Roxana Saberi

One of the video reports I recently put together in Iraqi Kurdistan, has now been posted by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. It’s about Iranian refugees who flee to Iraq in search of safety.

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
May 13, 2013
The Iranian authorities won’t allow us to report from within Iran, so this month we speak to several Iranian refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan who were imprisoned in Iran for their human rights activities. Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan has become known for its economic growth, relative stability, and security, and is attracting … Read the rest

Vargha Taefi has written this moving article about his mother, Fariba Kamalabadi, a Baha’i who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Iran. She is one of my former cellmates in Tehran’s Evin Prison.

The Sydney Morning Herald
The Anguish of Separation
Vargha Taefi
May 12, 2013
Though things may look well on the outside, nothing will quell the pain I feel as my mother is jailed in Iran.

Illustration: Andrew Joyner.

I am a financial adviser, aged 29. I live in Melbourne with my wife. We are surrounded by great friends, fabulous food and coffee. We enjoy all the buzz … Read the rest

Washington Post
This powerful video shows Iran’s worsening crackdown on journalists
 

By Max Fisher, Published: May 10, 2013
Iran’s journalists in chains from Committee to Protect Journalists on Vimeo.

I was very moved to receive these two gifts on Monday from my former cellmates in Tehran’s Evin Prison.

 
Mahvash Sabet made this beautiful purse for me, and Fariba Kamalabadi somehow knotted together this pink bracelet from the threads of my old towel in prison! The two women have served 5 years of their 20-year prison sentences in Iran. They are among the 7 imprisoned leaders of Iran’s minority Baha’i faith.

Kaado-hayi ke do ta az hamsellule sabegham dar zendane Evin barayeman dorost kardand. Unha (Mahvash Sabet va Fariba Kamalabadi) hanuz dar … Read the rest

A video of an event on Monday in Washington, D.C., where I was part of a program highlighting the imprisonment of Iran’s 7 Baha’i leaders.

The Baha’is have served 5 years of their 20-year prison sentences. Actor Rainn Wilson emceed the event. (He introduces me at around 37:30.)… Read the rest

Here’s the video of my commencement speech on Sunday at my alma mater Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, for anyone who might be interested.

(The text is here.)… Read the rest

The Washington Post blog
Celebvocate: Rainn Wilson on imprisoned Baha’i leaders in Iran

Posted by The Reliable Source on May 6, 2013 at 9:53 pm