Source: www.bic.org New York—20 November 2024—A new United Nations (UN) resolution by the General Assembly’s Third Committee condemning the Iranian government’s human rights record has added to several weeks of international focus on the plight…

Source: www.bic.org New York—20 November 2024—A new United Nations (UN) resolution by the General Assembly’s Third Committee condemning the Iranian government’s human rights record has added to several weeks of international focus on the plight…
Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org FARS PROVINCE: It was learned on 7 November 2024 that two Baha’i students from Shiraz, who have received their diplomas in experimental science applied to register at the Islamic Azad University of Shiraz…
Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org HORMOZGAN PROVINCE: In a highly significant and deeply troubling ruling, Branch 1 of the Criminal Court of Hormozgan Province, presided over by Judges Rasoul Donya and Kazem Hosseinzadeh, has denied the family of…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s calls for national unity and equal rights at the UN General Assembly stand at odds with the ongoing systematic persecution of religious minorities in Iran. During his…
Source: www.iranrights.org This report, Outsiders: Multifaceted Violence Against Baháʼís in the Islamic Republic of Iran, jointly produced by Abdorahhman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran and Eleos Justice (Faculty of Law, Monash University), examines the persecution of Bahá’ís through…
Source: www.bic.org New York—11 November 2024—A major new report, Outsiders: Multifaceted Violence Against Baha’is in the Islamic Republic of Iran, has just been launched in New York, exposing the violence inflicted on the Baha’is during 45…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On November 10, Vahid Masoumi, Rozita Eslami, and Elham Haghighatjou, Baha’i citizens residing in Shiraz, were arrested by security forces and transferred to The Ministry of Intelligence’s detention facility, known as “House No…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch On Sunday, November 3, the businesses of three Baha’i citizens in Qaemshahr were sealed by local authorities from the Public Places Supervision Office. This action followed a two-day…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Saturday, November 2, security forces arrested three Baha’i citizens—Rashid Dehghani, Pedram Dehghani, and Parsa Dehghani—in the city of Tiran, Isfahan, and transferred them to an undisclosed location, according to Radio Farda. Rashid…
Source: iranhumanrights.org Over 1,200 Facing Court Proceedings or Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Faith November 5, 2024 – The Islamic Republic has intensified its crackdown on the Baha’i community, the country’s largest unrecognized religious minority, with…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch On Sunday, November 4, officials from the City’s Places of Public Establishment Administration sealed the businesses of three Baha’i citizens in Qaemshahr. The closures followed a two-day religious…
Source: ir.voanews.com A source informed Voice of America that the Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Court, presided over by Abolghasem Salavati, sentenced Behraad Azargan, a Baha’i citizen, to 11 years in prison and the confiscation of his…
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Informed sources told Radio Farda that ten Baha’i women sentenced to lengthy prison terms by the First Branch of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court, presided over by Mohammadreza Tavakoli,…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Suzan Eid Mohammadzadegan and Niusha Badiei Sabet, two Baha’i citizens, have been sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison, along with additional social restrictions, by Branch 1 of the Babol Revolutionary…
Source: bic.org Geneva—22 October 2024—A group of 18 United Nations Special Rapporteurs and UN Working Group experts have released a joint letter of allegations rebuking the Islamic Republic of Iran for the recent rise in attacks against…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Amidst the escalating geopolitical tensions, the Islamic Republic’s unabating persecution of Baha’is persists. Security crackdowns, judicial harassment, and systematic hate-mongering have long been hallmarks of the Islamic Republic’s 45-year campaign against…