by Sadra | May 30, 2012 | Blog
Human rights activists gathered to celebrate the birthdays of imprisoned activists with Khordad birthdays.
by Sadra | May 24, 2012 | Blog
Since the 1979 revolution, when the Islamic Republic of Iran came to power, members of the Baha’i Faith, that country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, have faced relentless state-mandated persecution. In its continuous attempt to destroy the...
by Sadra | May 22, 2012 | Blog
It’s not easy to be gay in the Islamic Republic of Iran. A recent United Nations report decried”harassment, persecution, cruel punishment and even the death penalty.” Because Islamic law requires four adult male witnesses to prosecute sodomy, Iranian...
by Sadra | May 22, 2012 | Blog
Police in the Iranian city of Orumieh have cracked down on protesters demonstrating against the continued drying up of neighboring Lake Orumieh, according to BBC Persian reports. Videos uploaded to YouTube show large groups of people chanting slogans including,...
by Sadra | May 17, 2012 | Blog
فارسی A death ruling has been issued for Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi by grand ayatollahs Safi Golpaygani and Naser Makarem Shirazi in response to Najafi’s song “Naghi” – the name of Shi’ite Islam’s 10th imam. Conservative clerics and Shia websites have called for...
