IranWire Publishes Special Report on ‘Blinding as a Weapon of Suppression’ in Iran
March 14, 2023 08:09 ET
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IranWire
LONDON, March 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IranWire, a news website run by professional Iranian journalists in the diaspora and citizen journalists inside Iran, today released a special report...
Iran issues more jail terms against Baha'is in Iran – including a third former leader
February 22, 2023 14:37 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Geneva, Feb. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This week, two Baha'i women in Iran, Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, have entered the fourth month of unjust 10-year jail terms in Evin Prison....
Resolution condemning Iranian persecution against Baha’is introduced in Senate
February 20, 2023 14:51 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Washington, D.C., Feb. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Senate Resolution 74 (S.Res.74), condemning the recent surge in state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i community of Iran, was introduced on...
Honouring the Memories of Victims on the Third Anniversary of Flight PS752 Downing
January 08, 2023 16:15 ET
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PS752 Justice
TORONTO, Jan. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today marks three years since Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Association of...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Third Anniversary Commemoration of the Downing of Flight PS752
January 05, 2023 07:45 ET
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PS752 Justice
TORONTO, Jan. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- When:Sunday, January 8, 2023, from 11:00am-6:30pm ESTReception and art gallery viewing: 11:00am-1:50pmCeremony: 2:00pm-4:00pmCandlelight vigil public...
United Nations General Assembly condemns Iran’s human rights record
December 19, 2022 15:55 ET
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Baha'i National Center
New York, Dec. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A resolution calling on the Iranian government to end its discrimination of minorities in Iran, including of the Baha’i community, Iran’s largest...
U.N. Member States Remove Islamic Republic of Iran from Commission on the Status of Women
December 14, 2022 12:19 ET
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Vital Voices
NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This fall, a coalition of Iranian women, along with Vital Voices Global Partnership and For Freedoms launched a campaign calling for the immediate...
"An Unbelievable Injustice": Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi sentenced to a second decade in prison in Iran
December 11, 2022 14:40 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Geneva, Dec. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the midst of increasingly violent and repressive actions by the Iranian authorities against their own citizens, two Baha’i women, Mahvash Sabet and...
Congress condemns Iran’s persecution of Baha’i minority
December 02, 2022 06:02 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Washington, D.C., Dec. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Thursday, December 1st, House Resolution 744 (H.Res.744), condemning the state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i community of Iran was passed...
EYES ON IRAN ART ACTIVATION FACES THE U.N. IN NEW YORK
November 28, 2022 15:04 ET
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Vital Voices
NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iranian artists Sheida Soleimani, Aphrodite Désirée Navab, Z, Icy and Sot, Shirin Neshat, Mahvash Mostala, Sepideh Mehraban, and Shirin Towfiq,...