They Confessed to Killing a Baha’i, but Were Freed
ABN Bahá’í News By ARASH AZIZI The confession came pure and simple from one of two brothers who, in September 2016, stabbed a man to death in the Iranian city of Yazd. Murderers don’t...
Category: Seven Years
Seven Days in Remembrance of Seven Years in Prison for the Seven Baha’i Leaders
Iran’s Baha’i Problem
ABN NEWS- The Islamic Republic of Iran is facing a big problem. As a matter of fact, the problem is so big that the Iranian leadership and State media cannot stop talking about it. They...
Shaheen Rezaie Writes to Her Imprisoned Husband
ABN NEWS My Dearest Saeid 1; Eight years have passed, and you are still incarcerated in the prison of oppression and prejudice. In these seemingly dark and strenuous times I always think of a...
Sadegh Zibakalam: “What Ms. Faezeh Hashemi Did Was the Right Thing to Do from Every Perspective”
ABN NEWS- What Ms. Faezeh Hashemi did [meeting with the Baha’i leader Fariba Kamalabadi, who was on furlough from Evin Prison] was the right thing to do from every perspective. Her act was an...
Oppression of Baha’is in Kashan
ABN NEWS- According to a report from Baha’i News Agency, the oppression of Baha’is in Kashan ‒ a city in Central Iran ‒ has intensified, as two Baha’i students there have been deprived of...
تاکید نمازگزاران جمعه قم بر برخورد قوه قضاییه با فائزه هاشمی
ABN NEWS– به گزارش گلد نیوز به نقل از فارس مردم شهیدپرور استان قم ظهر امروز بعد از اقامه نماز جمعه در اعتراض به دیدار فائزه هاشمی از با یکی از بهاییون، راهپیمایی کرده...
عکس‌العمل‌های چند روز اخیر به دیدار از یک بهائی، حقایق را برملا کرد
ABN NEWS– طوفانی از نکوهش‌های خشمگین در نقد از یک ملاقات ساده بین دو نفر دوست در یک منزل شخصی تزویر مقامات ایرانی را که مکرّراً ادّعا می‌کنند رفتارشان با بهائیان به تعصّبات مذهبی ارتباطی...
Iran Judiciary Vows to Punish Former President’s Daughter for Upholding Baha’i Rights
ABN NEWS- A high-ranking member of the Iranian Judiciary has said that action will be taken against Faezeh Hashemi, the outspoken daughter of prominent former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, following her meeting with Baha’i...
Faizeh Hashemi :I do not regret
ABN NEWS- It is not the first time Faezeh Hashemi has been at the centre of controversy. The former MP and women’s magazine editor spent six months in prison in 2012 after being found guilty...
Political Storm in Iran as Rafsanjani’s Daughter Meets Bahai Member
ABN NEWS- A political storm has erupted in Iran after the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani visited a leader of the persecuted Bahai religious minority while she was on leave from prison....
Reaction to Meeting with a Baha’i Exposes the Truth
ABN NEWS- A storm of furious denunciation, in reaction to a simple meeting between two friends in a private home, has dramatically exposed the duplicity of the Iranian authorities who have repeatedly claimed that their...
Ten NGOs Demand Justice for 32 Bahá’ís in Iran
ABN NEWS-Ten NGOs wrote to the EU authorities expressing deep concern over the case of 32 Iranian Bahá’ís who were sentenced to a collective 238 years in prison in essence for practicing their faith....
Makarem Shirazi Called Visit with Baha’is a Prosecutable Crime
ABN NEWS Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi 1, a religious leader in Qom, strongly condemned Fazes Hashemi’s 2 visit with one of the leaders of the Baha’i community, and said that in his view, this...
An Ayatollah’s Daughter Prompts a Debate on Religious Persecution in Iran
AbN NEWS — A house visit by a daughter of a prominent ayatollah to a female leader of the persecuted Bahai religious minority touched off a debate this week in Iran about the harsh treatment...
اخطار به پلمب محل كسب شهروند بهايي در اروميه
ABN NEWS- به گزارش خبرگزاري بهايي نيوز ماموران اداره دولتي اماكن عمومي به يكي از شهروندان بهايي ساكن اروميه اخطار به پلمب محل كسب را ابلاغ كردند. بنابر گزارش بهايي نيوز ماموران اداره اماكن طي...
From YouTube (Statement on the Iranian Bahá’í Leaders in the Canadian House of Commons, May 12, 2016)
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Statement on the Iranian Bahá’í Leaders in the Canadian House of Commons, May 12, 2016
ABN NEWS-Mr. Speaker, Saturday, May 14, marks the eighth year of incarceration for the seven Iranian Bahá’i leaders. Their only crime is their religion and their efforts to serve the spiritual and social needs...
