Source: www.en-hrana.org Baha’i citizen Hami Bahadori continues to be detained for over six months with no signs of release. The Tehran Revolutionary Court has scheduled a second court hearing for June 10, 2023. According to…
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The Executed Baha’i Academic Who Helped Establish National Exams
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Iranians of all backgrounds have together built Iran, regardless of their personal opinions, religion, or ethnicity. In a series of reports, IranWire looks at prominent personalities from Iran’s ethnic and religious…
Jailed Baha’is Endure Coercion and Await Verdicts
Source: iranwire.com Four imprisoned members of the Baha’i religious minority in Iran have been subjected to coercive measures by interrogators, pressuring them to make confessions on camera, IranWire reports. The actions occurred during the trial of…
Baha’i Citizen Shahdokht Khanjani Arrested in Semnan
Source: www.en-hrana.org HHRANA, Human Rights Activists News Agency -On May 29, 2023, security forces apprehended Shahdokht Khanjani, a Baha’i woman, at her residence in Semnan and transported her to an undisclosed location. According to a…
Another Baha’i Buried Improperly in Tehran Cemetery
Source: iranwire.com Officials from Behesht Zahra, Tehran’s main cemetery, have sparked fresh outrage by burying the body of a deceased Baha’i, Abbas Manavi, without the consent or knowledge of his family. To compound the distress,…
Armed Houthis attack peaceful Baha’i gathering, arresting at least 17, in fresh crackdown
Source: Arabic translation NEW YORK—25 May 2023—Houthi gunmen have staged a violent raid on a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sanaa, Yemen, on 25 May, detaining and forcibly disappearing at least 17 people, including five women.…
Iran: authorities must end the persecution of Mahvash Sabet and ensure access to adequate medical care pending her release
Source: www.pen-international.org 22/05: PEN International and the undersigned PEN Centres are outraged to learn that writer and poet Mahvash Sabet was brutally tortured during her interrogation in August 2022 at Evin prison, resulting in both…
Statement by IRFBA Chair Fiona Bruce MP on Iranian Religious Prisoners of Conscience Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi
Source: www.state.gov As Chair of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance, I express grave concern over the continuing imprisonment in Iran of two prominent Iranian Baha’is, Mahvash Sabet, an internationally acclaimed poet who is…
Jailed Baha’i Condemns Injustice from Behind Bars
Source: iranwire.com In a chilling audio message obtained by IranWire, Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen currently imprisoned in Ghezelhasar, has exposed new details on the severe oppression and discrimination faced by Baha’i citizens in Iran.…
Religious Persecution Explained in New Report about Countries with Worst Religious Freedoms
Source: spokanefavs.com Cassy Benefield Religious freedom is priceless to Fereshteh Momeni. An Iranian Baha’i now living in Medical Lake, she lived through the Iranian revolution in 1979 and her country’s transition into the Islamic Republic…
Does Iran Persecute Bahá’ís? See for Yourself.
Pete Haug Source: spokanefavs.com I first learned of it last week, right here on FāVS News. Cassy Benefield wrote, “Religious Persecution Explained in New Report about Countries with Worst Religious Freedoms.” That report was published May 1 by…
#OurStoryIsOne Campaign Unites Baha’i Executions and Gender Equality in Iran
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti June 18, 1983, marks a haunting chapter of intolerance and injustice in Iran’s history. Ten Baha’i women, whose only crime was their religious faith, were hanged in Shiraz’s Chowgan Square, after facing an…
Let’s Make Our Story One – Before It’s Too Late
Source: iranwire.com SHABNAM MOINIPOUR Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iranians were either ecstatic or silent. Their charismatic leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had won a revolution that they thought would bring them sunshine and roses. The…
Open Letter from Payam Vali to President Ebrahim Raisi, President of Iran
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch In the name of God, To the esteemed President of the Islamic Republic, I, Payam Vali, an Iranian Baha’i citizen, am writing this open letter to you in…
Jail Time Reduced for Baha’i but False Charges Remain
Source: iranwire.com Iran’s judiciary has reduced the prison sentence of Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen incarcerated in Ghezelhasar prison, IranWire understands. Vali’s initial sentence of 16 years has been reduced to 9 years and 9…
Baha’i Enayatollah Naeimi Receives 15-Year Prison Sentence
Source: www.en-hrana.org Enayatollah Naeimi, a Baha’i citizen, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, with 10 years to be enforced, by the Isfahan Revolutionary Court. He was also fined and subjected to social deprivation.…
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