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…
Persecution of Baha’is
Intensified Persecution of Baha’i Citizens in First Year of Mahsa Movement
Source: www.radiofarda.com Pooyan Mokari Translation by Iran Press Watch When nationwide protests, known as the “Zan Zendegi Azadi” (Women, Life, Freedom) movement, began in 2022 in Iran, Iranian authorities responded with intensified repression of various…
Iranian President Raisi Disregards Human Rights and Calls for Religious Respect Despite 44-Year Record of Religious Persecution and Rights Abuses
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—20 September 2023—The Baha’i International Community (BIC) highlighted Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s disregard for human rights in his speech to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, on 19 September, even as the…
Jailed Baha’i Condemns Injustice from Behind Bars
Source: iranwire.com In a chilling audio message obtained by IranWire, Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen currently imprisoned in Ghezelhasar, has exposed new details on the severe oppression and discrimination faced by Baha’i citizens in Iran.…
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…
BIC: The Archives of Bahá’í Persecution in Iran
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — The intensification of attacks against the Bahá’í community of Iran in recent months is a manifestation of the ongoing persecution that has afflicted the Bahá’ís of that country since the…
Statement by the Prime Minister on Ridván
Source: pm.gc.ca The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Ridván: “Today at sunset, Bahá’í communities in Canada and around the world will come together to celebrate Ridván, a 12-day festival and…
Persecuted Baha’i Doctors and the Creation of Iran’s Informal Baha’i University
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Health workers are a critical part of any society and, in Iran, hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and scientists contributed to the country’s development. But today there are almost no Iranian…
Iran: Possible Crimes Against Humanity, Absence of Accountability – Top Rights Expert
Source: www.indiablooms.com New York: “The most serious human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past four decades” have been committed since the death in police custody of Jina Mahsa Amini on…
Iran’s Raisi: A 1980s Killer of Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti President Ebrahim Raisi, a longtime establishment figure in the Islamic Republic who has been Iran’s president since August 2021, was before his election a senior judiciary official for more than 40 years.…
The Islamic Republic Is on the Path to Committing a Mass Atrocity. The World Should Pay Attention.
Source: www.atlanticcouncil.org Anthony Vance According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), since Mahsa Jina Amini was killed by the so-called morality police in September 2022, demonstrations have occurred in at least 163 cities and at 144 universities in…
Iranian Government Detains Dozens More Baha’is During National Crisis
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—18 November 2022—Twenty-nine Baha’is in Iran have been arrested since September, the latest incidents in a crackdown that began in late July, even as the Iranian government faces unprecedented scrutiny around the world over…
Religious Minority Persecuted in Iran Targeted With Sophisticated Android Spyware
Source: www.securityweek.com Ionut Arghire Kaspersky is warning of a previously unknown espionage campaign targeting the Persian-speaking religious minority Bahaʼi with Android spyware. As part of the campaign, victims were lured to a VPN application claiming to…
Baha’is Arrested for Instigating “Sedition” and Protests
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti The Baha’i faith, one of the world’s youngest religions, was founded in Iran in the nineteenth century, but its followers have long faced persecution in the country, especially since the establishment of…
Persecution in Iran: the Baha’i Faith and False Charges of Heresy
Source: www.algemeiner.com By Chaim Lax For the past month, there has been an uptick in news stories about members of the Baha’i faith in Iran being arrested on a number of trumped-up charges, including spying for…