Source: articleeighteen.com Iran’s religious minorities are today facing the greatest threat to their existence since the 1979 revolution, according to one expert. Alireza Nader, senior fellow at the US-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), was&hellip
Source: www.article19.org The rights to freedom of expression and freedom of religion and belief in Iran will be dealt yet another blow if a Bill proposing additional provisions to the Islamic Penal Code for “insulting legally-recognised&hellip
Source: www.bic.org BRUSSELS—18 December 2020—In recent weeks, a number of European government ministers and parliamentarians have spoken out against Iran’s systematic refusal to allow Baha’is access to higher education. Among those who have shared their concerns&hellip
Source: Australian Baha’i Community On 18 December 2020, the ABC’s “The World” program featured a segment concerning the escalating pressures faced by the Baha’i community in Iran due to their systematic persecution by Iranian authorities. The&hellip
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—16 December 2020—A United Nations resolution calling on the Islamic Republic of Iran to respect the rights of its citizens—and which refers to the violations faced by Iranian Baha’is—passed today at the&hellip
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Vahda Silani, a Baha’i citizen living in Kerman, was arrested on Sunday, December 13, 2020, after appearing in the Revolutionary Court of this city. She&hellip
Source: news.bahai.ca “Of course you don’t have the right to go to university; you are a Baha’i.” That is what Tolou Golkar was told by an Iranian official, after she was arrested and interrogated for her&hellip
Source: www.youtube.com Persecution of Bahá’í Minority Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: My question is also for the Government Representative in the Senate. Senator Gold, I’ve been requested to ask you this question on behalf of many Bahá’í&hellip
Source: www.globenewswire.com Washington, D.C., Dec. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Earlier today, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 823, condemning the Iranian government’s persecution of the Baha’i community. The resolution, which enjoyed strong bipartisan support,&hellip
Source: policyoptions.irpp.org Geoffrey Cameron For 17 years in a row, a Canada-led UN resolution has condemned violations against Iran’s people. This voice of the international community matters. At the end of October, the UN General Assembly’s&hellip
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti “Why are you asking so many times: why did you kill Dr. Vafa’i? Why did you kill the doctors? Why did you kill seven Baha’is? They were spies. … If Dr. Vafa’i helped people&hellip
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—30 November 2020—Over a hundred government agents raided the shops and homes of tens of Baha’is across Iran, on 22 November 2020, and demanded that they hand over their property deeds. The simultaneous raids&hellip
Source: iranwire.com Maryam Safajoo, an artist, born in Tehran, Iran, in 1986, uses her work to depict the many forms of persecution faced by the Baha’i religious minority in Iran. Safajoo, a Baha’i herself, now lives in Champaign,&hellip
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Baha’is in Iran have been banned from entering higher education for forty years, since the establishment of the Islamic Republic. This mass state-sanctioned infringement of human rights can be separated into&hellip
Source: www.adl.org New York, NY, November 24, 2020 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Task Force on Middle East Minorities today condemned the recent raids targeting Iran’s vulnerable Baha’i community. According to reports, on November 22, homes of tens&hellip
Source: en.radiofarda.com “Deficient filing” is a familiar term to Baha’i youth in Iran who want to enter university and carry on their education like any other citizen enjoying one of their most fundamental rights. Iranian Baha’is&hellip
