Source: www.uscirf.gov USCIRF Supports Sanctions on Iranian Official Responsible for Baha’i Persecution WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes today’s announcement that the United States Treasury has sanctioned Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani for directing…
Persecution of Baha’is
As the World Celebrates Bicentenary, Baha’is in Iran Experience Added Pressure
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—2 November 2019-Iranian authorities exerted heightened pressure on Baha’is around the country as people of various backgrounds across tens of thousands of localities around the globe celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Bab, the Prophet-Herald of…
Iran Policy Brief: Increased Persecution of Iran’s Baha’i Community in 2019
Source: www.uscirf.gov By Scott Weiner, Policy Analyst Background The Islamic Republic of Iran is a theocratic authoritarian state that enforces a unique interpretation of Ja’afri Shi’a Islam. Individual Iranians, however, ascribe to a wide range of…
Trials of Sixty-Five Baha’is in Six Months
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch “The Appeals Court upheld my original sentence and that of five other Baha’is in absentia. The lawyer has asked us not to report this publicly for now. He…
Many Baha’i Homes Searched, Some Arrested in Tehran and Karaj
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Increasing Pressure on the Baha’i Community HRANA- Yesterday, in a coordinated effort, the homes of many Baha’is were searched by security officers in Tehran and Karaj. In addition to…
“I Hope My Father was Killed by a Firing Squad”
Source: iranwire.com As authorities continue to target and persecute Iran’s Baha’i community, the families of nine prominent Baha’is who were forcibly disappeared 39 years ago are still trying to find out what happened to their loved…
Recent Raids, Arrests and Court Cases Against Baha’is in Iran
Source: Baha’i International Community GENEVA—14 August 2019—The Baha’i International Community is deeply concerned following a series of arrests, home raids and false sentences against members of the Bahá’í community in Iran. Iranian authorities raided homes…
Appeals Court: Baha’i Yekta Fahandezh Sa’di Acquitted
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The Fars Province Court of Appeals has acquitted Shiraz resident Yekta Fahandezh Sa’di and released her from prison. Yekta, a Baha’i, was sentenced in absentia to 11…
Baha’i Man Missing for Six Months
Source: www.iranwire.com Hamed Rezvani, a musician and a teacher, left his home in Isfahan on December 24, 2018 and never returned. Rezvani’s family have repeatedly tried to find him, searching hospitals and the coroner’s office, and…
Twitter suspends Iran news agencies over ‘harassment of Baha’is’
Source: www.bbc.com Twitter has suspended several Iranian news accounts over alleged harassment of people who follow the Baha’i faith. Young Journalists Club (YJC), run by state broadcaster IRIB, state-run IRNA, and Mehr were among the Farsi-language…
175 Years of Persecution, a History of the Babis & Baha’is of Iran
Source: oneworld-publications.com By Payam Akhavan McGill University History tells us as much about the past as it does about the present. An account of bygone ages is not merely a retrieval of objective facts, but also their…
Mounting Pressure on Baha’i Community, Interrogation of 32 Baha’is by Information Office in Karaj
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News – During last two weeks, at least 32 Baha’i citizens were summoned and interrogated under common documentation collectively by the Information Office in Karaj. Previously, the same…
Surge in Persecution of Baha’is Across Iran Raises Alarm
Source: Baha’i International Community NEW YORK—23 November 2018—Members of the Baha’i community in Iran have been faced in recent weeks with a new wave of intensified persecution—including arrests, discriminatory court verdicts, and shop closures—for merely…
Bulletin on September 2018 Baha’i Crackdown
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – An intense wave of human rights violations has seriously undermined the Iranian Baha’i community over the past two weeks. For years, the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution…
Iran’s Silent Plan to Destroy an Entire Community
Source: Bahai International Community NEW YORK—25 September 2018—The Iranian government is actively employing systematic measures in an effort to eradicate the Baha’i community—the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran—as a viable entity, the Baha’i International…
Bahá’í Community of U.S Expresses Concern Regarding the Harassment of Bahá’ís in Iran
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch At a celebration of the 200th anniversary of birthday of Baha’u’llah, the prophet-founder of the Bahá’í Faith, members of the Faith expressed their concerns about the persecution of their…