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…
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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…
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).…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: September 27, 2018 HRANA News Agency – A member of the board of directors of the Islamic City Council of Shiraz reported that Mehdi Hajati, a member of…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – An intense wave of human rights violations has seriously undermined the Iranian Baha’i community over the past two weeks. For years, the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution…
Source: www.iranwire.com In the latest in a series of crackdowns on environmental activists in Iran, six people have been arrested in Shiraz. The Intelligence Ministry detained Sudabeh Haghighat, Noora Pourmoradian, Elaheh Samizadeh, Ehsan Mahboub Rahvafa, Navid Bazmandegan and his…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – On Sunday, September 23rd, Saham Armin became the eighth Baha’i citizen to be detained by Ministry of Intelligence forces after having his home searched in Baharestan, a city…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – As reported by HRANA, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists group in Iran, five Baha’i citizens in Shiraz were sentenced to one year…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency ‒ Seven Baha’i citizens living in Yazd have been sentenced to three years imprisonment and exile by the third district court of appeals. According to the…
Source: BIC UN Human Rights Council – 38th Session, June 2018 Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention GENEVA—27 June 2018 Mr. President, Today, we would like to speak about two countries…
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On May 22, 2011, in a coordinated and simultaneous operation, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided the homes of 39 Baha’i citizens connected with the Baha’i Institute for…
Source: United States Commission on International Religion Freedom IRAN, TIER 1 | USCIRF-RECOMMENDED COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN (CPC) KEY FINDINGS During the past year, the government of Iran engaged in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – As reported by HRANA, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists group in Iran, on Monday April 30, 2018, the family home of…