Banned from University

Source: Persian2English March 13, 2010 Tarbiat-Moalem (Teachers Training) University of Hesarak Parham Fazlali and Prisa Emadi are banned from their studies at Tarbiat-Moalem University of Hesarak because of their Baha’i faith. RAHANA – Parham Fazlali, computer science student in his eighth [and final] term at Tarbiat-Moalem University of Hesarak in Karaj, and Parisa Emadi, Persian [...]

State Department criticizes Iran for persecuting religious minorities

State Department criticizes Iran for persecuting religious minorities

Source: CNN March 13, 2010 Washington – The State Department condemned Iran’s persecution of religious minorities on Friday following the Iranian authorities’ detention of Baha’is and Christians in recent months. Iranian authorities have detained more than 45 Baha’is in the last four months, and as many as 60 Baha’is are imprisoned in Iran on the [...]

Baha’i Activist Says Faithful In Iran Live In ‘Constant Fear Of Losing Everything,’ Including Their Lives

Baha’i Activist Says Faithful In Iran Live In ‘Constant Fear Of Losing Everything,’ Including Their Lives

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) March 8, 2010 Seven top leaders of the Baha’i faith are on trial in Iran after awaiting their fate in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison for almost two years. Six of the seven Baha’is were detained in May 2008 on security-related charges and a seventh in March of that year. [...]

Reverend Wilson Issavi Tortured

Reverend Wilson Issavi Tortured

Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA) March 4, 2010 The wife of the detained Assyrian leader of the Evangelical Church of Kermanshah described his condition as dreadful after visiting with him in prison. RAHANA – Reverend Issavi had visible marks of torture on his body according to his wife Medline Nazanin who [...]

7 Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Different Cities

7 Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Different Cities

Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA) March 3, 2010 From left to right : Ighan shahdi, Dorsa Sobhani and SamaNourani In the past two days,7 Baha’i citizens have been arrested in 3 different cities . RAHANA – On March 1, intelligences agents raided the houses of 5 Baha’i families in Marvdasht a [...]

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