Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti In the face of unimaginable tragedy, Nusrat Ghofrani Yaldaei, a Baha’i woman from Shiraz, demonstrated unwavering strength and faith. Her story is one of love, persecution, and sacrifice, highlighting the courage…

Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti In the face of unimaginable tragedy, Nusrat Ghofrani Yaldaei, a Baha’i woman from Shiraz, demonstrated unwavering strength and faith. Her story is one of love, persecution, and sacrifice, highlighting the courage…
Source: forbwomen.org By Tschika McBean This June marks the 40th anniversary of the Iranian government’s execution of 10 Baha’i women. Their murder underscores the importance of efforts to advance freedom of conscience and gender equality.…
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — The Bahá’í International Community (BIC) has launched a new website and Instagram page as a hub for collecting diverse contributions to the “Our Story Is One” campaign, which marks 40 years since 10 Bahá’í…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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.…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…