Source: globalnews.ca By Negar Mojtahedi It’s been 10 weeks since the Israel-Hamas war began and in that time, Iran has seen an upsurge in atrocities, particularly against minorities. Some Iranian-Canadians believe the regime is ramping up brutality…
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Revolutionary Court in Gorgan, Golestan Province, has sentenced Baha’i citizen Nafisa Saadat Yar to one year of imprisonment and imposed social deprivations. As of the ruling issued on November 20, 2023, Sa’adat Yar…
Source: iranwire.com Security agents detained a Baha’i woman in the streets of Shiraz on December 18, as the authorities intensified their crackdown on members of the religious minority. The officers took Yekta Fohandej to her…
Source: iranwire.com An Iranian court has sentenced a Baha’i citizen, Hourieh Mohseni, to three years’ imprisonment and an additional year of suspended time. The First Branch of the Revolutionary Court of the northeastern city of…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Today, Friday December 8th, Babak Zainli, Sohba Taif, Shervin Shabrokh, Iren Rahmani, Foad Taifi and Reza Yazdi, Baha’i citizens living in Karaj, were transferred…
Source: iranwire.com Behrouz Farzandi, 57, a former prisoner of war during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War and a member of the persecuted Baha’i religious minority who is currently in jail, has been barred from shopping at…
Source: globalvoices.org By Fred Petrossian Over the last 45 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has weaponized textbooks, religious debates, movies and series, city walls, and even cemeteries to impose cultural violence and institutionalize its…
Source: Golrokh Irani Translation by Iran Press Watch In protest against the government’s devastating treatment of Baha’is in Iran, we are going on a three-day hunger strike for the 9th, 10th, and 11th of December…
Source: iranwire.com By ROGHAYEH REZAEI Prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and other Iranian activists marked International Human Rights Day with renewed calls for more freedoms, equality and justice in the country, despite the Islamic…
Source: iranwire.com Baha’is, the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran, have been persecuted since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and are today “suppressed in all areas of life,” according to the Baha’i International Community (BIC). The organization says…
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Tehran Court of Appeals has revised the sentences of six Baha’i citizens, resulting in a combined prison term of 29 years and 10 months. The affected individuals are Saeedeh Khozuei, Saba Sefidi,…
Source: iranwire.com The Court of Appeal in Khorasan Razavi province has upheld a verdict and sentence against Roya Malakoti, a Baha’i citizen, who is currently being held at Mashhad’s Vakil Abad Prison. The first branch…
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti A recent statement by the Baha’i International Community has confirmed that the Iranian government is using “brutal” new repressive and coercive measures against Iran’s Baha’is. The tactics have aimed to instill…
Source: www.iranintl.com Followers of the Baha’i faith continue to be systematically persecuted by the Iranian authorities, in cases uncovered by Iran International. One adherent of the religion, Nahaleh Shahidi, is still in jail after being…
Source: www.dw.com Narges Mohammedi, a human rights activist, has been behind bars in Tehran since 2021. She will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday in absentia, and will be represented by her husband…
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Following the death of Afagh Khosravi Zand (Rahimian) (wife of one of the Baha’is executed in 1984), 14 female political prisoners in Evin expressed sympathy with her family…
