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…
Persecution of Baha’is
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…
Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof Summoned to Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Ministry of Culture and Media / Passport Confiscated
Source: humanrightsiniran.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the website of Human Rights in Iran, film producer Kaveh Farnam has reported that the passport of Mohammad Rasoulof was confiscated upon his return to Iran on…
Iran’s Beleaguered Baha’is
Source: www.dailypioneer.com Following the dismantling of the sanctions regime, as India prepares to strengthen economic ties with Iran, it must ask itself: As a pluralistic nation, home to persecuted people from all over the world, can…
Ask the Iranians About Their Baha’i Citizens
Source: medium.com By Maziar Bahari The Iranian government has a choice to make when President Hassan Rouhani visits New York this month: It can either remain a backward regime led by fundamentalist clerics or it can…
Affirmation of Anti-Baha’i Activities by Hojjat’ul’ Islam Sadeghi, Cultural Deputy of Judiciary Branch
Source: bahaicamp.com, www.farsnews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Clear example of violation of the rights of Baha’i citizens by a Deputy of Judiciary Branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the “Conference of the Religions” in…
More than Nuclear: The Plight of Baha’is in Iran
Kyle Matthews, May 23, 2014 We have more to talk about (Reuters) Iran is often in the news because of its suspected nuclear weapons program. A nuclear Iran certainly poses a threat to international peace…
Ayatollah Tehrani’s gift stirs global conversation on religious co-existence
[Baha’i World News] 25 April 2014 NEW YORK — The ground-breaking gift of a senior Iranian cleric to the worldwide Baha’i community is beginning to stir a global conversation about religious co-existence and freedom of religion.…
Baha’is in Iran are not discriminated against!
[roozonline] Monday, March 7th 2014- Farvardin 18th 1393 Denial of the existence of the Prisoners and the Student Banned from Higher Education Baha’is in Iran are not discriminated against! By Niusha Saremi The head…
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