Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Mahvash Sabet (Shahriari), a former member of the Baha’i leadership council in Iran known as “Yaran-e-Iran” (Friends of Iran), who is serving her sentence…
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Iran to Launch Anti-Baha’i Propaganda Exhibition
Source: iranwire.com Authorities of the Islamic Republic in northern Sari are planning to launch an exhibition to promote propaganda against religious minorities. Iranian media has reported on an upcoming exhibition titled “Water and Mirage,” which…
Official Behind Religious Repression Makes Comeback With Governorship
Source: www.iranintl.com Former judiciary top official Hossein Ali Amiri, notorious for the persecution of Jewish and Bahai’i communities, has been appointed as the new governor of Fars Province in southern Iran by order of new…
Erased in the shadows: The persecution of Iran’s Baha’is
Source: www.genocidewatch.com Erased in the Shadows: The Targeted Persecution of Iran’s Baha’is Genocide Watch Report September 2024 By Sabrina Nelson Introduction Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, The Islamic Republic of Iran has had a…
Iran Denies Medical Care to Elderly Baha’i Prisoner
Source: iranwire.com The Islamic Republic’s authorities have deprived a 67-year-old Baha’i prisoner of specialized medical care, human rights sources reported. Valiollah Ghadamian was sentenced to two years in prison by the 36th Branch of the…
Hate Speech Targeting Religious Minorities Doubles in September
Source: iranwire.com The death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at the end of last month provoked social media accounts and websites linked to the Islamic Republic to release a torrent of hate speech targeting religious…
Baha’i Citizen Ataollah Zafar Returns to Evin Prison After Six-Month Suspension
Source: www.en-hrana.org Ataollah Zafar, an 80-year-old Baha’i citizen, returned to Evin Prison yesterday to serve the remainder of his two-year sentence, following a six-month suspension of his prison term. According to HRANA, Mr. Zafar was…
Confiscation of Property From Baha’i Citizens; You Do Not Inherit, Your Property Goes to Muslims
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch The persistent and systematic harassment and pressure by the Iranian government against Baha’i citizens continued in the month of August. Although the number of arrests has…
Mahboob Habibi, a Baha’i Citizen from Shiraz, Arrested and Charged
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Saturday, September 28, Mahboob Habibi, a Baha’i citizen residing in Shiraz, was arrested by security forces and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence’s detention facility in the city, known as House No…
Retrial of 15 Baha’i Women in Isfahan Revolutionary Court on Charges of Educational and Promotional Activities Against Islamic Law
Source: www.en-hrana.org Fifteen Baha’i citizens from Baharestan, Isfahan, have once again been tried in the First Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Isfahan. Previously, this case had been returned from the Isfahan Court of Appeals…
Baha’is Shahin Mavaddat and Soodabeh Mahdinzhad Arrested in Gorgan
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Monday, September 23, 2024, Baháʼí couple Shahin Mavaddat and Soodabeh Mahdinzhad, residents of Gorgan, were arrested by security forces at their home and taken to an undisclosed location. The agents also conducted…
Baha’i Citizen Sepehr Naeimi Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org Sepehr Jafari Naeimi, a Baha’i citizen from Yazd, has been sentenced in absentia to 24 months in prison by the Revolutionary Court of Yazd. The charges against him stem from his social media…
Will Promises Affect the Bitter Reality: Iran’s President Pezeshkian to address United Nations amid escalating Baha’i persecution
Source: www.bic.org New York—23 September 2024—When Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian arrives at the United Nations, he will travel on the waves of promises and appeals he has made to the Iranian people over the…
Baha’i Citizen Negar Misaghian Arrested by Security Forces in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Wednesday, September 18, Negar Misaghian, a Baha’i citizen residing in Shiraz, was arrested by security forces and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence’s detention facility in Shiraz, known as House No 100.…
Baha’i Citizen Sina Aghdasi Arrested in Tabriz
Source: www.en-hrana.org Sina Aghdasi, a Baha’i citizen residing in Tabriz, was arrested today, September 16, by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. A source close to Aghdasi’s family confirmed the news to HRANA,…
Three Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Tabriz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Monday, September 16, Azam Azmoudeh, a Baha’i citizen residing in Tabriz, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence forces. With her arrest, the number of detained Baha’i citizens in Tabriz has risen…
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