Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Baha’i citizens in Bandar Abbas have recently faced increasing pressure from security forces In the latest case, six Baha’is have been subjected to an illegal judicial process and jailed just days before the…
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Canadian Legal Luminaries Sign Letter Accusing Iranian Courts of Persecuting Baha’i Faith
Source: www.cbc.ca Evan Dyer A group that includes Brian Mulroney and Jody Wilson-Raybould is denouncing confiscation of Baha’i homes The rulings of a court in a rural corner of northeastern Iran have brought together a Who’s…
A Slice of Persia in the Heart of Israel
Source: www.wsj.com By Reza Afshari Followers of the Baha’i faith are persecuted at home but welcomed abroad. Israel is the last country where an Iranian raised in a Muslim family would have expected to find a…
Sentencing of Eight Baha’is Sets Dismal New Legal Precedent
Source: iranwire.com On February 2, 2021, Branch Two of the Hormozgan Court of Appeal upheld the prison sentences of eight Baha’i citizens. The court, presided over by Judge Mashaleh Afsharpour and Counsel Ebrahim Mohammadi, rejected the…
German MP and Federal Government Commissioner for Global Freedom of Religion Calls for an End to the Discrimination and Persecution of Bahá’i Communities in Iran
Source: iran.bahai.de Press release On World Religion Day on 17 January 2021, Markus Grübel, Member of the German Parliament and Federal Government Commissioner for Global Freedom of Religion, calls for an end to the discrimination and…
Weekly Review of Censorship: A Baha’i Historian Jailed Because of His Faith
Source: iranwire.com Niloufar Rostami Touraj Amini, an Iranian writer and researcher of the Qajar era and Constitutional movement who is also a Baha’i, was taken to prison on January 29, to serve a six-month prison sentence…
USCIRF Condemns Crackdown on Baha’i Religious Observance, Land Ownership in Iran
Source: www.uscirf.gov Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns the alarming escalation of government measures targeting Baha’is in Iran on the basis of their faith. On December 24, 2020, Branch 2 of…
Congress Passes Resolution Condemning Iran’s Persecution of Baha’i Community
Source: www.globenewswire.com Washington, D.C., Dec. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Earlier today, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 823, condemning the Iranian government’s persecution of the Baha’i community. The resolution, which enjoyed strong bipartisan support,…
A Baha’i Iranian Artist Addresses Persecution in Paintings
Source: iranwire.com Maryam Safajoo, an artist, born in Tehran, Iran, in 1986, uses her work to depict the many forms of persecution faced by the Baha’i religious minority in Iran. Safajoo, a Baha’i herself, now lives in Champaign,…
ADL Task Force on Middle Eastern Minorities Condemns the Raids in Iran Targeting Baha’i Community
Source: www.adl.org New York, NY, November 24, 2020 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Task Force on Middle East Minorities today condemned the recent raids targeting Iran’s vulnerable Baha’i community. According to reports, on November 22, homes of tens…
Sources: Iran Raids Homes of 50 Baha’i Families
Source: www.voanews.com By Michael Lipin, Ramin Haghjoo WASHINGTON – Iran is intensifying its campaign of harassment against its Baha’i religious minority, carrying out what appears to be one of the largest coordinated raids of Baha’i homes…
Baha’i Homes Reportedly Raided In Cities Across Iran
Source: en.radiofarda.com Activists say Iranian security forces have raided the homes of dozens of Baha’is in several cities across the country, confiscating their personal belongings. The reason for the raids on November 22 was not immediately…
Breaking: An All-Out Assault on Baha’is Across Iran
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On the morning of Sunday, November 22, in simultaneous operations in various cities across Iran, security agents ransacked the homes of tens of Baha’is. Their personal effects, mobile phones, computers, laptops and…
The Second Report of the German Government on the Worldwide Situation of Religious Freedom Emphasizes Persecution of the Bahá’ís in Iran
Source: iran.bahai.de On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, the German federal government published its second report on the worldwide situation of religious freedom. MP Markus Grübel, Federal Government Commissioner for Worldwide Religious Freedom in the Federal Ministry for Economic…
Baha’is Summoned to Prison Despite Coronavirus Crisis
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Eight Baha’is have been summoned to Birjand Prison in South Khorasan to serve jail sentences amid a worsening coronavirus crisis across the country. The Bahai’s, who were summoned on Monday, September 28, have been given…
Iran, Where National Security Means Confiscating a Girl’s Piano
Source: www.macleans.ca Fifteen-year-old Nawal Talebi saw her parents imprisoned and her beloved musical instrument carted off as Tehran steps up its persecution of minorities Maybe it was the piano. Maybe that explains it. Maybe it was…
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