by Sentinel Project | Dec 30, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
A couple reports of recent anti-Baha’i events in Iran became available over the past week. Here is a brief summary: December 23 Two Baha’i students expelled in Tabriz A blog provides a translation of a Persian-language report that two Baha’i students...
by Sentinel Project | Dec 15, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
Iran Press Watch reports a story from the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) about the seizure of agricultural land belonging to Baha’is in Ivel, Mazandaran Province. This land has, at the instigation of some local community members, been donated to the...
by Sentinel Project | Dec 13, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
The Baha’i International Community sent a letter last week to Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq Larijani, the head of the Iranian Judiciary, highlighting anti-Baha’i persecution. The letter requests that “the Baha’is in that country be granted their...
by Sentinel Project | Dec 7, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) has released a report outlining the campaign of discrimination against certain students initiated under the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “Punishing Stars: Systematic Discrimination and Exclusion...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 20, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
Information has just become available through a Persian language blog that Iranian intelligence agents raided Baha’is in the town of Nour on 3 November 2010. This attack occurred while the targets were celebrating the Baha’i Feast of Qudrat. All people in...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 19, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
The Iranian human rights organization RAHANA has provided a summary of anti-Baha’i rights violations in the second week of November. Four events from last week highlight the ongoing persecution of Baha’is, including arrests, imprisonment, and denial of education. Most...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 13, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
We are pleased to announce the re-release of our May 2009 “Preliminary Assessment: The Threat of Genocide to the Baha’is of Iran,” which has now been redesigned in a new format. This document provides excellent background information to the new 2010...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 10, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
The Iranian human rights organization RAHANA has provided a summary of anti-Baha’i rights violations in the first week of November. Four events in this excerpt highlight the ongoing judicial harassment and imprisonment of Baha’is for charges related to...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 5, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
The Sentinel Project is proud to announce the release of a new report on our Iranian Baha’i situation-of-concern. Unfortunately, this “Supplementary Report: The Threat of Genocide to the Baha’is of Iran” does not contain good news, as it...
by Sentinel Project | Oct 31, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
Our research team has been working hard on a supplement to the Baha’i threat assessment of 15 May 2009. This new report will cover the key developments in the Iran SOC since that time and will be released tomorrow.
by Sentinel Project | Oct 23, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
The International Federation for Human Rights has released a report outlining Iranian government discrimination towards ethnic and religious minorities, including Baha’is. Read the report here.
by Sentinel Project | Oct 2, 2010 | Iran, Situations of Concern
Iran Press Watch has conveyed a report from an Iranian opposition website that Jinous Sobhani, a Baha’i and former aide to Shirin Ebadi, has been sentenced to two years in prison by an Iranian court. Sobhani was once the secretary of the Human Rights Defenders...
