Source: www.voanews.com Iran has increased repression of its Baha’i minority in recent months by engaging in more than 200 acts of persecution, including the arrests of 19 people last week, the Baha’i International Community, which…
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“My Story Is Yours”: Baha’i Woman Writes to Iranians from Evin Prison
Source: iranwire.com Mahvash Shahriari Sabet, a Baha’i woman serving a 10-year prison sentence at Tehran’s Evin Prison, wrote a poignant letter from the confines of her cell in which she calls on Iranians to not…
Iran’s Bahais Hit By New Wave Of Arrests: Representatives
Source: www.barrons.com Iranian authorities have launched a new wave of arrests targeting members of the Bahai faith, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, representatives of the community said on Tuesday. Activists say Bahais, whose faith…
Families of Detained Baha’i Women Appeal to Iranian Authorities for News
Source: iranwire.com Six Baha’i women in Hamadan, detained for the past 10 days, remain behind bars without any clear information from Iranian authorities about their exact whereabouts or the charges against them. The families of…
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: What Iran Jail Hell Taught Me About Freedom of Speech
Source: www.standard.co.uk EXCLUSIVE: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe shared a bunk with one of Evin prison’s pillars of resilience. She tells the Standard of what she learned about Iran’s state-sponsored cancel culture and repression On October 6, the Nobel prize…
UN Resolution Calls for Iranian Government to End Systematic Persecution of Baha’i Minority
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—15 November 2023—Yet again and for the 36th time, a United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution expressing serious concern over the situation of Baha’is in Iran and other religious minorities, and calling on the…
Baha’i in Shirvan Detained Amid Ongoing Persecution
Source: iranwire.com Security officials in Iran detained on Monday a Baha’i citizen, Masoud Mahmoudi, in the northeastern city of Shirvan. Officials from the Intelligence Department reportedly entered Mahmoudi’s house and confiscated electronic devices, including mobile…
A Cry for Justice: Baha’i Woman’s Letter from Evin Prison
Source: iranwire.com Fariba Kamalabadi, a 62-year-old Baha’i citizen, is presently serving a prison sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. In a letter disclosed to IranWire by one of her relatives, she condemned the persecution of…
Baha’i Citizen Zabihi Moghadam Recevies Eight Years in Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Mashhad Revolutionary Court has handed down an eight-year prison sentence to Sirus Zabihi Moghadam, a Baha’i resident of Mashhad. Zabihi Moghadam was convicted of seven years for “membership in anti-regime groups” and…
Nineteen-Year-Old Baha’i in Yazd Among Latest Iran Arrests
Source: iranwire.com Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence agents in the central city of Yazd arrested Kamiyab Raei, a 19-year-old Baha’i citizen, earlier this week. According to reports obtained by IranWire, security officers visited Raei’s house and…
Arrests of Five Baha’i Citizens in Karaj Heighten Concerns
Source: www.en-hrana.org In a recent development, security forces in Karaj have detained Baha’i citizens Iman Ehsani, Iren Rahmani, Foad Taefi, Reza Yazdi, and Fahimeh Yazdi. According to information received by HRANA, the Ministry of Intelligence…
More Than 20 Baha’i Homes Invaded in Violent Raids and Many Arrested in Iran as Crackdown Intensifies
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—10 November 2023—Armed Iranian security agents raided the homes of more than 20 Baha’is this week in the cities of Karaj and Hamedan, taking at least 19 into custody based on the latest…
Nine Baha’i Citizens Detained in Hamedan Amid Mass Searches
Source: www.en-hrana.org On November 7, 2023, security forces carried out the arrest of nine Baha’i citizens in Hamedan as part of a widespread search operation targeting the Baha’i community in the region. The individuals apprehended…
Four Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Karaj
Source: www.en-hrana.org On November 7, Baha’i citizens Sahba Taef, Shervin Shabrokh, Nika Esmaeil Pour, and Babak Zeynali were apprehended by security forces in Karaj and subsequently taken to an undisclosed facility. The arrests were brought…
Seventeen Baha’is Arrested in Iran and Two Elderly Women Harassed by Agents
Source: iranwire.com Security agents in Iran conducted a wave of raids on the homes of Baha’is in the cities of Hamadan and Mehrshahr, arresting at least 17 individuals and seizing personal belongings, including electronic devices,…
Fourteen Baha’i Citizens Receive Sentences and Fines in Mazandaran
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Mazandaran Court of Appeal has handed down sentences and fines to 14 Baha’i citizens. On November 2, verdicts were delivered, with Bita Haghighi and Sanaz Hekmat Shoar sentenced to three years in…
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