Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—18 January 2018—In response to growing interest on the persecution of the Bahá’ís of Iran, a website was launched today by the Bahá’í International Community providing a glimpse into several decades of discriminatory treatment…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The sports equipment retail business of Erfan Bahamin, a Bahá’í citizen residing in the city of Shahriar, was forcibly closed and sealed by the…
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the “Not to Harass and Imprison the Baha’i Compatriots Campaign,” reports quoted from HARANA reveal that Sadaf Vojdani has been barred from continuing her studies due to…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRA News Agency – Behzad Zabihi, a Baha’i citizen sentenced on charges of propaganda against the regime, has been released from Sari prison after the completion of his six-month…
Source: news.bahai.org SANA’A, Yemen — Over 100 known activists, lawyers, and leaders of thought have raised their voices over the past week in protest of the ordered death sentence of Yemeni Baha’i Hamed bin Haydara, unjustly imprisoned…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org The authorities of Evin Prison have told imprisoned Baha’i educator Azita Rafizadeh that she will only be considered for furlough if she apologizes for teaching online classes to members of her faith. “The prison authorities said…
Source: english.alarabiya.net By Islam Saif Houthi militia in Yemen have sentenced detainee Hammed bin Haidara to death on the backdrop of his Baha’i beliefs and decided to shut down all Baha’i quarters in the country. The…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch The HRANA News Agency – The number of Baha’i-owned business under forced closure and seal by authorities in Kerman, Sistan, and Baluchistan and East Azerbaijan has reached 90. This…
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.com December 26, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch The business of Farokh Bandi, a Baha’i citizen in Karaj, has been closed and sealed by authorities. According to Human Rights Watch in Iran, on October…
Source: en.radiofarda.com At least sixteen businesses run by Baha’i citizens are sealed off in recent weeks in Tabriz, the largest city in northwestern Iran, reports say. In an interview with Radio Farda, the Baha’i International Community,…
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof has revealed that he has been banned from making films in Iran and is not allowed to leave the country. “As soon as I arrived at Tehran’s international airport [on September 11,…
Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Date 20 December, 2017 According to the reports by Baha’i Campaign, Paria Foroughi was expelled from the Azad University of Kashan due to her belief in Baha’i Faith. Ms.…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Yahshar Rezvani, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, who was previously detained by the agents of Ministry of Intelligence in July of last year and…
Source: publicaffairs.bahai.us December 22, 2017 Contact: James Samimi Farr Phone: (202) 833-8990, Email: [email protected] WASHINGTON — Last night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Senate Resolution 139, condemning the Iranian government’s state-sponsored persecution of its Baha’i minority as well as its…
Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 17 December 2017 Based on a report by the “No to Harassment & Imprisonment of Bahá’i Compatriots” campaign, Fariborz Baghi, a Bahá’í citizen from Yazd was released from prison upon completion of his…
Source: news.bahai.org UNITED NATIONS — On Tuesday 19 December 2017, the United Nations General Assembly called on Iran to end ongoing violations of human rights, including its persecution of members of the Baha’i Faith, the country’s largest…
