Source: www.en-hrana.org On Thursday, September 23, two Baha’i citizens were arrested at the office of CID by NAJA police. According to HRANA, the news agency of human rights activists, the citizens have been identified as Shiraz…
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Baha’is of Shiraz; Soroush Abadi and Kiana Shoaei Were Sentenced to Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Soroush Abadi and Kiana Shoaei, Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz, have each been sentenced by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court to 3-years-and-3-months in prison,…
Baha’i Citizens Moin Misaghi and Negareh Ghaderi Arrested in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Wednesday, September 22, Baha’i citizens Moin Misaghi and Negareh Ghaderi, both natives of Shiraz, were arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human…
Baha’i Citizen Arsalan Yazdani Is Still Being Held in One of Evin Prison’s Security Detention Centers 20 Days After His Arrest.
Source: www.en-hrana.org According to the HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Mr. Yazdani has said in a phone call with his family that he will probably remain in custody for another two to three…
Baha’i Assemblies in Iran: Those Who were Kidnapped and those Who were Shot by Firing Squad
Source: www.radiofarda.com Fereshteh Ghazi Translation by Iran Press Watch August 30 is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Coercive and political disappearances is a continuing issue in Iran. The Assembly that was Disappeared,…
Baha’i Cemetery in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Is Destroyed
Source: iranwire.com Parts of a Baha’i cemetery in the village of Kata, in Dana County in the southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, have been destroyed under cover of darkness. Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported the…
New Details Emerge on Shock Arrest of Baha’i Designer
Source: iranwire.com Maryam Dehkordi On Wednesday, September 1, Arsalan Yazdani, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested by security agents and taken to an unknown location. His wife Samira Ebrahimi has told IranWire about the…
Tehran Court of Appeals Upholds Conviction of Baha’i Citizens Abbas Taif and Ataullah Zafar
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Branch 26 of the Tehran Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Abbas Taif and Ataullah Zafar, Baha’i citizens. These citizens had previously been sentenced…
Baha’is Protest ‘Economic Strangulation’ Of Iran Property Seizures
Source: iranintl.com The Baha’i International Community (BIC) has urged the United Nations and other international bodies to intervene with Iran’s government to ensure that Baha’is are not dispossessed of property. “Confiscation of properties remains a tactic…
Baha’i Citizen Ali Ahmadi Arrested, Transferred to Ghaemshahr Prison to Serve Sentence
Source: www.hrana.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Ali Ahmadi, a Baha’i citizen living in Ghaemshahr, was arrested on Thursday, August 26, and transferred to Ghaemshahr Prison to begin a 1-year sentence. Mr.…
Supreme Leader’s Conglomerate Poised to Snatch Six More Baha’i Properties
Source: iranwire.com As the Iranian authorities move to confiscate properties belonging to six Baha’is in the province of Semnan, a fresh wave of attacks on businesses is being unleashed on the Baha’is of Iran. The Baha’i International Community (BIC)…
Iranian Government to Seize Baha’i Properties: BIC Calls for International Support
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—25 August 2021—A fresh wave of economic strangulation is being unleashed against the Baha’is in Iran, as the Iranian authorities move to confiscate properties belonging to six Baha’is in the province of Semnan.…
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…
“Iran Without Hate” Campaign for Baha’is Attracts Widespread Support
Source: iranwire.com ASHKAN KHOSROPOUR The “Iran Without Hate” social media campaign, in Persian and in English, was to address discrimination against Iran’s Baha’i community and to help reduce this discrimination in Iran. A Twitter storm with the #StopHatePropaganda…
USCIRF Condemns Destruction of Baha’i Homes in Iran
Source: www.uscirf.gov Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today strongly condemned the destruction of Baha’i homes in the town of Roshan Kuh in Mazandaran Province, Iran. “We strongly condemn Iran’s destruction of…
Disgust and Discrimination in Tehran
Source: canopyforum.org Kristina Arriaga Offering a cup of tea to a stranger is universally viewed as an act of hospitality. Except if you are a Baha’i in Iran, where this kindness can result in torture, imprisonment,…
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