Source: humanrightsinir.org Human Rights in Iran – on Tuesday 18 Feb 2020, Amnesty international, published a report analyzing human rights abuses in Iran. In this report, in detail, it examines the status of followers of other religions,…

Source: humanrightsinir.org Human Rights in Iran – on Tuesday 18 Feb 2020, Amnesty international, published a report analyzing human rights abuses in Iran. In this report, in detail, it examines the status of followers of other religions,…
Source: iranwire.com By MAHROKH GHOLAMHOSSEINPOUR Behnam was a young Baha’i who, in the early 1980s, during the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq, decided to go to the front; this despite Baha’i teachings, forbidding the faithful…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Baha’i resident Sahba Farnoush was sentenced to sixteen years in prison by Judge Iman Afshari, the head of Branch 4 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.…
Source: iranhr.net Translation by Iran Press Wacth Ali Asqar Faridi – Editorial Board, Huquq-i-Ma Magazine: Followers of the Baha’i Faith are one of the largest religious minority groups in Iran, but are not recognized as…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Kamran Shahidi never expected his life to change forever after a regular customer entered his jewelry shop in Tehran. But that is exactly what happened just over two years ago – resulting in a court…
Source: persian.iranhumanrights.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Rouhan Jazbani, the maternal aunt of Ardeshir Fanaeian, a Baha’i citizen held in Semnan Prison, told the Human Rights Campaign in Iran that her nephew, along with Yalda…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch A Report on the Latest Situation of Vahed Kholousi, Farhad Meysami and Farhad Fahandej in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj HRANA– Vahed Kholousi, Farhad Fahandej and Farhad Meysami, three…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Maryam Lagha’i (Forsatipour), a Baha’i citizen, was arrested on October 22 after being summoned to the Damavand Office of Intelligence and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence’s…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Mitra Forsatipour, a Baha’i resident of Gilavand, a suburb ofm the City of Damavand, was arrested Monday by Intelligence officials at her residence and transferred to the…
Source: www.dw.com Translation by Iran Press Watch In recent days a number of Baha’i citizens in Iran have been arrested. In the coming days Baha’is are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of their prophet…
Source: fa.rfi.fr By Azadeh Vala Translation by Iran Press Watch Mohammad Ali Pourmokhtar, member of the Parliamentary Islamic Council on Legal and Judicial Affairs Commission, said on Tuesday, September 3, that the commission is considering a…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Abbas Taef, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, was detained on Friday by agents of the Office of Intelligence and taken to an unknown location. Officers…
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…
Source: www.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Announcing the results of the Nationwide University Entrance Examination, as in previous years, Baha’i applicants were put off with “Incomplete Records”. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani began…
Source: www.iranpressnews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Confiscation of the property of a wealthy Baha’i family by the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order As usual, the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO, or simply Setad) is…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Munirih Bavil Soflaie, Minoo Zamanipoor and Gholamhossien Mazloumi were arrested today in the early morning by security forces, and then transferred to Evin Prison. Based on reporting…