Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—4 May 2023—The Baha’i International Community is deeply distressed that, in the midst of widespread suffering of Iranians, an agent of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence, Masoud Momeni, is continuing to forcibly bury more…
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Updated: Baha’is Prevented by Ministry of Intelligence Agent from Burials in Their Own Cemetery
Source: iranwire.com Updated 18 April IranWire has received a photo of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence agent, Masoud Momeni, who the Baha’i International Community said yesterday is “preventing and disrupting” the burial of Baha’is at…
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Oppressed in Life and Persecuted in Death: Baha’is Prevented From Dignified Burials in Their Own Cemetery
Source: ca.sports.yahoo.com Geneva, April 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A brazen and barbaric act by the Iranian authorities has emerged in recent days in Tehran. A deceased Baha’i was buried on 30 March at Khavaran…
U.N. Report: Rights Abuses in Iran
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Baha’is Prevented by Ministry of Intelligence Agent from Burials in Their Own Cemetery
Source: iranwire.com A deceased Baha’i in Tehran, Behzad Majidi, was buried on 30 March at Khavaran cemetery, as IranWire first reported last week, without the cemetery officials observing Baha’i funeral rites, without notifying the family, and…
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