I respectfully submit that I, Payam Khushbin, have been confronted with a difficulty that from one perspective has caused a crisis within my family and from another perspective has brought into question the role of…

I respectfully submit that I, Payam Khushbin, have been confronted with a difficulty that from one perspective has caused a crisis within my family and from another perspective has brought into question the role of…
Subsequent to the arrest of the 54 Baha’i youth in Shiraz who were conducting humanitarian activities, but were arrested on the false charge of “activities against the State”, on 28 May 2006, the political prisoners…
By Shirin Ebadi Values such as human rights are international standards that apply to all cultures and religions across national boundaries. For this reason, it is meaningless to speak of eastern or western, or, Islamic…
In our continual efforts to give voice to artistic expressions of the Baha’is of Iran, we’re happy to share the following music file dedicated to Yaran Iran, a group of 7 individuals who had responsibility…
By Shirin Karimi (a reporter for Rooz News Agency) Bahareh Hedayat, a central committee member of the student group Office for Student Unity [i.e. ISU “Daftar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat”] and former head of the organization’s women’s…
(From MidEastYouth.org) One of the weapons the Iranian government has employed to suppress its Baha’i population is denying its youth their right to an education, in what can only be described as an intellectual cleansing.…
An Encyclopedia article by Dr. Christopher Buck Christopher Buck’s “Baha’i Faith and Social Action” is an “invited” article, published in the Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, edited by Gary L. Anderson and Kathryn G.…
The following is reported by various agencies in Iran (sources given at the end): Subsequent to their 18 November 2008 trial by the revolutionary court of Yasuj, three active members of the Baha’i community of…
(New Haven, Connecticut, December 1, 2008) This new report from the IHRDC examines the Islamic Republic’s persecution of its Bahá’í citizens since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The report complements two earlier publications, A Faith…
By Christopher Buck In an increasingly globalized world, Islamic identity is ultimately a legal as well as a religious issue. This is especially true where the identities of religious minorities stand in tension with Islamic…
There are at least 28 Baha’is in jail in different parts of Iran who are imprisoned because of their religion. At any given moment, there may actually be more than this number, but sometimes Baha’is…
By James Gilman for Mcgill Since 1979 revolution, persecution of progressive faith has intensified The Bahá’í Faith is a monotheistic religion founded in mid-nineteenth century Persia (present-day Iran) by Mirza Hoseyn Ali Nuri, also known…
By James Gilman for Mcgill McGill University has been at the centre of a number of allegations made by the official media of the Islamic Republic of Iran this year. The Islamic Republic News Agency,…
The following is a speech provided by Congressman Geraldo Resende at the October 16th, 2008 Session of Congress in Brazil. Translated by Sam Cyrous. BAHÁ’ÍS: MORE THAN A RELIGIOUS QUESTION — A QUESTION OF HUMAN…
Translated by Ahang Rabbani The wife of Anvar Moslemi, who is a member of the Baha’i community of the province of Mazandaran, has written a letter to the Court that has jurisdiction over her husband’s…
Translated by Ahang Rabbani While seven prominent Baha’is who previously served as coordinators of Baha’i activities in Tehran, three Baha’i youth in Shiraz and a number of other Baha’is throughout the country continue to remain…