Source: iranwire.com Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen imprisoned in Iran’s Karaj Central Prison, was summoned to the Karaj Revolutionary Court on June 6 to face a new charge of “spreading falsehoods.” The court date coincided…
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Ex-Political Prisoner Faces Legal Action Over Baha’i Burial Remarks
Source: www.iranintl.com Niloufar Goudarzi Former political prisoner Mehdi Mahmoudian has disclosed he is facing two charges, one regarding his comments about the Baha’i minority in Iran and the other for an infestation of bedbugs in…
Iranian Government Destroys Baha’i-Owned Farmlands in Latest Cruel Example of Economic Apartheid
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—31 May 2024—Iranian government agents have bulldozed many rice paddies owned by Baha’is in the village of Ahmadabad, Mazandaran province(link is external), destroying crops and irrigation berms in the attack. Local Baha’i residents in…
Three Shared Experiences: A Letter From Keyvan Rahimian, a Baha’i Prisoner, to His Father
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Keyvan Rahimian, the Baha’i translator and psychologist who is currently serving his sentence in Evin Prison, has written a letter to his martyred father, Rahim Rahimian, on his…
Two Baha’is Detained in Rasht
Source: www.en-hrana.org On May 28, 2024, IRGC Intelligence agents arrested Nazila Khanipour and her son Vesal Heravi, both Baha’i residents of Rasht, and took them to an undisclosed location. A source close to the family…
Baha’i Sepideh Rashidi Detained in Ahvaz by IRGC Intelligence
Source: www.en-hrana.org IRGC intelligence officials have detained Baha’i citizen Sepideh Rashidi (Derakhshan) in Ahvaz, subsequently transferring her to an undisclosed location. This action has significantly heightened her family’s concerns due to the absence of information…
Fifteen Baha’i Women Receive Total of 75 Years in Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Isfahan Revolutionary Court has sentenced 15 Baha’i women from Baharestan, Isfahan County, to a total of 75 years in prison along with other penalties. The sentenced individuals are Mojgan Pourshafe Ardestani, Nasrin…
Semnan’s Baha’i Cemetery Vandalized
Source: iranwire.com Unknown individuals attacked the Baha’i cemetery in central Semnan amid ongoing disruptions by authorities regarding the burial of the dead of the persecuted religious minority. According to an informed source speaking to IranWire,…
Surge in Persecution of Baha’i Women in Iran
Source: www.iranintl.com Dozens of Baha’i women in Iran have been summoned to court facing baseless criminal charges amid an escalation in the persecution of the Baha’i community. Since early March, over 75% of the Baha’is summoned…
Baha’i Women Under Attack in Iran: Authorities Escalate Arrests and Summonses
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—7 May 2024—A surge in attacks on Baha’i women across Iran has seen dozens of women summoned to court in recent weeks, facing baseless criminal charges and years in prison, separating them from…
Excerpt from the Annual Report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.uscirf.gov In 2023, authorities conducted individual and mass arrests of Baha’is across Iran, taking them to undisclosed locations and imposing excessively long prison sentences. Iranian security officials beat and brutalized Baha’is during raids and…
Iranian Court Summons 15 Baha’i Women Over ‘Propaganda’, Other Charges
Source: iranwire.com Fifteen Baha’i women living in Iran’s central Isfahan have received summonses to appear before the city’s Revolutionary Court on May 1. The women will face charges of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic” and…
Baha’i Educator Keyvan Rahimian’s Nine-Year Sentence Sustained on Appeal
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Appellate Court of Tehran Province has maintained a nine-year sentence and additional penalties for Baha’i educator Keyvan Rahimian. In a verdict issued by Branch 36 of the Appellate Court of Tehran Province,…
Baha’i Citizen Nasim Sabeti Summoned to Begin Serving Prison Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a summons issued by Branch 21 of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court on the 4th of April, Ms. Sabeti has been requested to appear within ten days…
Several More Baha’is Jailed In Iran As Crackdown Continues
Source: www.rferl.org Iran’s judiciary has handed down lengthy sentences to several members of the Baha’i community, the country’s largest non-Muslim group, the latest in a series of acts by the government against the faith’s followers.…
Latest Developments on Baha’i Citizen Mina Karami’s Legal Situation
Source: www.en-hrana.org Baha’i citizen Mina Karami continues to serve her five-year prison term in Adelabad prison after the Appellate Court of Fars Province, influenced by the Ministry of Intelligence, recently rejected her request to complete…
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