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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Crackdown on Baha’is in Baharestan
Source: iranwire.com As Iran entered a new year, Iranian authorities intensified their crackdown on the nation’s Baha’i people. Iranian citizens continue to face mounting problems, including economic crisis, political turmoil that is likely to increase as the presidential election…
Iran Must End Its Relentless Violations Against the Baha’is
Source: www.atlanticcouncil.org Nazila Ghanea Iran’s human rights violations against Baha’is have been distinctly state-driven, multifaceted, and severe. Though the Baha’i Faith has never been included amongst the recognized religions in Iran, non-recognition and discrimination yielded a…
Continued Detention of 7 Baha’is in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA ‒ Despite the passage of 10 days the following Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz are still being held in solitary confinement: Saeed Ettehad, Qassem Masoumi, Siamak Honarvar, Soroush…
After 8 Years of Sabotage and Judicial Procrastination, The Murder Case of a Baha’i, Ataollah Rezvani, is Being Investigated
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA ‒ The murder case of Ata’u’llah Rezvani, a Baha’i citizen of Bandar Abbas, has been referred to Branch 6 of the Bandar Abbas Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office…
Moin Mohammadi Sentenced to 3 Years and 3 Months in Prison Despite Completing Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Iran Press Watch Despite completing his sentence, Moin Mohammadi was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in prison HRANA ‒ Moin Mohammadi, a Baha’i citizen from Yazd, has been sentenced to another…
Sina Shakib Expelled From University and Barred From Continuing His Studies Because of His Belief in the Baha’i Faith
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA ‒ Sina Shakib, a fourth semester student of statistics and applications at the Khansar School of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Isfahan, has been expelled from the…
Iran Security Agents Arrest 13 Members Of Banned Baha’i Faith
Source: iranintl.com Iranian security agents have arrested 13 members of the banned Baha’i faith in Baharestan township in Esfahan on Sunday, searching their homes and confiscating personal belonging, the Human Rights Activists News Agency, HRANA based…
Baha’is in Iran have Nowhere to Bury Their Dead
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Baha’is in Iran have faced many forms of systematic discrimination and harassment over the past four decades, including deportation, educational restrictions, detention, harassment, torture, imprisonment and even execution. The burial of Baha’i…
Home Search and Arrest of Manijeh Azamian
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA – Manijeh Azamian, a Baha’i citizen living in Babol, was arrested by the city’s intelligence service on Tuesday, April 15, and released on bail a day later. Four days before her arrest, security…
Iranian Authorities Prohibiting Baha’is From a Dignified Burial
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—22 April 2021—Continuing Iran’s decades-long campaign of persecution of its Baha’i community from cradle to grave, the Iranian authorities have now banned the Baha’is of Tehran from burying their loved ones in a space…
Equality of Opportunity as a Driver of Prosperity: The Case of Iran
Source: augustolopez-claros.blogspot.com Augusto Lopez-Claros The economic marginalization of women and ethnic, religious, and other minorities is a pervasive problem in virtually every country in the world. There is compelling economic evidence that shows that excluding minorities…
Iran Steps up Tactics to Eliminate the Country’s Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com As Iranians were marking the end of the Nowruz holidays in early April, more than 25 Baha’is were summoned and arrested in the cities of Shiraz, Mashhad, Bandar Abbas, and Karaj. Others saw their…
A Baha’i War Veteran Fights for His Life in Prison
Source: iranwire.com More than five days after the arrest of seven Baha’is in Shiraz, some of the detainees’ families are still in the dark as to their loved ones’ health and physical wellbeing. IranWire understands that…
Dozens of Academics Have Called For the Release Of Tooraj Amini, An Iranian Historian
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch More than 40 academics from around the world, as well as the Iranian Studies Association, have called on the Iranian government to release Tooraj Amini, a researcher on…
New Wave of Persecution Against Baha’i Citizens In Iran
Source: iran-hrm.com Baha’i citizens in Iran are facing a new wave of arrests and raids on their homes in several cities across the country. In the past days, dozens of Baha’i citizens have been detained or…
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