Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Health workers are the front line in our defense against the coronavirus pandemic – including hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and nurses. But they are not in Iran; instead, they live in countries&hellip
Persecution of Baha’is
‘Iran’s Religious Minorities Facing Greatest Threat Since Revolution’
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
Iran: Lawmakers Must Urgently Drop the Bill That Criminalises Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
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
Interview on the ABC’s “the World” Program Concerning the Persecution of the Baha’is in Iran
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
A Baha’i Iranian Artist Addresses Persecution in Paintings
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
UN Investigator: Rights of Minorities to Worship Undermined
Source: apnews.com UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special investigator on religious freedom urged countries to repeal laws undermining the right of minorities to worship and hold beliefs, pointing as examples to China’s detention of Uighurs,&hellip
German Parliament Debate on Human Rights Situation in Iran Mentions Persecution of Bahá’ís Multiple Times
Source: iran.bahai.de On 8 October 2020, the German Parliament (Bundestag) debated motions by the Greens entitled “Iran – Condemn human rights violations and consistently demand obligations under international law” (19/22561) and the FDP parliamentary group entitled&hellip
Iran Urged to Release Bahai Prisoner Who Tested Positive for Coronavirus
Source: www.thenational.ae UN expresses ‘deep concerns’ at treatment of political prisoners in Iran Iran must release a Bahai “prisoner of conscience” who contracted the novel coronavirus, the community’s representative to the UN said on Thursday. Farhad&hellip
Iran Failing to Control Coronavirus Spread in Prisons: Rights Group
Source: www.arabnews.com PARIS: Iranian authorities are not taking the measures needed to limit the spread of coronavirus in its overcrowded prisons, including institutions where foreigners such as Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert are held, a rights group charged&hellip
Iran’s Religious Minority Representatives: Surrender to Survive
Source: articleeighteen.com “Religious minorities in the Islamic Republic have no restrictions; they enjoy full freedom and all economic and social rights, and those who say otherwise are false claimants of ‘human rights’ who distort the facts.”&hellip
Persecution of Baha’is in Iran Amid Pandemic
Source: WDRforyou We are going abroad again, to talk about a religious group that is not allowed to exist, at least in its country of origin. In Iran, adherents of the Baha’i Faith are deprived of&hellip
The Killing of a Zoroastrian Priest Highlights Religious Apartheid in Iran
Source: iranwire.com The murder of a Zoroastrian cleric in Kerman province in late July has sparked fresh debate over the rights of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic. In Iran, non-Muslims are not entitled to the same legal&hellip
Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Writes to Iranian Counterpart in Wave of Support for Iran’s Persecuted Baha’is
Source: Bahai International Community BRUSSELS—29 July 2020—The Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, has written(link is external) to Iran’s Foreign Minister, Muhammad Javad Zarif, condemning the recent escalation of the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran, the&hellip
Appeal to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Entire Iranian Government, as Well as to All Members of the Iranian National Assembly (Majles)
Source: ishr.org Frankfurt am Main, 17 July 2020 – German parliamentarians, human rights activists and health experts call on Iranian authorities to stop arbitrary detentions and convictions of Bahá’ís immediately Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, The International&hellip
As COVID-19 Hits Iran, Australian Health Practitioners Plead for Baha’is in Prison
Source: www.smh.com.au By Steve Jacobs More than 250 Australian health practitioners have signed an open letter expressing their concern about the human rights pressures faced by the Bahai community in Iran that have escalated amid the coronavirus pandemic.&hellip
In the Middle of a Pandemic, Iran Dials Up Persecution of Its Baha’i Citizens
Source: thewire.in In recent weeks, at least 71 individuals across the country have been arrested, summoned to court, tried, sentenced to jail or imprisoned – solely for their beliefs. New Delhi: Even as the pandemic has yet&hellip
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