Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Following the recent arrests of several Baha’is in Tabriz, in mid-November five more Baha’is were detained in Tabriz by security forces. According to the HRANA, the&hellip
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Sealing of Baha’i Businesses Continues in Khorramshahr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The premises of six Baha’i business owners in Khorramshahr, which were sealed on 15 November, remain sealed after two weeks. A source close to these&hellip
Two Baha’i Citizens Sentenced to Prison in Ahvaz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – As reported by HRANA, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists group in Iran, two Baha’i citizens in Ahvaz, Farajollah Bangaleh and Mitra Badrnejad,&hellip
An Significant and Tragic Event; Exhumation a Baha’i Woman
Source: www.hra-News.org By Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari Translation by Iran Press Watch The Peace Line Monthly – By now, most regular consumers of media have been exposed to recent reports exhumation of Baha’i woman was exhumed (apparently overnight)&hellip
Three Baha’is Sentenced to Prison in Yazd
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Three Baha’is, Naser Bagheri, Faez Bagheri and Rooha Imani, have been sentenced to four years and six months in jail by a court in Yazd. &hellip
“Some Iranians Think Only a Tyrant can Save the Country”
Source: www.iranwire.com A new cartoon by IranWire colleague Mana Neyestani appears in two frames. The first frame, which features the text “Germany, 1930s,” refers to the persecution of the Jews under Hitler. The second frame, with&hellip
Closure of Soudabeh Haghighat’s Business; Wave of Abuse and Arrests of Baha’is
Source: www.iranhr.net Translation by Iran Press Watch Human Rights Organization of Iran, November 22nd, 2018: the business of Soudabeh Haghighat, a Shirazi Baha’i who was arrested in September, has been closed, and authorities are not willing&hellip
Surge in Persecution of Baha’is Across Iran Raises Alarm
Source: Baha’i International Community NEW YORK—23 November 2018—Members of the Baha’i community in Iran have been faced in recent weeks with a new wave of intensified persecution—including arrests, discriminatory court verdicts, and shop closures—for merely&hellip
Baha’i Motocross Champion Arrested
Source: iranwire.com Shahrzad Nazifi, an Iranian Baha’i and a women’s motocross champion and coach, was arrested on Sunday November 18 and taken to Evin Prison. After her arrest, security agents searched her house for five hours&hellip
Eight Members Of Iran’s Baha’i Religious Minority Sentenced To Prison
Source: iran-hrm.com In a wave of persecution of Baha’is in Iran, eight members of Baha’i community in Isfahan, were sentenced to a total of 42 years behind bars.They had been arrested on September 23. According&hellip
Baha’i Businesses Shuttered In Ongoing Persecution Campaign
Source: www.iran-hrm.com Six businesses in Khorramshahr owned by members of the Baha’i faith have been indefinitely shut down by the authorities after some owners closed their establishments for their religious rituals. The action was in apparent&hellip
Statistical Increase in Sealing of Baha’i Businesses in Ahvaz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA–Continuing the shuttering of the businesses of Baha’is in Ahvaz who had closed their shops because of a religious holiday: it now has reached five by the last count,&hellip
Sealing of Baha’i-Owned Businesses in Khorramshar and Ahvaz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The closure of Baha’i-owned businesses continues in Ahvaz and Khorramshar, in the Khuzestan province, where several Baha’i-owned businesses have been sealed by the law&hellip
The Forced Closure of the Private Business of Two Baha’is in the City of Abadan, for the Second Time This Year
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On November 5th, the Business of Two Baha’is in Abadan, Aram Azadi and Arman Azadi, was shut down and sealed by order of Judiciary Authorities,&hellip
Baha’is Go to Prison for Praying
Source: www.iranwire.com On the morning of Wednesday, November 14, Dori Amri Esmaeelpour, a Baha’i citizen of Mashhad, presented herself at the city’s Vakilabad Prison to start serving her one-year prison sentence. In 2012 Amri had also&hellip
UN Resolution Calls for End to Iran’s Rights Violations Against Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations General Assembly called on Iranian authorities to end ongoing human rights violations against the Baha’is in Iran. A resolution, adopted Thursday by a vote of 85 to 30, with 68&hellip
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