Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Pouya Sarraf, an Iranian Baha’i, aged 33, was arrested in the city of Karaj a month ago, on November 2, and later transferred to a detention facility in Shiraz. Sarraf, who has…
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Government Arrests More Baha’is, Again
Source: iranwire.com Iranian authorities arrested two members of Iran’s long persecuted Baha’i religious minority on Sunday amid an intensified crackdown on the faith group, IranWire can report. Thirteen Kerman Intelligence Department agents raided the houses of Roha…
The Islamic Republic’s History of Massacring Kurdish Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Slaughter has been the Iranian government’s only response to protest over the past 43 years. And even as the September 16 death of the 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, at the hands of…
Iran Arrests Baha’i To Serve Six-Month Sentence Amid Crackdown On Faith
Source: iranwire.com A member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority has been arrested in the southern city of Shiraz to serve a six-month prison sentence handed down earlier this year, IranWire reports. Nasim Kashaninejad was arrested…
House Condemns Iranian Persecution of Baha’i Minority
Source: foreignaffairs.house.gov Washington, DC – Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and David N. Cicilline, Chair of the Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism Subcommittee, today issued the following statement…
Iran Detains Local Baha’i Theatre Figure; Whereabouts Unknown
Source: iranwire.com Iranian police arrested a member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority on Tuesday and took him to an unknown location, IranWire understands. Armed forces raided the workplace and home of Homayoun Khanlori, a business owner…
Beatings, Threats, Spurious Charges: Jailed Baha’i Describes Ordeal In Open Letter
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Payam Vali is one of the members of Iran’s long persecuted Baha’i religious minority who have been arrested in the country in the past two months. He was taken to custody on September 24…
BIC statement at Human Rights Council special session on Iran
Source: www.bic.org 35th special session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially with respect to women and children GENEVA —24 November 2022 Mr. President,…
Treasury Sanctions Senior Officials and “Interrogator Journalists” of Iran’s State-Run Media
Source: home.treasury.gov WASHINGTON —Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating six senior employees of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the Iranian state-run media corporation that has…
Iran Using Protests To Further Persecute Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Many members of the Baha’i religious minority have been arrested across Iran in recent weeks amid unabated nationwide protests. Some were detained at their homes while others were rounded up with other…
Another Baha’i Arrested In Iran; Whereabouts Unknown
Source: iranwire.com Iranian authorities have arrested a member of Iran’s long persecuted Baha’i religious minority amid an intensified crackdown on the faith, IranWire reports. Sanaz Tafazuli was driving in her car in the eastern city of…
Iranian Government Detains Dozens More Baha’is During National Crisis
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—18 November 2022—Twenty-nine Baha’is in Iran have been arrested since September, the latest incidents in a crackdown that began in late July, even as the Iranian government faces unprecedented scrutiny around the world over…
United Nations Resolution Calls on Crisis-Hit Iran to Respect Human Rights for All
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—16 November 2022—A resolution calling on the Iranian government to end its discrimination of minorities in Iran, including of the Baha’i community, Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, has been approved by the United…
Baha’i Citizen Parwa Behdad Arrested
Source: www.en-hrana.org On November 14, 2022, security forces arrested Baha’i citizen Parwa Behdad at her house in Isfahan and took her to an undisclosed location. The agents also searched her home and confiscated some of her…
Pressure on Baha’i Citizen Payam Vali to Make Forced Confession
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report received by “IranWire”, Payam Vali, a Baha’i resident of Karaj, is under pressure and threats from the security agents to make a forced confession. He…
House Of Baha’i Couple Raided Amid Iran Crackdown On Faith
Source: iranwire.com Iranian security forces have raided the house of a couple belonging to the long-persecuted Baha’i monitory amid a new wave of harassment against that faith. Agents of the Ministry of Information stormed the house…
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