Source: english.aawsat.com Washington – Rana Abtar The US House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a draft resolution condemning the state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i community of Iran in a bipartisan move. Voices are mounting…
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Breakthrough Support for Iran’s Baha’is: #StopHatePropaganda Campaign Reaches 88 Million
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—20 August 2021—A campaign—calling on Iran’s government to end 40 years of government-sponsored hate speech against the country’s Baha’is—has reached over 88 million people as it trended around the world. The Baha’i International…
#StopHatePropaganda Twitter Campaign Confronts Hate Speech Against Iranian Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com A Twitter storm today, under the hashtag of #StopHatePropaganda and running from 5pm to 7pm GMT, 9.30pm to 11.30pm Tehran time, aims to draw global attention to a 40-year campaign of hate speech conducted by the…
“This Must Stop”: Anti-Bahá’í Propaganda Intensifies in Iran, Evokes Global Outcry
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — In recent months, the Iranian government’s decades-long campaign of hate speech and propaganda against the Bahá’ís in Iran has reached new levels, increasing in both sophistication and scale. The unfolding strategy to demonize…
Biometric Identity Cards, Surveillance and Discrimination of Religious Minorities in Iran
Source: observatoryihr.org Shrutika Gandhi Iran – a country notorious for silencing dissidents, persecuting religious minorities and carrying out other human rights violations – has now turned to Biometric technology to widen the scale of its surveillance operations and…
Australian farmers rally in support of Baha’i ‘farming brothers and sisters’ in wake of Iran land seizures
Source: www.abc.net.au Australian and New Zealand farmers have launched a campaign in support of Baha’i families in northern Iran after a court order declared their ownership of farmland — which has been in their families for generations — to be…
#ItsTheirLand: Unprecedented reaction makes voice of persecuted Bahá’ís in an Iranian village global
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — A global campaign in support of the persecuted Bahá’ís in Iran has generated an unprecedented outpouring of solidarity from officials at the United Nations and the European Union, statesmen, government officials, religious figures…
“An Extraordinary Wave of Support”: Calls in Unison for Iran to End Persecution of Bahá’ís
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — Leading Muslims, government officials, and parliamentarians around the world have joined a growing outcry at the unjust confiscation of properties owned by Bahá’ís in the Iranian farming village of Ivel. The…
US Religious Freedom Commission Condemns Crackdown On Baha’is In Iran
Source: iranintl.com The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a statement condemning the “alarming escalation of government measures targeting Baha’is in Iran on the basis of their faith.” The statement released on Friday mentions…
U.S. Seeks to Deter Iranian Regime’s Religious Persecution
Source: share.america.gov The United States has imposed sanctions on senior Iranian officials responsible for continuing the regime’s long-standing persecution of religious minorities. Iran’s constitution states that it protects the equal rights of “all people of Iran.”…
Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Writes to Iranian Counterpart in Wave of Support for Iran’s Persecuted Baha’is
Source: Bahai International Community BRUSSELS—29 July 2020—The Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, has written(link is external) to Iran’s Foreign Minister, Muhammad Javad Zarif, condemning the recent escalation of the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran, the…
The JCPOA Has Not Improved Iran’s Human Rights Record
Source: www.fdd.org Tzvi Kahn, Alireza Nader The Obama administration routinely argued that the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran could spur Tehran to moderate, thereby reducing its systematic human rights abuses. But this forecast has proven…
Iran Is the ‘World’s Chief Trafficker in Antisemitism,’ Says US Monitor
Source: www.jpost.com By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL The Islamic Republic of Iran’s antisemitic targeting its tiny Jewish population, Israel, Christians and Jews in the Diaspora, was cited in the report. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)…
US Urged To Sanction Those Who Violate Religious Freedom In Iran
Source: en.radiofarda.com The bipartisan United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has singled out Iran and several other countries for criticism in its annual report released on Tuesday, April 28. Referring to the continuing violations of religious…
US Gov’t Agency Calls for Release of Baha’i Falsely Accused as Israeli Spy
Source: www.jpost.com BERLIN — The Washington-based United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) urged on Thursday that the Iranian regime allied Houthi authorities in Yemen comply with their March 25 public commitment to release Baha’i…
Baha’i Leader: Iran Keeping Up to 100 Baha’is in Prisons Under Virus Threat
Source: www.voanews.com By Michael Lipin WASHINGTON – An international organization representing Baha’is says it is extremely concerned about Iran’s ongoing detention of up to 100 Baha’is at risk of contracting the coronavirus in Iranian prisons. In…