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6 Dec 2011

4 Gonabadi dervishes being held under perilous conditions in Pirbanan prison

According to Majzooban Noor website, Farzad Darvish, Mohammad Ali Saadi, Mohammad Jalal Nikbakht and Hojatollah Saidi, detained on October 8, 2011, are deprived of their most basic human rights while being held behind bars. They are constrained in an unsanitary environment with no access to health care or adequate nutrition. The 4 prisoners are in Pirbanan prison despite the efforts of their families to have them relocated to Adel Abad prison in Shiraz.
According to Majzooban Noor website, Farzad Darvish, Mohammad Ali Saadi, Mohammad Jalal Nikbakht and Hojatollah Saidi,...
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20 Nov 2011

Plain Clothes Agents Opened Fire at 2 Dervishes

On Thursday, November 16, 2011, Security agents attempted to detain two members of Nimatullahi Gonabadi Sufi Sect in Kavar County, Fars Province, Iran, and opened fire at them when the dervishes resisted arrest.
On Thursday, November 16, 2011, Security agents attempted to detain two members of Nimatullahi Gonabadi Sufi Sect in...
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14 Nov 2011

How Iran persecutes its oldest religion

As Zoroastrian funerary processions enter the graveyard overlooking the Tehran suburb of Ray, their sobriety is often shattered by the sound of explosions and gunfire. Frequently, the way forward is blocked by Islamic Revolutionary Guards conducting a combat exercise among the tombs. According to Zoroastrian custom, burial needs to take place within 24 hours, and the Revolutionary Guards will not halt their training activities there for the funerals. This is just another sign of religious freedom fading in the Islamic Republic.
As Zoroastrian funerary processions enter the graveyard overlooking the Tehran suburb of Ray, their sobriety is often...
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21 Oct 2011

Days Before Release, Christian Pastor’s Prison Sentence Extended

On 18 October, 3 days prior to his scheduled release, Iranian judicial authorities extended the prison term for Pastor Behnam Irani by five years, invoking a suspended sentence from 2008. Irani is a member of an evangelical group called Church of Iran and the leader of a house-church in Karaj
On 18 October, 3 days prior to his scheduled release, Iranian judicial authorities extended the prison term for Pastor...
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18 Oct 2011

Total of 30 Years in Prison for Baha’i University Officials

News Agency Seven professors and officials involved in Baha i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) have been sentenced to a total of 30 years in prison. BIHE is a provisional online university established for Baha i citizens who have been denied the opportunity to study at Iran s higher education institutes.
News Agency Seven professors and officials involved in Baha i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) have been sentenced...
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6 Oct 2011

Does Iran Know?Â

One has to ask, if Iran realizes what a complete and utter joke, albeit a petty, vicious, dangerous joke, they have become. In targeting those who are not Muslim, they arrest, imprison and subject to untold tortures, those who refuse to recant their belief in a god other than Allah. For Youcef Nadarkhani, it has become a dangerous, and deadly, farce
One has to ask, if Iran realizes what a complete and utter joke, albeit a petty, vicious, dangerous joke, they have...
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30 Sep 2011

Iran’s Christians urgently need the West’s support

For the first time in 20 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has issued a formal death sentence for a Christian. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, leader of the Church of Iran denomination in Rasht, was arrested in October 2009 while seeking to register his church. He has been on death row since being found guilty of apostasy, conversion from Islam, in September 2010.
For the first time in 20 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has issued a formal death sentence for a Christian. Pastor...
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6 Sep 2011

Iran’s Dervishes Come Under Attack, Again

A number of dervishes from the Gonabadi Nematollahi order have been detained in Iran in recent days. The arrests apparently began in the city of Kavar close to Shiraz where Sufis are reported to have come under attack from "plainclothes agents" and members of the Basij militia.
A number of dervishes from the Gonabadi Nematollahi order have been detained in Iran in recent days. The arrests...
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27 Aug 2011

Iran Detains Evangelical Pastor; Whereabouts Unknown

The whereabouts of an evangelical pastor in Iran remained unknown Saturday, August 27, some 10 days after he was detained by Iranian security forces as part of a reported government crackdown on Christian converts, BosNewsLife established.
The whereabouts of an evangelical pastor in Iran remained unknown Saturday, August 27, some 10 days after he was...
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11 Jul 2011

It’s hard to make light of the plight of my people, the Bahai’s

Back in the mid-90s in my show I'm A Short Fat Kebab Shop Owner's Son, I touched on cultural clashes that shaped my personality as an Iranian immigrant in Britain. Authenticity is paramount for a comedian, and as I prepare to tour a new standup show I'm getting braver: this time, I will be exploring what it is like to be an Iranian born into a Bah ' family.
Back in the mid-90s in my show I'm A Short Fat Kebab Shop Owner's Son, I touched on cultural clashes that shaped my...
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7 Jul 2011

US Demands End To Persecution Of Religious Minorities In Iran

The United States has urged the Iranian government to stop persecution of religious minorities in that Islamic Republic. "We join the international community in continuing to call on the Iranian government to respect the fundamental rights of all its citizens and uphold its international commitments to protect them," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said in a statement.
The United States has urged the Iranian government to stop persecution of religious minorities in that Islamic Republic....
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24 May 2011

Government attacks Bahai university, detains 30 instructors

Iranian authorities should stop attacks on the Baha i Institute for Higher Education and end policies that discriminatorily deprive members of the Baha i Faith access to higher education, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Authorities should immediately release all Baha is working with the Institute detained in a raid on 21 May 2011, the Campaign added.
Iranian authorities should stop attacks on the Baha i Institute for Higher Education and end policies that...
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17 May 2011

Only One Month to Find, Sentence and Execute Suspects

Yousef Azizi Banitorof, Secretary of the Center for Combating Racism and Discrimination Against Arabs in Iran, who currently resides in London, spoke with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran following news from the Al Arabiya website quoting Ahwaz News about recent executions in Ahwaz. According to news we were able to receive from our contacts in Ahwaz, three people were hanged in public at Hamidieh Junction.
Yousef Azizi Banitorof, Secretary of the Center for Combating Racism and Discrimination Against Arabs in Iran, who...
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19 Apr 2011

Iran Arab minority protest deaths must be investigated

The Iranian authorities must investigate clashes between security forces and protesters from the Ahwazi Arab minority that reportedly left at least three people dead and dozens injured in the south-western province of Khuzestan, Amnesty International said today.
The Iranian authorities must investigate clashes between security forces and protesters from the Ahwazi Arab minority...
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7 Feb 2011

Location of Two Kurdish Political Prisoners Unknown, Fears of Secret Executions

On December 28, 2010, the publication Iran Daily, quoting Judge Abolghasssem Salavati, the head of branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, reported that Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi were sentenced to death by public hanging on the charges of "Moharebeh" [enmity against God] and "Causing sedition and depravity on Earth" .
On December 28, 2010, the publication Iran Daily, quoting Judge Abolghasssem Salavati, the head of branch 15 of the...
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