Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK — 21 July 2022 — More than 20 Baha’is in Shiraz, Tehran, Yazd and Bojnourd, have been arrested, jailed or subjected to home searches and business closures since the beginning of July.…
Persecution of Baha’is
Revealed: The Smartphone App Spying on Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti In recent days, internet security experts and members of the Baha’i community have warned that hackers affiliated with the Islamic Republic have been using an app called Ahl-e Baha (“The People of…
IRFBA Statement on Bahá’ís
Source: www.state.gov As members, friends, and observers of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance, we note with grave concern the increased pattern of repression and discrimination against members of the Bahá’í community around the world. We…
Iranian Calligrapher Uses Ancient Art to Tell Story of Persecuted Baha’i at New Windsor Show
Source: www.cbc.ca Articite Inc.’s BIPOC artist-in-residence this month is Tina Rouhandeh Josiah Sinanan · CBC News Art enthusiasts in Windsor, Ont, have a chance to see a forgotten form of Persian calligraphy put together in real-time by…
Iran Must End Its Rights Violations Against the Baha’i Minority
Source: genevasolutions.news Simin Fahandej With the mandate for the special rapporteur on human rights in Iran set to be renewed at the next Human Rights Council session in March, the country’s government needs to be held…
When Desmond Tutu Stood Up to the Iranian Regime
Source: iranwire.com Arash Azizi In his 90 years of life, the Nobel laureate, Anglican bishop and human rights activist Desmond Tutu touched countless lives, not only as a spiritual symbol of the South African nation but…
Australian Baha’is Condemn Iran’s ‘Relentless Persecution’ of Religious Minority
Source: www.sbs.com.au Fearing for their lives, Pantea Motearefi and her family fled Iran in 1993. But 26 years later, Baha’is in Iran are still subjected to fierce religious persecution. Pantea Motearefi and her family were fast…
Statement on International Religious Freedom Day
Source: www.canada.ca From: Global Affairs Canada Statement October 27, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada Today, Global Affairs Canada issued the following statement: “Worldwide, the right to practise, choose and change one’s religion or belief…
Iran’s New President Is an Out-and-Out Monster — and Enemy of Minorities
Source: nypost.com By Miles Windsor The Islamic Republic of Iran is a monstrous tyranny that likes to pretend it’s a democracy. And so in a vote with historically low turnout — and all candidates pre-vetted by…
Biometric Identity Cards, Surveillance and Discrimination of Religious Minorities in Iran
Source: observatoryihr.org Shrutika Gandhi Iran – a country notorious for silencing dissidents, persecuting religious minorities and carrying out other human rights violations – has now turned to Biometric technology to widen the scale of its surveillance operations and…
‘A war of religion’: Iran accused of trying to convert young members of Baha’i minority to Islam
Source: www.independent.co.uk The move comes amid an apparent fresh crackdown on members of the minority faith, reports Borzou Daragahi Iranian authorities appear to be stepping up a campaign of repression against an embattled religious minority, allegedly…
Why the West Must Challenge Iran on Human Rights
Source: theconversation.com By Kyle Matthews The eyes of the world have once again turned to Iran as the prospects of renegotiating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal appear to have improved with the election of U.S. President…
IRAN: Monthly news Digest about Baha’is in Iran in April (05.05.2021)
Source: hrwf.eu Home searches and arrests in Baharestan, Isfahan Province Hrana / Sens Daily (25.04.2021) – https://cutt.ly/ebcLlVB – Thirteen Baha’i homes were raided, and eight Baha’is were arrested, in Baharestan, Isfahan, on the morning of April…
Iran’s oppression of Baha’is is unfolding with greater intensity
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—5 May 2021—The Baha’i International Community is concerned that a recent intensification of the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran appears to be underway, signaling the implementation of a larger plan by the Iranian…
Iran Must End Its Relentless Violations Against the Baha’is
Source: www.atlanticcouncil.org Nazila Ghanea Iran’s human rights violations against Baha’is have been distinctly state-driven, multifaceted, and severe. Though the Baha’i Faith has never been included amongst the recognized religions in Iran, non-recognition and discrimination yielded a…
Iran Steps up Tactics to Eliminate the Country’s Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com As Iranians were marking the end of the Nowruz holidays in early April, more than 25 Baha’is were summoned and arrested in the cities of Shiraz, Mashhad, Bandar Abbas, and Karaj. Others saw their…
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