Source: news.un.org Authorities in Iran must stop the persecution and harassment of religious minorities, a group of independent UN human rights experts said in a statement issued on Monday expressing alarm over the escalation in…
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At Least 90 Iranians Of Baha’i Faith Denied University This Year
Source: www.iranintl.com By Maryam Sinaee Informed sources tell Iran International that at least 90 Iranian Baha’i students have been barred from universities this year due to a secret government policy. The United States-based Human Rights Activists’ News…
Iran: UN Experts Alarmed by Escalating Religious Persecution
Source: www.ohchr.org GENEVA (22 August 2022) – UN experts* today called on Iranian authorities to stop persecution and harassment of religious minorities and end the use of religion to curtail the exercise of fundamental rights. “We are…
Revealed: Iran’s Brazen Propaganda Ploy to Incriminate Baha’is Through Fake Videos and Hate Speech
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—19 August 2022The Baha’i International Community has received news of a shocking and outrageous new propaganda ploy to incriminate the Baha’is in Iran through a staged video production filmed in a kindergarten. On 31…
Historian: Why the Iranian Government Insists the Baha’is are not a Religion
Source: iranwire.com IranWire can report that now 128 Baha’is in Iran have now suffered specific acts of persecution in the past two weeks, with that number increasing almost every day. Baha’is have been variously imprisoned, arrested,…
Revolutionary Court Order Targets Baha’i Properties in Semnan for Confiscation
Source: iranwire.com After the violent destruction and confiscation of Baha’i properties in villages of Roshankouh earlier this month, and previously in Ivel, both in the northern province of Mazandaran, it was reported that a court order has been…
Opinion: “You can’t see the sorrow after lights out…” – Iran’s persecution of Bahá’ís
Source: www.thejournal.ie Brendan McNamara says we cannot turn a blind eye while minorities are persecuted for their faith. THE ONGOING WAR on our continent is devastating indeed. Millions are displaced – many have lost their lives.…
Baha’is Banned from Higher Education in Iran
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA has identified 60 Baha’is this year who sat for the nationwide university entrance exam and were banned from entering the university under the pretext of “document deficiencies.” The individuals who complained to the…
One Year Home Detention Given to Nine Baha’i Citizens
Source: www.en-hrana.org On August 2, 2022, the one-year sentences of nine Baha’is were carried out in the form of home detention using an electronic monitoring device. Previously, the Revolutionary Court of Shahriar had sentenced each of…
Baha’i Individual Afif Naimi in Detention
Source: www.en-hrana.org Five days after tensions and the arrests of Baha’i activists, Afif Naimi is in detention and his whereabouts are unknown. Naimi suffers from heart disease which raises concerns about his condition. According to HRANA,…
Two Baha’is Released, Three Others Still in Custody
Source: www.en-hrana.org Two detained Baha’is Niloofar Hosseini and Elhan Hashemi were released on bail in Shiraz, while three others, Misagh Manavipour, Hanan Hashemi and Bahyeh Manavipour are still in custody. On July 19, 2022, intelligence agents…
Imprisoned Baha’i Hanan Hashemi Pressured to Make Forced Confession
Source: www.en-hrana.org In a phone call, Imprisoned Baha’i individual Hanan Hashemi informed her family that she is under pressure by the interrogators to make a forced confession. She is currently at a detention facility belonging to…
70+ Activists Criticize Iran’s Detentions, Denial of Rights to Baha’i Community
Source: eaworldview.com UPDATE, AUG 10: More than 70 civil and human rights activists, university professors, and artists from Iran and abroad have issued a joint statement condemning Iran’s treatment of the Baha’i community, including the detention, harassment, and…
Iran Jails Bahai Faith Leaders and Demolishes Homes in Religious Crackdown
Source: thetimes.co.uk The authorities in Iran have launched a month-long crackdown on members of the Bahai faith, the country’s biggest minority religion, accusing believers of being spies for Israel. Despite a media blackout, pictures have been…
Iran launches major crackdown on Baha’i religious minority
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk The Baha’i religious minority in Iran is facing its worst crackdown in decades after Tehran carried out a flurry of home demolitions and arrested key leaders. Several hundred Iranian agents descended this week on…
UN Should Condemn Renewed Crackdown on Persecuted Baha’i Faith in Iran
Source: iranhumanrights.org August 5, 2022 – Increasing arbitrary arrests of members of the persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran, and an intensifying government-sponsored campaign of destruction and confiscation of their properties should be internationally condemned, said…
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