Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Hami Bahadori, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested by the security forces on Saturday 22nd of October. During a search of Mr. Bahadori’s house, the agents confiscated…
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Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Hami Bahadori, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested by the security forces on Saturday 22nd of October. During a search of Mr. Bahadori’s house, the agents confiscated…
Source: iranwire.com Iranian officials have intensified a crackdown against members of the Baha’i minority amid ongoing unrest across Iran. According to the information received by IranWire, Badie Khazei, 31, a Baha’i citizen, was stopped by intelligence…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On September 28, 2022, security forces arrested Baha’is citizen Aida Rasti at her house and took her to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. During the arrest, the agents searched her home and confiscated…
Source: www.abc.net.au By Nassim Khadem When Negar Sabet awakes after a restless night in Sydney, she agonises about her elderly mother, Mahvash Sabet, who has been locked up in Iran’s notorious Evin prison since the end…
Source: www.en-hrana.org According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Baha’i citizen Jila Shahriari started her sentencing at Evin Prison. An informed source told HRANA that Evin Prison officials called Shahriari to appear at Prosecutor’s…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On August 2, 2022, the one-year sentences of nine Baha’is were carried out in the form of home detention using an electronic monitoring device. Previously, the Revolutionary Court of Shahriar had sentenced each of…
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence issued an appalling statement of oppressive hate propaganda against the persecuted Bahá’í religious minority yesterday in an attempt to justify the raids on the homes and businesses…
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK — 21 July 2022 — More than 20 Baha’is in Shiraz, Tehran, Yazd and Bojnourd, have been arrested, jailed or subjected to home searches and business closures since the beginning of July.…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Haleh Gholami, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, was taken to Evin Prison to serve her two-year sentence. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on July 16, 2022, Haleh Gholami was…
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—4 July 2022—The Iranian government’s systematic campaign to persecute the Baha’i religious minority accelerated again this past week with the arrest, court hearing or imprisonment of at least 18 more Baha’i citizens across…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, Baha’i children’s rights activist Samin Ehsani was arrested and taken to Evin Prison to serve a five-year sentence. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on…
Source: www.state.gov Executive Summary The constitution defines the country as an Islamic republic and specifies Twelver Ja’afari Shia Islam as the official state religion. It states all laws and regulations must be based on “Islamic criteria”…
Source: iranwire.com Baha’i woman Saeedeh Khozouei has been released after 44 days in detention, her son reported on Tuesday. Arsalan Yazdani wrote on Twitter that his mother had been released on a temporary bail of two billion tomans…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, Sahba Farnoush, a Baha’i citizen and resident of Tehran, started to serve his two-year prison sentence at Evin Prison. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists,…
Source: iranwire.com Earlier this month, Baha’i woman named Saeedeh Khozouei was arrested by security forces in Tehran and taken to an unknown location. Two weeks on, her family still have no idea where she is. Her son Arsalan Yazdani was…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Ebrahim Raisi, then Tehran’s Revolutionary Prosecutor, now President Raisi responded in a 1992 interview to United Nations accusations regarding persecution of the Baha’is. “The execution of a Baha’i by the name Bahman Samandari…