Iran Wants to Eradicate Baha’is. We Should Demand Their Religious Freedom
ABN NEWS– The eighth anniversary this Saturday (May 14) of Iran’s imprisonment of seven Baha’i leaders is an opportune time to refocus attention on the plight of their people. Dominated by an extremist interpretation...
Global campaign on anniversary of arrest of Iranian Baha’i leaders
ABN NEWS-The Baha’i International Community has marked the 8th year anniversary of the unjust imprisonment of the seven former Baha’i leaders in Iran with a global campaign to call for their immediate release....
U.S. agency sounds alarm over Iran’s treatment of Baha’is
ABN NEWS U.S. agency sounds alarm over Iran’s treatment of Baha’is Robert George, chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and Katrina Lantos Swett, a USCIRF commissioner, co-wrote a column for the...
Omid Djalili Joins MPs in Urgent Appeal to Release Baha’i Leaders in Iran
ABN NEWS Actor and comedian, Omid Djalili, joined Members of Parliament Mark Durkan and Jim Shannon, together with members of the House of Lords and House of Commons, faith leaders, members of civil society,...
Human Rights Remain Nonexistent for Iran’s Bahai Population
ABN NEWS Hope springs eternal when it comes to human rights in Iran. The election in 2013 of President Hassan Rouhani, who replaced Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was supposed to bring improvement. The purported victory of...
Prominent Australian Lawyers to Call for Release of Baha’i Leaders
ABN NEWS The seven Baha’i leaders, prior to their arrest An open letter signed by 26 prominent Australian lawyers calling for the immediate release of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran will be launched at...
دولت ايالات متحده آمريكا خواهان آزادى فورى مديران جامعه بهايى ايران شد
دولت ایالات متحده آمریکا خواستاری آزادی فوری مدیران جامعه بهایی ایران شد ABN NEWS-به گزارش خبرگزاری بهایی نیوز به نقل از وبسایت رسمی وزارت امور خارجه آمریکا دولت این کشور خواهان آزادی فوری هفت...
A Statement of Concern: Baha’i Seven Mark Eight Years Behind Bars in Iran
ABN NEW A Preface from Parliament Executive Director Dr. Larry Greenfield The Parliament of the World’s Religions is committed to cultivating harmony among religious and spiritual communities across the globe. That, in turn, demands...
Fariba Kamalabadi begins five-day prison furlough
ABN NEWS According to Baha’i News Agency report, Fariba Kamal Abadi, one of the leaders of the Baha’i community in Iran, after spending eight years in Evin prison, left the prison on five days...
اقدام وکلای برجسته استرالیایی برای درخواست آزادی یاران ایران
ABN NEWS– به گزارش بازداشت به نقل از جامعه بهاییان استرالیا ۲۶ وکیل استرالیایی طی نامه ی سر گشاده ای خواستار آزادی فوری یاران ایران (مسئولین انجام امور اداری جامعه بهایی ایران ) شدند ....
خبر هام جداً عن البهائيين السبعة المسجونين في إيران
ABN NEWS– تم تشكيل لجنة من سلم القضاء الأسترالي مؤلفة من ٢٦ محامٍ بارزٍ ألقوا خطاباً مباشراً مفتوحاً حول موضوع البهائيين السبعة الذين تم سجنهم من قبل النظام الإيراني منذ ٨ أعوام ، وتطالب...
مرخصی فریبا کمال آبادی پس از هشت سال
ABN NEWS-به گزارش بازداشت در پی بچه دار شدن دختر خانم فریبا کمال آبادی پنج روز مرخصی برای ایشان در نظر گرفته شده است که از فردا آغاز می شود ، البته امیدواریم این...
Stop violence and persecution against Baha’is in Iran
ABN NEWS Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, Baha’is have been systematically persecuted as amatter of government policy. During the first decade of this persecution, more than 200 Baha’is were killed or executed,...
ABN NEWS تشارك في حملة الأيام السبعة في ذكرى سجن البهائيين السبعة بايران
ABN NEWS تشارك من يوم 14 مايو عام 2015 بالتنسيق مع الجامعة البهائية العالمية في الحملة العالمية لإحياء الذكرى السابعة لاعتقال وسجن سبعة من زعماء البهائيين الايرانيين. الحملة لمدة سبعة أيام، من 14 إلى...
Seven Days in Remembrance of Seven Years in Prison for the Seven Baha’i Leaders
ABN NEWS- On 14 May 2015, the Baha’i International Community will be coordinating a global campaign to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of the seven Iranian Baha’i leaders. The campaign...