Source: www.iranintl.com Iran’s Shiite clerical government has shut down at least 14 businesses associated with Baha’i citizens in Gorgan, Iran, as another instance of persecution. Some sources reported that the sealing of the businesses occurred…

Source: www.iranintl.com Iran’s Shiite clerical government has shut down at least 14 businesses associated with Baha’i citizens in Gorgan, Iran, as another instance of persecution. Some sources reported that the sealing of the businesses occurred…
Source: www.bic.org Persian translation here GENEVA—16 October 2023—A major feature of the #OurStoryIsOne campaign—a global movement to commemorate the 1983 execution of 10 Baha’i women in Shiraz, Iran, and to link their story to millions of Iranian…
Source: iranwire.com Five Baha’i citizens, who had been arrested in Shiraz and Yazd over the past few weeks, have been released. Five others recently detained still remain in the custody of the Ministry of Intelligence.…
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—12 October 2023—The recent dismissal of thousands of educators and students from Iranian universities and schools, just for expressing their support for equality and justice in Iran, recalls the purge of Baha’i professors,…
Source: iranwire.com Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal in Tehran has upheld a five-year prison sentence for Shadi Shahidzadeh, a Baha’i citizen currently in detention in Evin Prison. Shahidzadeh was arrested on May 1…
Source: www.en-hrana.org In a recent development, the Tehran Court of Appeal has issued a collective 12-year prison sentence to Baha’i citizens Shadi Shahidzadeh, Mansour Amini, Valiollah Ghadamian, and Ataollah Zafar. Presiding over the case, Judge…
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—6 October 2023—The Baha’i International Community sends its sincere and joyful congratulations today to the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi. Ms. Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights and women’s rights activist…
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Court of Appeal in Razavi Khorasan Province has upheld the ten-year and nine-month prison sentence of Baha’i citizen Sanaz Tafazoli. Tafazoli is currently incarcerated in Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad. According to information provided…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On October 5, 2023, Ministry of Intelligence agents apprehended Baha’i citizen Ahmad Naeimi (Naeemi) in Yazd and subsequently transported him to a detention facility. According to a source closely connected to Naeimi’s family…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Iman Rashidi, a Baha’i citizen, was taken into custody on October 5, 2023, by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence in Yazd, and subsequently transported to an undisclosed detention facility. According to a…
Source: www.radiofarda.com Pooyan Mokari Translation by Iran Press Watch When nationwide protests, known as the “Zan Zendegi Azadi” (Women, Life, Freedom) movement, began in 2022 in Iran, Iranian authorities responded with intensified repression of various…
Source: www.hra-news.org Harana News Agency – Homayoun Khanlari, a Baha’i resident of Rasht, responded to summons to begin his two-year sentence in Lakan prison in Rasht on Thursday, Mehr 6th (28 September 2023). According to…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Tuesday, 12 September 2023, two business units belonging to Baha’i citizens in Isfahan were sealed by the agents of the intelligence department. At…
Source: www.gov.uk/government The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has released a statement calling on Iran to cease the persecution of the Baha’i Faith in Iran. A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said: Reports of…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Sunday, October 1, 2023, security forces detained Baha’i citizens Vida Ahrari, Mojgan Basiri, Shokoofeh Basiri, and Jamal Ghadirzadeh in Yazd and transferred them to undisclosed locations. According to an insider source who…
Source: www.hra-news.org According to HRANA news agency, Sina Shahri went to Tabriz prison today, Wednesday September 27, 2023. This Baha’i citizen was previously summoned to serve the prison sentence. Sina Shahri was arrested on the…