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…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch On Sunday, November 4, officials from the City’s Places of Public Establishment Administration sealed the businesses of three Baha’i citizens in Qaemshahr. The closures followed a two-day religious…
Source: ir.voanews.com A source informed Voice of America that the Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Court, presided over by Abolghasem Salavati, sentenced Behraad Azargan, a Baha’i citizen, to 11 years in prison and the confiscation of his…
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Informed sources told Radio Farda that ten Baha’i women sentenced to lengthy prison terms by the First Branch of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court, presided over by Mohammadreza Tavakoli,…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Suzan Eid Mohammadzadegan and Niusha Badiei Sabet, two Baha’i citizens, have been sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison, along with additional social restrictions, by Branch 1 of the Babol Revolutionary…
Source: bic.org Geneva—22 October 2024—A group of 18 United Nations Special Rapporteurs and UN Working Group experts have released a joint letter of allegations rebuking the Islamic Republic of Iran for the recent rise in attacks against…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Amidst the escalating geopolitical tensions, the Islamic Republic’s unabating persecution of Baha’is persists. Security crackdowns, judicial harassment, and systematic hate-mongering have long been hallmarks of the Islamic Republic’s 45-year campaign against…
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Branch One of the Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Tavakoli, issued heavy sentences for 10 Baha’i citizens, sentencing them in the primary court to long-term imprisonment, millions…
Source: www.hra-news.org Faraz Razavian, a Baha’i citizen, was sentenced by the Rasht Revolutionary Court to two years and one day of imprisonment, a monetary fine, and deprivation of social rights. According to a ruling issued…
Source: bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Valiollah Ghadamian, a Baha’i citizen imprisoned in Evin Prison, is likely suffering from tuberculosis or pneumonia. According to news received by BBC Persian, due to Mr. Ghadamian’s deteriorating…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Marzieh Shamseddini, the mother of Mahboub Habibi, a Baha’i citizen detained at the Shiraz Intelligence Office’s detention center, known as “Building 100,” has written…
Source: www.peace-mark.org By Zhinoos Forootan Translation by Iran Press Watch The right to access education is one of the fundamental principles in achieving social justice and individual and collective progress. However, this basic right has…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Mahvash Sabet (Shahriari), a former member of the Baha’i leadership council in Iran known as “Yaran-e-Iran” (Friends of Iran), who is serving her sentence…
Source: iranwire.com Authorities of the Islamic Republic in northern Sari are planning to launch an exhibition to promote propaganda against religious minorities. Iranian media has reported on an upcoming exhibition titled “Water and Mirage,” which…
Source: www.iranintl.com Former judiciary top official Hossein Ali Amiri, notorious for the persecution of Jewish and Bahai’i communities, has been appointed as the new governor of Fars Province in southern Iran by order of new…
Source: www.genocidewatch.com Erased in the Shadows: The Targeted Persecution of Iran’s Baha’is Genocide Watch Report September 2024 By Sabrina Nelson Introduction Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, The Islamic Republic of Iran has had a…
