Source: www.bahai.se Iran’s systematic persecution of the Baha’is The Baha’is in Iran, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, have been systematically persecuted by the authorities for the past 40 years. Alarming reports from Iran indicate that&hellip
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Source: www.rcinet.ca By Lynn Desjardins Several Canadians in the legal profession have written to Iran’s chief justice denouncing court orders legalizing the seizure of lands owned by members of the Baha’i religious minority. Members of this minority&hellip
An Open Letter to the Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi, We are a group of Canadians in the legal profession – including former Ministers of Justice and Attorneys-General,&hellip
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com EBRAHIM NOROOZI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS More than 40 prominent members of Canada’s legal community, including former Supreme Court judges and justice ministers, have penned an open letter in order to draw attention to what they&hellip
Source: opa.bahai.ca Two Iranian courts issued orders that declared ownership of lands by 27 Baha’is in the village of Ivel to be illegal. Recent rulings decided that all properties belonging to Baha’is in the village of&hellip
Source: www.independentpersian.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Amir Soltanzadeh Writer and Journalist Seizure of land with Title Deeds in Roshankooh village under excuse of Protecting Natural Resources Recently, the Natural Resources Department of Mazandaran Province&hellip
Source: www.macleans.ca Fifteen-year-old Nawal Talebi saw her parents imprisoned and her beloved musical instrument carted off as Tehran steps up its persecution of minorities Maybe it was the piano. Maybe that explains it. Maybe it was&hellip
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—23 March 2020—Despite a significant humanitarian crisis and mounting health concerns in Yemen, an appeals court in Sana’a yesterday upheld a religiously-motivated death sentence against Hamed bin Haydara, a Baha’i imprisoned since 2013. After&hellip
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — Iranian authorities are preventing Baha’is across the country from obtaining national identification cards, while a series of home raids, confiscations, arrests, and attacks on properties have unjustly targeted Baha’is. These developments&hellip
Source: www.iranpressnews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Confiscation of the property of a wealthy Baha’i family by the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order As usual, the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO, or simply Setad) is&hellip
Source: shahrvandyar Mr. Saman Missaghi is a Baha’i citizen who traveled to Mahabad more than six months ago to sell his father’s apartment. He was confronted by a Revolutionary Guard, who was his tenant, who&hellip
Source: www.manoto.news Translation by Iran Press Watch Editor’s note: Archives of Baha’i Persecution in Iran has recently released documents about the lives of Baha’is of Kata village in Iran. These Baha’is lived and worked with their Muslim partners in&hellip
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch May 22, 2017 Synopsys: The business of Farhad Samadani, a Baha’i resident of Karaj in Alborz province, was closed and sealed from use by ten officers from the Office&hellip
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch More than one hundred and twenty days after of the closure of dozens of businesses of Baha’is in Mazandaran province, provincial officials have shown no indication&hellip
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a BahaiNews report, government officials visited the sealed business premises of ten Baha’is, and confiscated all appliances and goods last week. BahaiNews stated, based on an&hellip
