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…
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Confiscation of Baha’i Properties in Mazandaran Based on the “Fatwa of Clerics”
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports, a court in Mazandaran province, citing a “fatwa from clerics” which stated that “property ownership by Baha’is is illegitimate,” ruled that the property of Sheia Taeed, a…
Baha’i Citizen Sina Shahri Arrested By Agents of Ministry of Intelligence
Source: www.en-hrana.org Baha’i citizen Sina Shahri, resident of Tabriz, was arrested by intelligence agents and transferred to an unidentified location. Agents arrested him at his home, searched his house and confiscated some of his personal belongings…
Abdollah Shahbazi: The Rise and Fall of a Career Antisemite
Source: iranwire.com Abdollah Shahbazi was formerly one of Iran’s most prominent hate-mongers against the Baha’is and the Jewish people. Now, unconfirmed reports say he has emigrated to the US, stopping off with his daughter in New…
Baha’i Poet Natoli Derakhshan Arrested in Sari City
Source: www.en-hrana.org On January 11, Natoli Derkshan, a poet and Baha’i citizen, was arrested by intelligence agents at his home in Sari City and transferred to an unidentified location. According to HRANA, the news agency of…
Baha’i Citizen Saba Sefidi Arrested In Tehran
Source: www.en-hrana.org On January 11, Baha’i citizen Saba Sefidi, resident of Tehran, was arrested after an appearance at Branch 2 of Evin Courthouse. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, the reason for…
Baha’i Assemblies After the Revolution: Arrest, Torture and Execution
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On January 4, 1982, in the turbulent years after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, seven members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is in Iran were executed in Tehran. Who were they?…
When Desmond Tutu Stood Up to the Iranian Regime
Source: iranwire.com Arash Azizi In his 90 years of life, the Nobel laureate, Anglican bishop and human rights activist Desmond Tutu touched countless lives, not only as a spiritual symbol of the South African nation but…
Report on the Arrest and Search of the Home of Seven Baha’i Citizens by Security Forces in Mahshahr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Monday, December 27th, 2021, seven Baha’i citizens of Mahshahr, were arrested by security forces. Jamal Afshar, Behzad Afshar, Farideh Farzaneh, Mehran Afshar, Azam…
Manijeh Azamian Arrested and Transferred to Babol Prison to Begin Her Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Manijeh Azamian, 52-year-old Baha’i living in Babol, was arrested and transferred to Babol Prison to begin her sentence. Ms. Azamian was sentenced to one year…
Home Raid and Summons of Baha’i Citizen Saeedeh Khozouei to Court
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On the afternoon of Wednesday, December 15, 2021, eight security agents searched the house of Arsalan Yazdani’s parents, a Baha’i citizen, showing the decree allowing them to search. At…
Baha’i Citizen Shiva Khalili Sentenced to One Year in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Shiva Khalili, a Baha’i citizen living in Babol, has been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to one year in prison. According to the sentence, this…
Baha’i Citizen Begins Serving Sentence in Evin Prison
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch An informed source told IranWire that Parisa Sadeghi (Vahdati), a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, has reported Evin Prison to serve her 6-month sentence. This Baha’i citizen was arrested…
Anti-Baha’i Poster Workshop in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – a three-day poster design workshop has been held in Shiraz for the purpose of inciting hatred against Baha’is. This coincides with the beginning of another…
Star-Crossed Students and ‘Incomplete’ Files: How Iran Bars Dissidents and Minorities from University
Source: iranwire.com Milad Poursia Barring religious minorities and political dissidents from universities has been a policy of the Islamic Republic’s policy since the 1984 – before which the universities had been closed by order of Ayatollah Ruhollah…
BIC New York: UN Calls on Iran to End Religious Discrimination
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly has called on the Iranian government to end its discrimination of minorities in Iran, including of the Bahá’í community, Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority. The…