Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – On the morning of Wednesday, June 25, Nazanin Abedini, a Baha’i citizen residing in Qaemshahr, was arrested by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. According to HRANA,…
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Three Baha’i Women Sentenced to Prison by Kerman Appeals Court
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – The Kerman Province Court of Appeals has sentenced three Baha’i citizens from Rafsanjan — Elna Naeimi, Didar Ahmadi, and Boshra Mostafavi — to a total of one year in…
Paridokht Shojaei, a Bahá’í citizen, returned to Kerman Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Today, Saturday, May 10, Paridokht Shojaei Bagheini, a Bahá’í resident of Kerman, returned to the city’s prison after her furlough ended. A source close to the family of…
Start of Prison Sentences for Two Bahá’í Women and the Sentencing of Another Bahá’í Woman
Source: iranwire.com Farideh Moradi and Golnoosh Nasiri, two Bahá’í citizens residing in Mashhad, presented themselves at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad on the morning of Saturday, April 19, 2025, to begin serving their sentences. After turning…
Qaem Shahr: Maryam Zabihi, a Bahá’í citizen, sentenced to prison
Source: HRANA Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Maryam Zabihi has been sentenced to prison. Based on a verdict issued by Branch 104 of…
European Parliament urges the unconditional release of Baha’i prisoner of conscience Mahvash Sabet
Source: bic During the European Parliament plenary debate on the resolution, Member of the European Parliament Helmut Brandstätter highlights Mahvash Sabet’s case Brussels—4 April 2025—The European Parliament has passed an urgency resolution on Iran, expressing its concern…
Two Baha’i Women Were Summoned to Pay a Fine
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Hrana News Agency, the news outlet of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, Samira Shakib and Mojdeh Bahamin, Baha’i citizens residing in Baharestan, Isfahan, have been…
Iranian Baha’i Poet Faces Return to Evin Prison After Surgery
Source: www.iranintl.com Prominent Baha’i poet Mahvash Sabet, 71, may soon be sent back to Evin Prison in Tehran following open-heart surgery, sparking alarm among human rights organizations and activists. The Baha’i International Community has urged…
Mahvash Sabet is recovering from heart surgery: Iran’s government must let her do so in peace by never returning her to prison
Source: bic.org Geneva—23 December 2024—Mahvash Sabet, a 71-year-old Iranian Baha’i prisoner of conscience jailed by the Islamic Republic for over 13 years for her beliefs—who has previously been denied proper medical care in prison, despite…
Court of Appeals Issues Sentences for 15 Baháʼí Citizens in Isfahan Province
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Court of Appeals of Isfahan Province has issued the sentences of 15 Baháʼí citizens residing in Baharestan, Isfahan Province. The original sentences, which included imprisonment and monetary fines, were confirmed for Mojgan…
Arrests, Imprisonments of Baha’i Soar as Iran’s War on Religious Minority Intensifies
Source: iranhumanrights.org Over 1,200 Facing Court Proceedings or Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Faith November 5, 2024 – The Islamic Republic has intensified its crackdown on the Baha’i community, the country’s largest unrecognized religious minority, with…
Retrial of 15 Baha’i Women in Isfahan Revolutionary Court on Charges of Educational and Promotional Activities Against Islamic Law
Source: www.en-hrana.org Fifteen Baha’i citizens from Baharestan, Isfahan, have once again been tried in the First Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Isfahan. Previously, this case had been returned from the Isfahan Court of Appeals…
Baha’i Citizen Negar Misaghian Arrested by Security Forces in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Wednesday, September 18, Negar Misaghian, a Baha’i citizen residing in Shiraz, was arrested by security forces and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence’s detention facility in Shiraz, known as House No 100.…
Anisa Samiian to Voice of America: The Islamic Republic accused me of “promoting the Bahá’í Faith” through “teaching piano.”
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Anisa Samiian, a Bahá’í citizen whose several family members have been arrested and sentenced to imprisonment and other deprivations, shared details of the sentence issued for her mother,…
Court of Appeals Upholds Prison Sentence for Baha’i Citizen Paridokht Shojaei
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Court of Appeals of Kerman Province has upheld the two-year and one-month prison sentence for Paridokht Shojaei Bagheini, a Baha’i citizen from Kerman. The ruling, issued by Branch 7 of the Kerman…
Baha’i Citizens Shiva Kashani-Nejad and Mojgan Samimi Sentenced to Prison and Other Punishments
Source: www.en-hrana.org Shiva Kashani-Nejad (Samieian) and Mojgan Samimi, Baha’i citizens residing in Rasht, have been sentenced by Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht to two years and one day in prison, fines, and…
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