Source: iranwire.com Iranian intelligence forces have launched a wave of house searches against Baha’is in the southern city of Kerman in an apparent escalation of recent crackdowns by the authorities on the Baha’i community. Kerman…
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Source: iranwire.com Iranian intelligence forces have launched a wave of house searches against Baha’is in the southern city of Kerman in an apparent escalation of recent crackdowns by the authorities on the Baha’i community. Kerman…
In March 2023, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Iran deplored the “brutal response” of the government to nationwide protests that erupted in September 2022. The Islamic Republic had killed hundreds of protesters, including children, since…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On May 22, 2011, in a coordinated and simultaneous operation, agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence raided the homes of 39 Baha’i citizens connected with the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education…
Source: www.iranintl.com A group of Iranian civil activists issued a statement protesting “heavy and unfair” sentences against two well-known Baha’i figures. Bahai community leaders Fariba Kamalabadi, 60, and Mahvash Sabet Shahriari, 70, were handed new 10-year…
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Kian Sabeti Sepehr Ziaie is one of the Baha’is detained in recent weeks, during the new round of protests in Iran. While the authorities of the Islamic Republic have…
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Ms. Sanaz Tafzali (Ruhi), a 45-year-old Baha’i citizen, married mother of two, has been detained in Mashhad’s Vakil Abad prison for three months without specific charges. As of March…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Currently, 24 women are being held at the women’s ward of Evin Prison in Tehran for political and alleged national security charges. This report provides an updated list of these prisoners along with their…
Source: www.iranwire.com A member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority has refused to sign a false confession in exchange for his release, IranWire understands. Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen who has been held in jail for…
Source: www.atlanticcouncil.org Anthony Vance According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), since Mahsa Jina Amini was killed by the so-called morality police in September 2022, demonstrations have occurred in at least 163 cities and at 144 universities in…
Source: iranwire.com An Iranian prosecutor has accused a member of the country’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority of having established “extensive” contacts with Persian-language media outlets outside Iran and spreading “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic. Payam Vali,…
Source: iranwire.com A member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority has been detained in an unknown location since his arrest three weeks ago, his family says. Nabil Moghefi, a 24-year-old resident of the northern city of…
Source: iranwire.com Iranian judicial officials have charged a Baha’i couple with “acting against national security” and “communicating with enemy governments,” amid an intensified crackdown on members of the religious minority. Pouya Amri and his wife Nafisa…
Source: iranwire.com Pouya Sarraf, a jailed member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority, has not contacted his family for the past month, raising concerns about his health. The family has received no news about the prisoner…
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Concurrent with the widespread arrest of citizens in connection with nationwide protests in Iran, the pressure on Baha’i citizens and their arrests has intensified. In the latest incident, a…
Source: pen-international.org PEN International is outraged by reports that Baha’i writer, poet, and honorary member of Danish and Austrian PEN Mahvash Sabet was sentenced to ten years in prison. PEN International calls on the Iranian authorities to quash the conviction and…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Pouya Sarraf, an Iranian Baha’i, aged 33, was arrested in the city of Karaj a month ago, on November 2, and later transferred to a detention facility in Shiraz. Sarraf, who has…