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January 28, 2025

Baha’is

The story of more than four decades of deprivation of Bahai Iranians from higher education / Humble Genius

The right to access education is one of the fundamental principles in achieving social justice and individual and collective progress. This right is essential, but after the Islamic Revolution in Iran, it was seriously violated for the Baha’is – the largest religious minority group in Iran. With the beginning of the “Cultural Revolution” in the […]...

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Created By: Zinoos Foroutan
September 22, 2024

Relentless suppression of Bahai’s/ The love of perfection

When I was reading the novel “Thursday Train” (1) by Anisa Dehghani, I came across a strange question: “It is possible to endure pain that is unique to you, but how can you endure pain that you must share with someone else?” “Thursday Train” delves into the lives of Iranians in the years after the […]...

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Created By: Mehrak Kamali
December 22, 2023

A look at the intensification of pressure on prices in recent months / Morteza Hamounian

Four. Decade of Sacrifice of Religious Warriors. The violation of the rights of religious and ethnic minorities and violence against them is not a story unique to Iran or even the Middle East. The history of humanity is filled with such violence against individuals with different beliefs and thoughts. Although after World War II, in […]...

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Created By: Admin
July 22, 2022

“Organization for Collection and Sale of Private Assets” or Mafia of Buying and Selling Public Assets?/ Musa Barzin

Collecting and selling smuggled and abandoned properties was initially the responsibility of the customs. Later, this task was assigned to a committee consisting of representatives from the Foundation of the Oppressed, Jihad-e-Sazandegi, Housing Foundation, and the General Prosecutor’s Office of the country. With the approval of the “Law on the Collection and Sale of Abandoned […]...

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Created By: Mousa Barzin
February 20, 2022

The Path of Stoning: The Challenges of Bahai Youth in Iran / Shahin Sadegh Zadeh Milan

The problems that young Bahá’ís in Iran face are intertwined. A Bahá’í individual in Iran knows even before reaching the stage of youth that they will most likely be banned from entering university. This awareness of what awaits them can lead to a decrease in their motivation during secondary education. Many young Bahá’ís have shared […]...

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Created By: Admin
July 23, 2021

Systematic discrimination and persecution of Baha’is in Iran; conversation with Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen/ Conversation with Siamak Malamahmoudi.

Message from Vali, a Bahai citizen who, according to the decision of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, has been systematically and extensively deprived of his citizenship rights solely because of being a Bahai. In a conversation about peace, he recounts what has happened to him over the past three decades: As a Baha’i citizen […]...

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Created By: Siamak Molamohammadi
October 23, 2019

Being a Bahai is not a crime / Mohammad Moghimi

This is a picture of a flower. Mohammad Moghimi Bahai compatriots have refrained from any political activities and, in essence, there are no Bahai organizations in Iran since 1983. Therefore, activities such as political involvement and promoting the Bahai faith are not possible for them. They interact with each other based on their shared beliefs […]...

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Created By: Mohammad Moghimi
February 20, 2019

An important but tragic event; the corner of a Baha’i woman’s grave / Hassan Yousefi Ashkouri

This is a caption [/caption] This is a caption.Hassan Yousefi Ashkoori Most likely, the majority of people and media have been informed that recently in one of the villages in Damavand, the body of a Baha’i woman (apparently at night) was taken out of the grave and abandoned in the desert. Later, the police found […]...

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Created By: Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari
November 22, 2018

From “Salam” to Peace; A Look at the Increase in Interactions with the Baha’is / Farhad Sabetan

“مردم باید به همدیگر کمک کنند” “People should help each other.” Farhad Sabetan The arrest of Mr. “Abdullah Al-Ulfi”, the spokesperson for the Baha’i community in Yemen, and 20 other Baha’i citizens in Yemen, is a reminder of the bitter events that have been repeated in Iran since the beginning of the revolution until now, […]...

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Created By: Farhad Sabetan
October 23, 2018

Violence in Myanmar and the necessity of amending the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran / Farshid Rafogaran

This is not a complete sentence, so it cannot be accurately translated. It appears to be a caption for an image, but without context it is impossible to provide an accurate translation. Please provide the full text for an accurate translation. Farshid Rafougaran Burning, beating, torture, rape and widespread massacre of men, women, children, elderly […]...

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Created By: Farshid Rofugaran
October 30, 2017

ایی Musical guardians in the cultural turmoil of the Sheikhs of Islam/ Behdad Bordbar and Keyvan Yahyaei.

This is a caption.[/caption] این یک عنوان است. This is a caption. Kian Yahya – Bahad Bordbar In the short story “The Three Strings” by Jalal Al-Ahmad, we encounter a musician who has bought a three-stringed instrument with a thousand difficulties and is immersed in his own thoughts. A perfume seller in Shah Mosque takes […]...

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Created By: بهداد بردبار و کیوان یحی
August 26, 2017

Farhad Sabetan: In Mr. Rouhani’s government, apartheid against Baha’is has been prevalent/ Simin Rouzgar.

Conversation with Simin Rouzgar. In Iran, a religious minority has been facing anger and violence for almost four decades; apart from executions and physical elimination, they are constantly subjected to various forms of intimidation, insults, and false accusations by security institutions. They are deprived of education in universities and higher education centers, are not employed […]...

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Created By: Simin Rouzgard
May 25, 2017