Today, Baha’is and many others around the world celebrate the vernal equinox – Naw-Ruz – which literally translates to “New Day.” Naw-Ruz also marks the conclusion of the 19-day Baha’i Fast, and is the beginning of the new Baha’i calendar year.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #Bahai #Nawruz

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Water privatisation is a con. (Location: Thames Water HQ)

It is sad to note how much suffering still exists because of inequality in #Iran both within and outside the #Bahai community #OurStoryIsOne

Take it from me: it’s a brilliant protest song. Or read the subtitled lyrics. They’re already singing it loudly on the streets. Normally when a song captures the mood of a nation we make a star out of the singer/song writer. In Iran they put them in jail. Mehdi Yarrahi was

Watch these young girls celebrate - yes celebrate - the beginning of the academic year at the Kimia Danesh primary school for girls in Kerman, Iran. And yet - when this video circulated - not only were the producers of the song arrested, the school’s principal was fired. If

The recent dismissal of thousands of educators and students from Iranian universities and schools, just for expressing their support for equality and justice in #Iran, recalls the purge of #Bahai professors, schoolteachers and university students which began soon after the 1979

In the absence of any adults in the room, so glad to see Israeli and Palestinian mothers make this important stand. Great to see diplomats and politicians join them.

Twenty-six Baha'is in #Iran have been sentenced to 126 years in prison as 10 more #Bahai #women are arrested in Isfahan and 3 Baha'is are arrested in Yazd. Homes were raided during the arrests and personal property was confiscated. Read our full story: bic.org/news/twenty-si…

More than 20 #Bahai homes invaded in violent raids and many arrested in #Iran as crackdown intensifies Our story: bic.org/news/more-20-b… Armed Iranian security agents raided the homes of more than 20 Baha’is this week in the cities of Karaj and Hamedan, taking at least 19 into

Iranian thought leaders call for an end to the “historical shame” of Baha’i persecution A group of more than 150 Iranian human rights advocates, social and political activists have signed a powerful public statement condemning the “new wave of arrests against Baha’is and their

Farmers displaced and farmlands seized as Iran’s government intensifies Baha’i religious persecution Our full story: bic.org/news/farmers-d… Farmlands, rice paddies and walnut orchards belonging to Baha’i families in the village of Ahmadabad, a lush and fertile agricultural

Mr Commonsense @Morbidful Cecila Payne was great, yes — and her story deserves to be more widely told. However, the story of great women at Harvard who worked in science in general and astronomy in particular doesn't start with Cecelia Payne. There was also Annie Jump Cannon. In this regard, some years