Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Moin Mohammadi, a Baha’i citizen from Yazd, was summoned to the Judgment Enforcement Unit of the Yazd Revolutionary Court on Thursday, May 6th, 2021 to…
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Baha’i Women of Baharestan: Sanaz Rasteh and Firoozeh Rastinejad are Temporarily Released, 6 Others Still in Detention
Source: https://www.en-hrana.org On May 20, Baha’i citizens Sanaz Rasteh and Firoozeh Rastinejad were released on bail from Dolatabad Prison in Isfahan after their arrest in Baharestan. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists,…
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…
‘A war of religion’: Iran accused of trying to convert young members of Baha’i minority to Islam
Source: www.independent.co.uk The move comes amid an apparent fresh crackdown on members of the minority faith, reports Borzou Daragahi Iranian authorities appear to be stepping up a campaign of repression against an embattled religious minority, allegedly…
Why the West Must Challenge Iran on Human Rights
Source: theconversation.com By Kyle Matthews The eyes of the world have once again turned to Iran as the prospects of renegotiating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal appear to have improved with the election of U.S. President…
Iran Sentences Baha’i Citizen to 8 Years in Prison
Source: www.avatoday.net Atsa Ahmadaei-Rafsanjani, an Iranian citizen from the minority Baháʼí Faith, is convicted on multiple charges and has given an 8-year prison sentence in total by Iranian Revolutionary Court, Baháʼí activists told Avatoday. Ahmadaei-Rafsanjani was charged…
USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Crackdown on Baha’i Community
Source: www.uscirf.gov USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Crackdown on Baha’i Community Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the Iranian government’s alarming escalation of persecution targeting Baha’is in Iran. In the past month,…
2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Iran
Source: www.state.gov EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The constitution defines the country as an Islamic republic and specifies Twelver Ja’afari Shia Islam as the official state religion. It states all laws and regulations must be based on “Islamic criteria”…
US 2020 Religious Freedom Report Exposes Iran’s Mistreatment Of Minorities
Source: iranintl.com The United States State Department Wednesday released its 2020 report on international religious freedom in which Iran is named among the worst abusers of religious rights. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ranked Iran alongside…
IRAN: Monthly news Digest about Baha’is in Iran in April (05.05.2021)
Source: hrwf.eu Home searches and arrests in Baharestan, Isfahan Province Hrana / Sens Daily (25.04.2021) – https://cutt.ly/ebcLlVB – Thirteen Baha’i homes were raided, and eight Baha’is were arrested, in Baharestan, Isfahan, on the morning of April…
Concern for the Health of Baha’i Citizen Detained in Shiraz
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Relatives of Vahid Dana, a Baha’i citizen detained in Shiraz, say his health is deteriorating and his life is in serious danger as a result of an outbreak…
Iran’s oppression of Baha’is is unfolding with greater intensity
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—5 May 2021—The Baha’i International Community is concerned that a recent intensification of the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran appears to be underway, signaling the implementation of a larger plan by the Iranian…
Two Iranian Bahais Detained in Southwestern Iran
Source: irannewswire.org Two Iranian Bahais were detained in their homes in Shiraz southwestern Iran yesterday. According to the Human Rights News Agency, they were identified as Vahid Dana and Saeed Abedi. Intelligence agents searched their homes and…
Religion Professor Accused of Anti-Semitic, Anti-Baha’i Sentiment
Source: oberlinreview.org Last October, an Oberlin faculty member denied allegations that he helped cover up Iran’s mass killing of political prisoners in 1988 when he served as Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. In the months since, Professor of…
Iran ‘orders Bahais to bury dead at mass grave for executed prisoners’
Source: bbc.com Iranian authorities have ordered members of the minority Bahai religious community to bury their dead in a mass grave for political prisoners executed in 1988, BBC Persian has learned. Bahai families, as well…
Iran: Stop destruction of mass grave site and allow dignified burials of persecuted Baha’is
Source: www.amnesty.org Iranian authorities are banning members of the persecuted Baha’i minority from burying their loved ones in empty plots at a cemetery near Tehran that they have used for decades, instead insisting they bury them…
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