Source: iranwire.com Iranian security forces raided dozens of homes belonging to members of the Baha’i religious minority during and after the war with Israel. According to human rights groups, authorities seized electronic devices and religious…
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Isfahan—Baha’i adherent Navid Tashakor arrested, Whereabouts unknown
Source: hengaw.net Hengaw – Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Navid Tashakor, a Baha’i resident of Isfahan, has been arrested by agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence. More than three days after his detention, no information has…
Iman Rahmat Panah, Baha’i Citizen, Arrested in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – On Sunday, June 22, Iman Rahmat Panah, a Baha’i citizen residing in Shiraz, was arrested by security forces and transferred to The Ministry of Intelligence’s detention facility in the…
Baha’i Citizen Arman Nikaein Arrested in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – On Monday, June 23, Arman Nikaein, a Baha’i citizen, was arrested in Shiraz and taken to an undisclosed location. A source close to Nikaein’s family told HRANA that around…
Nazanin Abedini, Baha’i Citizen, Arrested in Qaemshahr
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – On the morning of Wednesday, June 25, Nazanin Abedini, a Baha’i citizen residing in Qaemshahr, was arrested by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. According to HRANA,…
Baha’i Citizen Nouyan Hejazi Arrested in Juybar County
Source: www.en-hrana.org Source: Yesterday, June 25, Nouyan Hejazi, a Baha’i citizen residing in Juybar, was arrested by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. Based on information received by HRANA, Mr. Hejazi was arrested…
Iranian Security Forces Raid Baha’i Woman’s Home, Seize Electronics
Source: iranwire.com Iranian security forces have raided the home of a Baha’i woman, confiscating electronic devices and religious books. According to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence searched the…
Six Bahá’í Citizens, Including Five Women, Sentenced to Prison by the Revolutionary Court in Karaj
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Naghmeh Mirza-Agha, Mahin Sa’adatmand, Mahshid Sefidi, Samar Masoudi, Mona Zaka’i, and Naser Rajab — six Bahá’í citizens residing in Karaj — have each been…
Appeals Court: 3 Bahá’í Citizens Sentenced to a Total of 51 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The prison sentences of Nematollah Shadpour, Nima Shadpour, and Shafiq Eslami, Bahá’í citizens residing in Yazd, have been fully upheld by the appeals court…
Six Bahá’í Women in Hamedan Sentenced to a Total of 38 Years and 11 Months in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Neda Mohabbí, Atefeh Zahedi, Farideh Ayoubi, Noura Ayoubi, Zarrindokht Ahadzadeh, and Zhaleh Rezaei—six Bahá’í women residing in the city of Hamedan—have been collectively sentenced to 38 years and…
Iran Supreme Court Orders Retrial of 26 Baha’i Citizens After Acquittal Overturned
Source: iranwire.com The Islamic Republic’s Supreme Court has ordered a retrial of 26 Baha’i citizens from Shiraz after the Fars Province Chief Justice objected to their acquittal, with the defendants summoned to appear in court…
Three Baha’i Women Arrested in Tehran, Taken to Undisclosed Location
Source: iranwire.com The Islamic Republic’s security forces have arrested three Baha’i women in Tehran and transferred them to an undisclosed location, a human rights organization reported. Sheyda Rouhani, Sheydeh Tavakoli, and Sheila Tavakoli were detained…
Roya Sabet, a Baha’i Citizen, Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison by the Shiraz Revolutionary Court
Source: www.iranintl.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to information received by Iran International, Roya Sabet, a Baha’i citizen, has been sentenced by Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court to 25 years of discretionary…
Baha’i International Community-Iran News Bulletin #17-2025
Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org 16 MAY – 22 MAY 2025 [This bulletin documents only the most significant acts of persecution and human rights abuses which the BIC has noted during the reporting period. It does not include…
Unpacking “The Bahá’í Question”: 46 Years of Institutionalised, State-Sponsored Persecution Against the Bahá’ís in Iran
Source: www.internationalaffairs.org.au In the years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian government executed more than 200 Bahá’ís, members of the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority. It then pivoted to a systematic policy signed by…
Persecution beyond death: Islamic Republic of Iran continues to harass Baha’is in times of grief
Source: hengaw.net Hengaw Saturday, May 24, 2025 The Islamic Republic of Iran continues its discriminatory treatment of Baha’is—even after death. In Rafsanjan, Baha’i families have been forced to pay large sums of money to obtain burial…
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