Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran

Voice of America has published a piece on the Center for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran quarterly report on human rights for the period ending September 2008.  The report mentions the continuing repression of the Baha’i community in Iran.

Washington, 23 November (Iran VNC)—Iran on Friday failed to prevent a vote in the United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee on a Canada-sponsored resolution denouncing the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Western nations claimed a success on Friday when a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning human rights violations in Iran passed through a key committee more easily than in the past.

United Nations, November 21, 2008 (BWNS) – The Baha’i International Community praised the United Nations General Assembly today  for rejecting the  “no-action motion” on human rights in Iran.

Washington, 18 November (IranVNC) – A Canada-sponsored United Nations resolution denouncing the human rights situation in Iran could deprive that country of chances for “fair” ties with the Islamic Republic, a source from Iran’s Foreign Ministry told the official IRNA news agency in an interview today.

M.S. Hanaee Kashani, a professor of English literature at Shaheed Beheshti University, posted his account regarding the expulsion of his Baha’i students.  The account is posted at www.Fallosafah.org, a site dedicated to “the Journals of M.S. Hanaee Kashani”.  Click here to access his account in Farsi. An English translation is also available.