Source: https://www.facebook.com/Iran.ARAM Shabnam Issa Khani, a mother of two was arrested on Saturday, July 12 in Tabriz without prior notice. Following an intensive search of her residence, the representatives of Ministry of Intelligence confiscated various personal…
[hra-news.org] On June 2, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence raided a Bahai religious meeting in Mashhad, stopped the meeting, and searched the house where it was being held. They seized some religious books and…
Two Bahais from Karaj, the brothers Saman and Eshkan Nadiyyeh-ye Azani ( سامان بادیهای آرنی و اشکان بادیهای آرنی ), have been in detention in Karaj for about two weeks. It is reported that they…
[bahainews.ca, 15 May 2012] Ottawa, Ontario, 15 May 2012 (CBNS) — As seven Baha’i leaders begin their fifth year of incarceration, arrested and sentenced solely because of their religious faith, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs,…
[BWNS, 16 May 2012] OTTAWA — In a wide-ranging debate that took place on the fourth anniversary of the arrest of imprisoned Iranian Baha’i leaders, members of the Canadian Parliament voiced their grave concern about worsening…
[University World News, 25 May 2011, Yojana Sharma] Teachers and staff at the Baha’i Institute of Higher Education (BIHE) have vowed to continue to give students deprived of the right to an education in Iran opportunities…
[BWNS 25 May 2011] NEW YORK — The raids carried out on some 30 homes of Baha’is, who were offering education to young community members barred by the government from university, is the latest action in Iran’s…
[Sen’s Daily, 22-May-2011] PCED, May 22 [updated May 23] Today, officials from the Ministry of Intelligence have been entering the homes of many of the academic staff of the Bahai Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), a…
TEHRAN (AFP) – A number of Bahais who were “promoting their faith in kindergartens” have been arrested, a prosecutor in the southern city of Bam was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying on Saturday.
“A number of Bahais who were promoting their programmes under the guise of kindergartens in Bam, Kerman and Tehran were arrested by intelligence agents after nine months of intelligence work,” prosecutor Mohammad Reza Sanjari said.
[This report uses the word “proselytising”, and therefore a clarifying note: the Baha’is, as a matter of course, share the teachings of the Baha’i Faith with everyone without prejudice. Nevertheless, proselytising is strictly prohibited. Bahai’s…
(RAHANA 22 Dec 2010) During December 2010 at least 79 of political, journalists and students were arrested and detained nationwide.
11 Feb. 2010 More arrests of Baha’is just hours before the 22nd of Bahman [11 Feb 2010] The news of the arrest of six Baha’is in the early hours were still fresh when another three Baha’is…
TEHRAN (AFP) – The ex-secretary of Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi’s office was arrested for links with an organization of the banned Bahai faith, the Fars news agency reported on Friday. “Jinous Sobhani, a Bahai…
Translated by Ahang Rabbani While seven prominent Baha’is who previously served as coordinators of Baha’i activities in Tehran, three Baha’i youth in Shiraz and a number of other Baha’is throughout the country continue to remain…
Source: www.iranintl.com Dozens of Baha’i women in Iran have been summoned to court facing baseless criminal charges amid an escalation in the persecution of the Baha’i community. Since early March, over 75% of the Baha’is summoned…
Source: www.uscirf.gov In 2023, authorities conducted individual and mass arrests of Baha’is across Iran, taking them to undisclosed locations and imposing excessively long prison sentences. Iranian security officials beat and brutalized Baha’is during raids and…
