Source: irannewswire.org Iranian courts in Tehran and its sister city of Karaj sentenced 10 Bahai men and women to prison for following the banned religion. The Human Rights News Agency reported yesterday that an appeal’s court in Tehran…

Source: irannewswire.org Iranian courts in Tehran and its sister city of Karaj sentenced 10 Bahai men and women to prison for following the banned religion. The Human Rights News Agency reported yesterday that an appeal’s court in Tehran…
Source: www.youtube.com By Senator Sharon Keogan Some of you will know that the largest religious minority in Iran is the Baha’i faith and many of you around this country will know many Baha’is that live in…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Elaheh Samizadeh, a Baha’i citizen, has been sentenced to one extra year of imprisonment and two years suspension from holding all governmental and public jobs by Branch 105 of Shiraz Criminal Court. Ms. Samizadeh…
Source: iranwire.com The murder of a Zoroastrian cleric in Kerman province in late July has sparked fresh debate over the rights of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic. In Iran, non-Muslims are not entitled to the same legal…
Source: Bahai International Community BRUSSELS—29 July 2020—The Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, has written(link is external) to Iran’s Foreign Minister, Muhammad Javad Zarif, condemning the recent escalation of the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran, the…
Source: ishr.org Frankfurt am Main, 17 July 2020 – German parliamentarians, human rights activists and health experts call on Iranian authorities to stop arbitrary detentions and convictions of Bahá’ís immediately Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, The International…
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA ‒ The Court of Appeals of Fars Province sentenced four Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz ‒ Farham Sabet, Farzan Masoumi, Shahnaz Sabet and Soheila Haghighat ‒ to a total of eight years in…
Source: www.smh.com.au By Steve Jacobs More than 250 Australian health practitioners have signed an open letter expressing their concern about the human rights pressures faced by the Bahai community in Iran that have escalated amid the coronavirus pandemic.…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA ‒ The Court of Appeals of Fars Province sentenced seven Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz to a total of 19 years and six months in prison, plus…
Source: iranhumanrights.org Father: “Don’t expect us to lie when you pose a question” Fifteen-year-old Adib Vai has been expelled from a school for gifted students in Karaj, west of Tehran, solely because he is a member…
Source: www.guengl.eu Amidst the global pandemic which has hit countries such as Iran particularly hard, and with Germany taking over the EU Council Presidency, the chair of the European Parliament’s delegation to Iran Cornelia Ernst (DIE LINKE, Germany)…
Source: irannewswire.org A 15-year-old elite Baha’i student in Karaj near Tehran, was banned from continuing his education due to his religious beliefs. According to the Human Rights News Agency, Adib Vali was not allowed to register for…
Source: bahai.ie As we in Ireland begin to be released from lockdown, the Iranian authorities are locking up dozens of Bahá’ís. More than 60 Irish people including politicians, medical professionals and society wide experts, have added…
Source: gouvernement.lu Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn has made the following statement regarding the situation of religious minorities in Iran and in Yemen: “According to press reports, judicial authorities across Iran have reopened…
Source: www.thenational.ae Iran-backed rebels promised to release six Bahai members in March but they remain behind bars Global figures are calling on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels to immediately release members of the Bahai community, who are…
Source: thewire.in In recent weeks, at least 71 individuals across the country have been arrested, summoned to court, tried, sentenced to jail or imprisoned – solely for their beliefs. New Delhi: Even as the pandemic has yet…