Source: www.washingtonpost.com DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran arrested several members of the Baha’i faith on spying charges, authorities said Monday, the latest sign of a tightening crackdown across the Islamic Republic as it faces international…
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence issued an appalling statement of oppressive hate propaganda against the persecuted Bahá’í religious minority yesterday in an attempt to justify the raids on the homes and businesses…
Source: iranwire.com A group of 26 Iranian Baha’is who were arrested almost six years ago in September 2016 were due to appear in court on Wednesday even though a judge has repeatedly called the case against…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Pari Kargarian Marousti, Daniel Bani Nejad, both Baha’i citizens, along with another citizen, were detained by security forces, while they were together at Ms. Kargarian’s…
Source: iranwire.com A Baha’i citizen in Tabriz, Sina Shahri, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents on January 17, at about 1pm, and taken to an unknown location. The agents also searched Shahri’s home and workplace…
Source: iranwire.com Multiple arrests of members of the Baha’i community took place in Iran over the past week. In Shiraz, Hayedeh Forootan and her son Mehran Mosalanejad were detained last Thursday by the security forces. According to Human Rights Activists…
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Sheida Tayeed is the fifth Baha’i detained in the past week According to the HRANA human rights website. Per HRANA, Sheida Tayeed was arrested on Thursday, September 22, at…
Source: www.abc.net.au By Tracey Shelton Nima Moradi says he is “lucky and thankful” to be raising his two children in Australia. Growing up in Iran as a child of the Baha’i faith, Mr Moradi was often…
Source: en.radiofarda.com The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the mass arrests of Baha’is in Iran. Iranian security forces have arrested at least 11 Baha’is in Isfahan and Khuzestan since November 27 when…
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The media in Iran, quoting the IRGC intelligence organization, say this security-military institution has arrested a number of Iranian Baha’i citizens in Shiraz. Quoting the IRGC, the media report that…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA, the news agency for Human Rights Activists in Iran, in three separate accounts reports of the arrest of three Baha’is across Iran. Farid Moghadam Ziraki of Birjand, Sohaila…
Source: Baha’i International Community GENEVA—14 August 2019—The Baha’i International Community is deeply concerned following a series of arrests, home raids and false sentences against members of the Bahá’í community in Iran. Iranian authorities raided homes…
Source: iranwire.com By KIAN SABETI Over the last few weeks, more than 60 Baha’is have been arrested and interrogated in cities across Iran, and four more were detained so that they could start serving prison sentences handed…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Following the recent arrests of several Baha’is in Tabriz, in mid-November five more Baha’is were detained in Tabriz by security forces. According to the HRANA, the…
Source: www.iranhr.net Translation by Iran Press Watch Human Rights Organization of Iran, November 22nd, 2018: the business of Soudabeh Haghighat, a Shirazi Baha’i who was arrested in September, has been closed, and authorities are not willing…
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency –After searching and inspecting houses and detaining six Baha’i citizens in Karaj, on Tuesday another two Baha’is were arrested following a search of homes, as…
