Source: bbc.com/persian Translation By Iran Press Watch Javid Rahman, UN Special Rapporteur on Iran’s human rights affairs, says there is evidence of “genocide” against minorities and ethnic groups in the 1980s, including Baha’is, Kurds, and…
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‘I Wished My Mother a Speedy Execution, I Didn’t Want Her to Be Tortured’
Source: www.msn.com Mona Mahmoudi’s parents were among the first members of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority to be executed under the Islamic Republic’s decades-long crackdown. When her mother, the country’s first female meteorologist, was arrested alongside seven others,…
Baha’i Arash Nabavi Sentenced to Imprisonment and Additional Punishments
Source: www.en-hrana.org Arash Nabavi, a Baha’i citizen residing in Isfahan, has been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court of this city to ten years of imprisonment, a fine, confiscation of property, and other penalties. Based on…
Two Baha’i Citizens Sentenced to Ten Years Imprisonment and Monetary Fines
Source: hengaw Two Baha’i citizens, Hamid Monzavi and Arshia Rouhani, residents of Isfahan, have each been sentenced to five years of imprisonment by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to a…
Ten Women Iranian Prisoners Issue Statement as #Ourstoryisone Marks One Year
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—18 June 2024—In a significant statement, 10 Iranian women imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison have honored 10 Iranian Baha’i women imprisoned four decades earlier, in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. The statement echoes the #OurStoryIsOne…
10 POLITICAL PRISONERS EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH THE BAHAI COMMUNITY IN IRAN FACING INTENSE PRESSURE
Source: narges.foundation Our differences in political views and beliefs have never, do not, and will never obstruct our support for human rights. Silence in the face of oppression only emboldens the regime, making its actions…
Appellate Court Confirms Sentences for Three Baha’i Women in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Appellate Court of Fars Province has confirmed the five-year sentences and additional penalties for three Baha’i residents of Shiraz, Sahar Mohebpour, Roksana Vojdani, and Setareh Taami. A source close to the families…
Five Baha’i Citizens in Kerman Face Social Deprivations and Fines Following Court Ruling
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Revolutionary Court in Kerman has issued sentences involving social deprivations and fines against five Baha’i individuals: Yekta Fallah, Foad Shaker Arkani, Behnam Pour-Ahmadi, Shahram Fallah, and Paridokht Shojaei Baghini. A source close…
Investigating the Legal Aspects of the Confiscation and Destruction of Baha’i Farmlands in the Village of Ahmadabad
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Conversation with Two Attorneys, Saeid Dehghan and Mostafa Ahmadian In a conversation with Zamaneh, two attorneys, Saeid Dehghan and Mostafa Ahmadian, address the legal aspects of what the Baha’i community calls economic apartheid.…
Baha’i Adherent Arrested by Iranian Security Forces
Source: hengaw.net Tahereh Norouzi, a Baha’i adherent residing in Shiraz, Fars Province, has been arrested by security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to a report received…
Jailed Baha’i Man Faces New Charge
Source: iranwire.com Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen imprisoned in Iran’s Karaj Central Prison, was summoned to the Karaj Revolutionary Court on June 6 to face a new charge of “spreading falsehoods.” The court date coincided…
Ex-Political Prisoner Faces Legal Action Over Baha’i Burial Remarks
Source: www.iranintl.com Niloufar Goudarzi Former political prisoner Mehdi Mahmoudian has disclosed he is facing two charges, one regarding his comments about the Baha’i minority in Iran and the other for an infestation of bedbugs in…
Iranian Government Destroys Baha’i-Owned Farmlands in Latest Cruel Example of Economic Apartheid
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—31 May 2024—Iranian government agents have bulldozed many rice paddies owned by Baha’is in the village of Ahmadabad, Mazandaran province(link is external), destroying crops and irrigation berms in the attack. Local Baha’i residents in…
Three Shared Experiences: A Letter From Keyvan Rahimian, a Baha’i Prisoner, to His Father
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Keyvan Rahimian, the Baha’i translator and psychologist who is currently serving his sentence in Evin Prison, has written a letter to his martyred father, Rahim Rahimian, on his…
Two Baha’is Detained in Rasht
Source: www.en-hrana.org On May 28, 2024, IRGC Intelligence agents arrested Nazila Khanipour and her son Vesal Heravi, both Baha’i residents of Rasht, and took them to an undisclosed location. A source close to the family…
Baha’i Sepideh Rashidi Detained in Ahvaz by IRGC Intelligence
Source: www.en-hrana.org IRGC intelligence officials have detained Baha’i citizen Sepideh Rashidi (Derakhshan) in Ahvaz, subsequently transferring her to an undisclosed location. This action has significantly heightened her family’s concerns due to the absence of information…
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