Source: www.uscirf.gov By Scott Weiner, Policy Analyst Background The Islamic Republic of Iran is a theocratic authoritarian state that enforces a unique interpretation of Ja’afri Shi’a Islam. Individual Iranians, however, ascribe to a wide range of…
Source: www.forbes.com Ewelina U. Ochab In early September 2019, Iranian news reported that the Iranian Minister for Education had ruled that if students mention that they belong to an officially unrecognized religion, like the Baha’i faith, this can…
Source: www.forbes.com Recently, I was asked to consider the situation of the Baha’i religious minority group in Iran. I was warned that the persecution of the Baha’is differs from the cases that I have covered to…
Source: United States Commission on International Religion Freedom IRAN, TIER 1 | USCIRF-RECOMMENDED COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN (CPC) KEY FINDINGS During the past year, the government of Iran engaged in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations…
Source: www.nationalreview.com By Jeff Cimmino The U.S. and allied nations should sanction Iran for its persecution of religious minorities. The Iranian government continues to persecute religious minorities, including groups supposedly given special recognition by the country’s…
Source: www.washingtonpost.com By Roxana Saberi June 21 at 7:42 PM Roxana Saberi is an Iranian American journalist and author who was imprisoned in Iran for 100 days in 2009. The most valuable gift I ever received…
Source: medium.com By Sarv Mithaqiyan (a.k.a. Sodid) Religious freedom and practice are taken for granted in the USA. This is not true for countries like Iran. Soon after its inception in 1844, the Baha’i Faith provoked suspicion…
Source: www.wsj.com By Kristina Arriaga May 11, 2017 4:11 p.m. ET What will Iran’s May 19 presidential election mean for the Baha’i, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious group? Given that every candidate was handpicked by Supreme…
Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Apr 6, 2017 / 04:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious freedom advocates at the United States capitol on Thursday sent a message of solidarity to all those imprisoned or tortured…
Source: www.cnn.com By Joe Sterling, CNN Adherents of the Baha’i religion can be found worldwide. Here is the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois. (CNN)–The United States condemned the 2008 arrests of Baha’i leaders…
Source: religionnews.com By Robert P. George and Katrina Lantos Swett (RNS) The eighth anniversary this Saturday (May 14) of Iran’s imprisonment of seven Baha’i leaders is an opportune time to refocus attention on the plight of…
Source: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Iran Chapter – 2016 Annual Report Key Findings Religious freedom conditions continued to deteriorate over the past year, particularly for religious minorities, especially Baha’is, Christian converts, and…
Source: www.newsweek.com By Moojan Momen and Jason Pack British Prime Minister David Cameron meets with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2014. Like other Western leaders, Cameron is leading…
Source: www.washingtontimes.com By Cheryl Wetzstein – The Washington Times – Monday, August 3, 2015 Iran’s president, who reached his second anniversary in office Monday, was again implored to release prisoners of conscience — including an Iranian-American pastor…
Source: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week marks the two-year anniversary of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s assumption of…
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com By Doug Bandow 07/25/2015 All religious faiths are victims of persecution somewhere. In this supposedly enlightened, tolerant age, people routinely are brutalized, jailed and killed for their faith — or lack of faith —…
