Source: www.en-hrana.org Elaheh Samizadeh, a Baha’i citizen of Shiraz, has been sentenced to one extra year of imprisonment and two years suspension from holding all governmental and public jobs by Branch 105 of Shiraz Criminal Court.&hellip
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Baha’i Citizen, Rouhollah Zibaie, Summoned to the Revolutionary Court of Karaj
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Rouhollah Zibaie, a Baha’i citizen residing in Karaj, was summoned to Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court of Karaj. This occurred while he had already been sentenced to one-year imprisonment&hellip
Baha’i Community Warns Of Increased Persecution Of Followers In Iran
Source: en.radiofarda.com In a statement released on May 18 the Baha’i International Community (BIC) warned about the increased persecution of Baha’is in Iran despite the coronavirus health crisis. “In recent days, two Baha’is in Isfahan have&hellip
Court of Appeal Sentences Four Baha’is to Total of 4 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The Alborz Province Court of Appeals has upheld the convictions of four Baha’i citizens: Abolfazl Ansari, Ruhollah Zibaei, Roein Kohansal and Mohammad Sadegh Rezaei. This verdict was&hellip
Baha’i Citizens; Elaheh Samizadeh and Soodabeh Haghighat Sentenced to Combine Total of 12 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press watch HRANA News Agency – Elaheh Samizadeh and Soodabeh Haghighat, Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz, were sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison by the First Branch&hellip
Heavy Sentences, Return to Prison for Baha’is in Iran Despite Health Crisis
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—18 May 2020—In a reprehensible move by the Iranian government, incidents of persecution against the Baha’is have increased despite already difficult circumstances endured by the entire population during a global health crisis. In recent&hellip
Iran Revolutionary Court Sentences 7 Bahais To 33 Years Prison
Source: en.radiofarda.com A Revolutionary Court in Iran has sentenced seven followers of the Baha’i faith to a total of 33 years in prison, Iran Human Rights News Agency (HRANA) reported on Thursday. According to the report&hellip
Vahed Kholousi, Human Rights Activist and Baha’i, Released from Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA NEWS AGENCY – this morning, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, Vahed Kholousi Derakhshan, a human rights activist and a Baha’i citizen, was informed of his early release after contacting&hellip
Baha’i-Owned Business Shut Down for Twelve Years, Owner’s Requests for Reopening Denied by Prosecutors
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA NEWS AGENCY – The optician business of Baha’i citizen, Payam Vali, has been shut down and sealed by government agencies for approximately twelve years, with his most recent&hellip
USCIRF Denounces Iran’s Religious Freedom Violations
Source: www.fdd.org By Tzvi Kahn Religious freedom conditions in Iran “remained egregiously poor” in 2019, according to an annual report released by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday. The report paints a bleak portrait&hellip
Baha’i Carpenter Arrested, Charged with Building Boxes for Prayer Books
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On May 2, at around 4pm, three groups of officers identifying themselves as Revolutionary Guards intelligence agents, simultaneously raided the homes of three Baha’i citizens living in Isfahan. The Baha’is were Shahzad&hellip
Birjand: Nine Baha’is Have Been Sentenced to a Total of 51 Years and Eight Months in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Nine Baha’i citizens ‒ Rahmatollah Deimi, Atieh Salehi, Ataollah Malaki, Farzaneh Deimi, Nasrin Ghadiri, Banafsheh Mokhtari, Arezoo Mohammadi, Saeed Malaki and Roya Malaki ‒ have been sentenced&hellip
Iran Is the ‘World’s Chief Trafficker in Antisemitism,’ Says US Monitor
Source: www.jpost.com By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL The Islamic Republic of Iran’s antisemitic targeting its tiny Jewish population, Israel, Christians and Jews in the Diaspora, was cited in the report. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)&hellip
US Urged To Sanction Those Who Violate Religious Freedom In Iran
Source: en.radiofarda.com The bipartisan United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has singled out Iran and several other countries for criticism in its annual report released on Tuesday, April 28. Referring to the continuing violations of religious&hellip
UN Urges for Immediate Release of Baha’i Prisoners in Yemen
Source: www.nytimes.com By The Associated Press CAIRO — A group of U.N. human rights experts urged Yemen’s Shiite rebels on Thursday to free all prisoners from the Baha’i religious minority, following an earlier decision by the rebels&hellip
BIHE Instructor Payman Koushk Baghi Released From Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Payman Koushk Baghi, a Baha’i citizen who had been sent on leave from Evin Prison on 18 March, 2020 was informed of an order issued&hellip
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