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…
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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…
Seven Iranian Baha’is Detained In Shiraz, Southwestern Iran
Source: irannewswire.org Seven Iranian Bahais were detained on the evening of April 6 in the south-central city of Shiraz. According to the Human Rights News Agency, the Bahais were identified as Saeed Etehad, Ghasem Masoumi, Siamak Henrour,…
Nine Baha’i Citizens Summoned to Serve Prison Terms for Following Their Faith
Source: iran-hrm.com Iranian authorities have summoned nine Baha’i citizens to begin prison terms after convicting them of security crimes for peaceful activities including proselytizing for the Baha’i faith. On April 6, nine Baha’i men and women…
Seven Iranian Bahai Women Summoned to Serve Prison Terms for Following Banned Faith
Source: irannewswire.org Seven Iranian Bahai women in northeastern and southern Iran were summoned to serve their prison terms for following the banned faith. On March 27, five Bahai women were summoned to serve their prison terms…
Letter Protesting the Unjust Prosecution and Sentencing of Touraj Amini in Iran
Source: mesana.org Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran c/o H.E. Mr. Takht-Ravanchi Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Email: [email protected] Fax: +1 (212) 867-7086 Chief Justice…
2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Islamic Republic of Iran
Source: www.state.gov Executive Summary ANNOUNCEMENT: The Department of State will release an addendum to this report in mid 2021 that expands the subsection on Women in Section 6 to include a broader range of issues related to…
Appeals Court: Baha’is Sophia Mobeini and Negin Tadrisi Sentenced to Total of 10 Years in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA ‒ Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Sophia Mobini and Negin Tadrisi, two Baha’i citizens. They had previously been sentenced by Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary…
Four Baha’is Returned to Bushehr Prison at End of Furlough
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA – Today, Saturday March 7th, Minoo Riazati, Ehteram Sheikhi, Farideh Jaberi and Assadollah Jaberi, four Baha’i citizens, returned to Bushehr Prison at the end of their furlough. In March of last year,…
RWCHR Statement Condemning Iranian Persecution of Baha’is
Source: www.raoulwallenbergcentre.org The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights strongly condemns the continued persecution of the Baha’i community in Iran. Notes from a local government meeting calling for increased control of Baha’is were leaked publicly by…
Iran Revolutionary Court Sentences Four Baha’is to 12 Years Prison
Source: iran-hrm.com A Revolutionary Court in Iran has sentenced four followers of the Baha’i faith to a total of 12 years in prison. The 28th Branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court has sentenced Mona Mehrabi, Elham…
Iranian Government Orders Teachers to Identify Children of Persecuted Baha’i Minority
Source: www.yahoo.com Verity Bowman The Iranian government is ordering teachers to identify children of the persecuted Baha’i minority to convert them to Islam, leaked documents show. The move forms part of a plan to intensify the monitoring…
Discrimination Against Baha’is in Iran; ‘I Did Not Write Baha’i Anywhere, but the Ministry of Intelligence Knew’
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Ivan Mohajer “This year, when the results of the national exam were announced, the answer for me and my family was predictable, “Incomplete application.” Many of my friends had…
Six Baha’is Arrested in Bandar Abbas
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Baha’i citizens in Bandar Abbas have recently faced increasing pressure from security forces In the latest case, six Baha’is have been subjected to an illegal judicial process and jailed just days before the…
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