Source: iranwire.com An independent US federal government commission has condemned the Iranian government’s recent spate of arrests of Baha’is, saying the continued crackdown on members of the faith “underscores the worsening deterioration of religious freedom…
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Families of Detained Baha’i Women Appeal to Iranian Authorities for News
Source: iranwire.com Six Baha’i women in Hamadan, detained for the past 10 days, remain behind bars without any clear information from Iranian authorities about their exact whereabouts or the charges against them. The families of…
A US government commission has condemned a recent series of arrests and prosecutions of members of the Baha’i faith in Iran, whom it said have been “relentlessly repressed” for decades.
Source: iranwire.com Susie Gelman, a commissioner at the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), made the comments in a post on the social media platform X, after the Baha’i International Community (BIC) reported last…
Baha’is in July: 123 Years in Prison and over $111,000 in Fines
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Late June to late July of this year has been one of the more difficult months for the Baha’is in Iran. And even since March, in an escalating situation with a…
Religious Persecution Explained in New Report about Countries with Worst Religious Freedoms
Source: spokanefavs.com Cassy Benefield Religious freedom is priceless to Fereshteh Momeni. An Iranian Baha’i now living in Medical Lake, she lived through the Iranian revolution in 1979 and her country’s transition into the Islamic Republic…
Does Iran Persecute Bahá’ís? See for Yourself.
Pete Haug Source: spokanefavs.com I first learned of it last week, right here on FāVS News. Cassy Benefield wrote, “Religious Persecution Explained in New Report about Countries with Worst Religious Freedoms.” That report was published May 1 by…
Iran’s Nod to International Human Rights Day Was More Repression of Its People
Source: www.thejournal.ie Brendan McNamara TIME MAGAZINE HAS named the women of Iran as their 2022 “Heroes of the Year” and the international community has rightly recognised the bravery and heroism of all Iranians, especially women, who are publicly…
Targets of Opportunity: Iran’s Bahá’í Community Faces New Repression | Opinion
Source: www.newsweek.com KNOX THAMES , FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR RELIGIOUS MINORITIES As negations between Iran and global powers crescendo for a revised nuclear deal, Iran’s peaceful and long-suffering Bahá’í community has again become the target of Iranian…
Three Weeks in Iran: 200 Incidents of Baháʼís Being Targeted as International Community Roundly Condemns “Sweeping Crackdown”
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — Government officials, international and national media outlets and dozens of prominent civil society actors and individuals have rushed to the defense of the Bahá’ís of Iran, this month, with an…
Three Weeks in Iran: 200 Incidents of Baha’is Being Targeted as International Community Roundly Condemns “Sweeping Crackdown”
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK – 23 August 2022 – Government officials, international and national media outlets and dozens of prominent civil society actors and individuals have rushed to the defense of the Baha’is of Iran, this month, with…
ADL Task Force on Middle East Minorities Condemns Raids in Iran Targeting Baha’i Community
Source: www.adl.org New York, NY, August 5, 2022 … ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Task Force on Middle East Minorities released the following statement in response to the intensified campaign by the Iranian regime targeting Iran’s Baha’i minority: “We condemn…
Former Baha’i Leaders Arrested Again Alongside Others
Source: iranwire.com IranWire has learned that earlier today, 31 July, three members of the long-disbanded Yaran, or “friends” of the Baha’i community in Iran, who until 2008 helped to administer the community’s affairs, were detained. Mahvash…
“Senseless cruelty”: Fresh wave of arrests and raids across Iran as Bahá’ís absurdly accused of “colonialism”
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence issued an appalling statement of oppressive hate propaganda against the persecuted Bahá’í religious minority yesterday in an attempt to justify the raids on the homes and businesses…
Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, Former Baha’i Leaders, Arrested Again Alongside Others
Source: iranwire.com IranWire has learned that earlier today, 31 July, three members of the long-disbanded Yaran, or “friends” of the Baha’i community in Iran, who until 2008 helped to administer the community’s affairs, were detained. Mahvash…
US Congress Introduces Resolution Condemning State-Sponsored Persecution of Iran’s Bahai’s
Source: english.aawsat.com Washington – Rana Abtar The US House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a draft resolution condemning the state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i community of Iran in a bipartisan move. Voices are mounting…
Breakthrough Support for Iran’s Baha’is: #StopHatePropaganda Campaign Reaches 88 Million
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—20 August 2021—A campaign—calling on Iran’s government to end 40 years of government-sponsored hate speech against the country’s Baha’is—has reached over 88 million people as it trended around the world. The Baha’i International…