by Sadra | Dec 8, 2010 | Blog
Cross-posted from Students4Iran.org On December 7, 2010 Iranian students defied a security clampdown and marked 16 Azar (Iran Student Day) to hold protests. Video footage trickled out of Iran showing gatherings chanting and singing protest songs across university...
by Sadra | Dec 8, 2010 | Blog
From the Baha’i International Community: NEW YORK — In an open letter to the head of Iran’s Judiciary, the Baha’i International Community today contrasted the country’s persecution of Baha’is with Iran’s own call for Muslim...
by Sadra | Dec 3, 2010 | Blog
Below is an amazing piece written by Shirin, a Baha’i student who left Iran to pursue her degree in law after being denied education in the Islamic Republic of Iran because of her faith. As we celebrate Iran’s Student Day in solidarity with Iranian students, we...
by Sadra | Dec 1, 2010 | Blog
Shahla Jahed was executed today. Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, Shahla Jahed’s lawyer, attended her execution this morning. “I just can’t believe it. I’m not feeling well. Shahla just kept crying; she didn’t say anything. I went forward and told her to talk, but she only...
by Sadra | Nov 30, 2010 | Blog
Reza Khandan, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his wife’s second trial session held on Sunday, 28 November. “The situation in court didn’t feel terribly hopeful. Each side was just...
