Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Yekta Fahandezh Sadi, Bahá’í resident of Shiraz, was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment after retrial by Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. According…
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Member of Iran’s Bahai Community Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Source: kayhanlife.com Translated from Persian by Fardine Hamidi On December 16, a Revolutionary Court in Iran sentenced Yekta Fahandezh-Saadi, a member of the Bahai community in Shiraz, capital of the southern province of Fars, to 11 years…
Elderly Baha’i Man Arrested for Third Time for Peacefully Practicing His Religion
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org “…The agents repeatedly cursed and insulted him and called him a ‘Baha’i dog’” Formerly imprisoned Baha’i faith member Ali Ahmadi has been arrested for a third time in Iran on the charge of “propaganda…
Last Member of Former Yaran Ends Prison Term, Persecution Continues
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — The last imprisoned member of the former leadership body of the Baha’i community in Iran was released from prison today after serving an unjust 10-year prison sentence for merely practicing his faith.…
Closure of Six Baha’i-Owned Businesses in Omidiyeh
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch 03 December 2018 HRANA News Agency – In continuation of the forced closure of Baha’i-owned businesses, another six Baha’i businesses in Omidiyeh, Khuzestan province, who had shut their stores…
Sealing of Baha’i Businesses Continues in Khorramshahr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The premises of six Baha’i business owners in Khorramshahr, which were sealed on 15 November, remain sealed after two weeks. A source close to these…
Surge in Persecution of Baha’is Across Iran Raises Alarm
Source: Baha’i International Community NEW YORK—23 November 2018—Members of the Baha’i community in Iran have been faced in recent weeks with a new wave of intensified persecution—including arrests, discriminatory court verdicts, and shop closures—for merely…
Baha’i Motocross Champion Arrested
Source: iranwire.com Shahrzad Nazifi, an Iranian Baha’i and a women’s motocross champion and coach, was arrested on Sunday November 18 and taken to Evin Prison. After her arrest, security agents searched her house for five hours…
UN Resolution Calls for End to Iran’s Rights Violations Against Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations General Assembly called on Iranian authorities to end ongoing human rights violations against the Baha’is in Iran. A resolution, adopted Thursday by a vote of 85 to 30, with 68…
No News on Baha’is Arrested in Karaj
Source: www.iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Tuesday, 23 October 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch In the last two months, more than twenty Baha’is in different cities of Iran have been arrested or sentenced to imprisonment in Islamic…
Uncertainty About Baha’is Arrested in Isfahan
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch In its latest report on October 16th, the Human Rights Watch Organization has voiced concern about the intensified pressure and arrests of Baha’is in the last…
Iranian Security Agencies Rounding Up Baha’is, Rights Watchdog Says
Source: en.radiofarda.com Iranian intelligence agents have stepped up their harassment of the Baha’i religious minority with a slew of arrests over the last few months, according to an October 16 report from Human Rights Watch (HRW).…
High Arrest Risk for Shirazi Baha’is
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Baha’i Shiraz resident Niloofar Hakimi was arrested by Shiraz Intelligence agents October 6th and transferred to a local detention center, continuing a recent wave of arrests of Baha’i…
Germany Demands Release of Baha’is in Yemen
Source: www.dw.com Date: 9/27/2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch Germany’s Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid expressed her concern regarding the persecution of Baha’is in Yemen during a UN General Assembly session…
The Arrest that Boosted Support for the Baha’is
Source: www.iranwire.com By Behnam Gholipour The arrest of a local politician who spoke out about the imprisonment of two Baha’i environmental activists has prompted a wave of public support on social media. On September 25, Shiraz…
Authorities Raid Home of Detained Baha’i Citizen Noora Pourmoradian, Arrest her Parents
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) – The aggression against Baha’is in Iran was still palpable Thursday, September 27th when Shiraz-based Security forces raided the home of Shirazi Baha’i prisoner of conscience Noora Pourmoradian, seizing…
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