Arash Emadi, Farhad Noori and Daniel Owji call for justice for Iran’s persecuted religious groups ahead of the December UN General Assembly vote. Photo of Arash Emadi As members of three different Iranian religious traditions, we have personally experienced the Iranian government’s assault on religious freedom. We have been forced to leave our country and seek […]
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An interview from Radio Farda with Dr. Azmayesh concerning the recent statements of the Intelligence Minster.
The Iranian intelligence minster, Mahmoud Alavai, in a meeting held with presence of the heads of education of diverse parts of Iran, addressed that “this idea that students in term of thoughts and attitudes can move forward and go anywhere they wish to go, leads to be a Sufi or Dervish, or become infidel […]
International Religious Freedom Report for 2013 (in Iran)
U.S Department of State- The constitution states that all laws and regulations must be based on undefined “Islamic criteria” but protects certain aspects of religious freedom for members of some but not all religious minorities. In practice, the government severely restricted religious freedom, and there were reports of imprisonment, harassment, intimidation and discrimination based on […]
Situation deteriorates for Iran’s religious minorities, experts say
A year after Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration as Iran’s president, the human rights situation in the country has deteriorated for many human rights defenders and especially for Baha’is and Christian converts as a result of what some experts describe as a hard-line counteroffensive against the pro-Rouhani pragmatist/Reformist camp. Rouhani has devoted most of his efforts […]
Situation deteriorates for Iran’s religious minorities, experts say
A year after Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration as Iran’s president, the human rights situation in the country has deteriorated for many human rights defenders and especially for Baha’is and Christian converts as a result of what some experts describe as a hard-line counteroffensive against the pro-Rouhani pragmatist/Reformist camp. Rouhani has devoted most of his efforts […]
Commemoration Day of the Great Iranian Poet Hafiz Shirazi
The Mystic Poet, Hafiz 12th of October is Hafiz Day in Iran, and many ceremonies are held in commemoration of this great Iranian poet in Iran and some other countries throughout the world. Come drink your fill of liquid rubies,For God has made my heartAn Eternal Fountain Hafiz was a Persian/Iranian Sufi Mystic and lyric […]
Self-immolation in front of the Majles in Teheran
A man belonging to the Yarsan (Ahl-e-hagh Derwishes) community immolated himself yesterday in front of Irans Parliament in Teheran. Mehriran.de – The man, Mohammed Genberi, is the third person belonging to the Yarsan community in three months time who burned himself in order to protest the violation of the rights and beliefs of the Yarsan. […]
Two Kurds die of self-immolation
Two followers of Ahl-e Haqq in Kurdistan set themselves on fire in protest to the persecution of another member of this group. Ahl-e Haqq is a religious minority whose members are mostly ethnic Kurds. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on June 4, 2013, Hassan Razavi set himself on […]
Remembering Hazrat Shah Nematollah Wali on the Occasion of his Birthday and Death
Sayyid Nūruddīn Kermānī Shāh Ne’matollāh was one of the most influential and prominent Persian Sufi Masters. He was born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1330 CE. He was a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. His father, Mīr ‘Abdullāh was a Sufi Master. He passed his spirituality on to his son, who later became a Sufi […]
International Religious Freedom Report for 2012
Executive Summary Foremost among the rights Americans hold sacred is the freedom to worship as we choose…we also remember that religious liberty is not just an American right; it is a universal human right to be protected here at home and across the globe. This freedom is an essential part of human dignity, and […]