Source: iranwire.com Six Baha’i women in Hamadan, detained for the past 10 days, remain behind bars without any clear information from Iranian authorities about their exact whereabouts or the charges against them. The families of…

Source: iranwire.com Six Baha’i women in Hamadan, detained for the past 10 days, remain behind bars without any clear information from Iranian authorities about their exact whereabouts or the charges against them. The families of…
Source: www.standard.co.uk EXCLUSIVE: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe shared a bunk with one of Evin prison’s pillars of resilience. She tells the Standard of what she learned about Iran’s state-sponsored cancel culture and repression On October 6, the Nobel prize…
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—15 November 2023—Yet again and for the 36th time, a United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution expressing serious concern over the situation of Baha’is in Iran and other religious minorities, and calling on the…
Source: iranwire.com Security officials in Iran detained on Monday a Baha’i citizen, Masoud Mahmoudi, in the northeastern city of Shirvan. Officials from the Intelligence Department reportedly entered Mahmoudi’s house and confiscated electronic devices, including mobile…
Source: iranwire.com Fariba Kamalabadi, a 62-year-old Baha’i citizen, is presently serving a prison sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. In a letter disclosed to IranWire by one of her relatives, she condemned the persecution of…
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Mashhad Revolutionary Court has handed down an eight-year prison sentence to Sirus Zabihi Moghadam, a Baha’i resident of Mashhad. Zabihi Moghadam was convicted of seven years for “membership in anti-regime groups” and…
Source: iranwire.com Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence agents in the central city of Yazd arrested Kamiyab Raei, a 19-year-old Baha’i citizen, earlier this week. According to reports obtained by IranWire, security officers visited Raei’s house and…
Source: www.en-hrana.org In a recent development, security forces in Karaj have detained Baha’i citizens Iman Ehsani, Iren Rahmani, Foad Taefi, Reza Yazdi, and Fahimeh Yazdi. According to information received by HRANA, the Ministry of Intelligence…
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—10 November 2023—Armed Iranian security agents raided the homes of more than 20 Baha’is this week in the cities of Karaj and Hamedan, taking at least 19 into custody based on the latest…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On November 7, 2023, security forces carried out the arrest of nine Baha’i citizens in Hamedan as part of a widespread search operation targeting the Baha’i community in the region. The individuals apprehended…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On November 7, Baha’i citizens Sahba Taef, Shervin Shabrokh, Nika Esmaeil Pour, and Babak Zeynali were apprehended by security forces in Karaj and subsequently taken to an undisclosed facility. The arrests were brought…
Source: iranwire.com Security agents in Iran conducted a wave of raids on the homes of Baha’is in the cities of Hamadan and Mehrshahr, arresting at least 17 individuals and seizing personal belongings, including electronic devices,…
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Mazandaran Court of Appeal has handed down sentences and fines to 14 Baha’i citizens. On November 2, verdicts were delivered, with Bita Haghighi and Sanaz Hekmat Shoar sentenced to three years in…
Source: iranwire.com Susie Gelman, a commissioner at the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), made the comments in a post on the social media platform X, after the Baha’i International Community (BIC) reported last…
Source: europeantimes.news A Call for Global Solidarity and Action By Juan Sanchez Gil The persecution of the Baha’i community in Iran, towards women has been increasing rapidly. This article explores the occurrences of arrests, imprisonment…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Hassan Salehi, Vahid Dana and Saeed Abedi, Baha’i citizens, were each sentenced to six years, one month and seventeen days of imprisonment under the…