Source: iranwire.com In what the Baha’i International Community is calling an “escalating pattern of persecution against the Baha’is in Iran,” 39 more incidents targeting the community have been reported in recent days, affecting mostly women.…
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14 Baha’i Adherents Were Collectively Sentenced to 69 Years and 8 Months of Imprisonment
Source: hengaw.net A number of fourteen Baha’i members: Noushin Mesbah, Samira Ebrahimi, Saba Sefidi, Saeedeh Khozouei, Nasim Sabeti, Azita Foroughi, Roya Ghane Ezz Abadi, Soheila Ahmadi, Arsalan Yazdi, Iraj Shakour, Pedram Abhar, Hossein Salehi, Vahid…
Two Baha’i Women Receive Prison Sentences in Mashhad
Source: www.en-hrana.org Golnoosh Nasiri and Farideh Moradi, both Baha’i citizens, have been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison by the Mashhad Revolutionary Court. Judge Hadi Mansouri issued this verdict on October 26,…
Six Baha’is Sentenced to a Total of 32 Years in Prison
Source: iranwire.com Branch 29 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Seyyed Ali Mazloum, has sentenced six members of the Baha’i religious minority to a total of 32 years and 10 months in…
Four Baha’i Women Sentenced to Imprisonment
Source: www.en-hrana.org In a recent ruling, Nasim Sabeti, Azita Foroughi, Rouya Ezabadi, and Soheila Ahmadi, all members of the Baha’i faith, were handed down a prison sentence of three years and eight months. The Mashhad…
Baha’i Citizen Nooshin Mesbah Receives Prison Sentence
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Mashhad Revolutionary Court has handed down a sentence of three years and eight months to Baha’i citizen Nooshin Mesbah. According to the ruling issued by Judge Hadi Mansouri, Mesbah has been sentenced…
Arrest of 10 Baha’i Women in Isfahan Sparks Concern
Source: www.en-hrana.org On October 23, 2023, security forces in Isfahan arrested ten Baha’i women, raising concerns about their well-being. The detained individuals are identified as Neda Badakhsh, Arezoo Sobhanian, Yeganeh Roohbakhsh, Mojgan Shah Rezaie, Parastoo…
Businesses Belonging To Baha’i Citizens Sealed In Northern Iran
Source: www.iranintl.com Iran’s Shiite clerical government has shut down at least 14 businesses associated with Baha’i citizens in Gorgan, Iran, as another instance of persecution. Some sources reported that the sealing of the businesses occurred…
From Dublin to Shiraz—across Europe and with love
Source: www.bic.org Persian translation here GENEVA—16 October 2023—A major feature of the #OurStoryIsOne campaign—a global movement to commemorate the 1983 execution of 10 Baha’i women in Shiraz, Iran, and to link their story to millions of Iranian…
Five of Iran’s Baha’is Released; Five More Remain Behind Bars
Source: iranwire.com Five Baha’i citizens, who had been arrested in Shiraz and Yazd over the past few weeks, have been released. Five others recently detained still remain in the custody of the Ministry of Intelligence.…
Decades of Persecution of Baha’i Educators and University Students Proves to Be a Precursor to Events in Present-Day Iran
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—12 October 2023—The recent dismissal of thousands of educators and students from Iranian universities and schools, just for expressing their support for equality and justice in Iran, recalls the purge of Baha’i professors,…
Five Years in Prison for Iranian Baha’i Who Tried to Bury Her Grandmother
Source: iranwire.com Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal in Tehran has upheld a five-year prison sentence for Shadi Shahidzadeh, a Baha’i citizen currently in detention in Evin Prison. Shahidzadeh was arrested on May 1…
Four Baha’i Citizens Sentenced to Twelve Years on Appeal
Source: www.en-hrana.org In a recent development, the Tehran Court of Appeal has issued a collective 12-year prison sentence to Baha’i citizens Shadi Shahidzadeh, Mansour Amini, Valiollah Ghadamian, and Ataollah Zafar. Presiding over the case, Judge…
Baha’i Community Congratulates Narges Mohammadi on the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—6 October 2023—The Baha’i International Community sends its sincere and joyful congratulations today to the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi. Ms. Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights and women’s rights activist…
Sanaz Tafazoli’s Prison Sentence Upheld on Appeal
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Court of Appeal in Razavi Khorasan Province has upheld the ten-year and nine-month prison sentence of Baha’i citizen Sanaz Tafazoli. Tafazoli is currently incarcerated in Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad. According to information provided…
Baha’i Citizen Ahmad Naeimi Arrested in Yazd
Source: www.en-hrana.org On October 5, 2023, Ministry of Intelligence agents apprehended Baha’i citizen Ahmad Naeimi (Naeemi) in Yazd and subsequently transported him to a detention facility. According to a source closely connected to Naeimi’s family…
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