Source: www.securityweek.com Ionut Arghire Kaspersky is warning of a previously unknown espionage campaign targeting the Persian-speaking religious minority Bahaʼi with Android spyware. As part of the campaign, victims were lured to a VPN application claiming to…
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Iran Arrests Baha’i In Continuing Crackdown On Faith
Source: iranwire.com Iranian authorities have arrested a member of the country’s long-persecuted Baha’i religious minority, and transferred him to an unknown location. According to a report received by IranWire, security and intelligence forces on November 2…
Canada Imposes New Sanctions Against Iranian Regime
Source: www.canada.ca October 31, 2022 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing additional sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations. This is…
The 2022 Award of a Spanish Association Went to the Iranian Baha’i Institute for Higher Education
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Reports indicate that the 2022 prize of the Spanish “Liberpress” association went to the Iranian Baha’i Institute for Higher Education. The Liberpress Association announced that the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) deserves…
Arrest of a Baha’i Couple in Kerman
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Shagaig Bahrami and Shayan Gholami, a Baha’i couple living in Kerman, were arrested by the security forces on Monday, October 24, and taken to the city’s intelligence department. The…
Hami Bahadori, Baha’i Citizen, Arrested in Iran
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Hami Bahadori, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested by the security forces on Saturday 22nd of October. During a search of Mr. Bahadori’s house, the agents confiscated…
Milad Sanai, Baha’i Citizen, Arrested in Sari
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Harana news agency, the news organ of the group of human rights activists in Iran, on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, Milad Sanai, a Baha’i citizen, was arrested…
Baha’i Individual Leili Karami Arrested in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On October 26, 2022, security forces arrested Baha’i citizen Leily Karami at her house in Shiraz and transferred her to a detention facility known as House No 100. The agents searched her home and…
Growing Concerns about Baha’i Prisoner Badi Khazei Following Evin Prison Fire
Source: www.en-hrana.org Since the Evin Prison fire, Baha’i prisoner Badi Khazei has not yet contacted his family. His family’s frequent inquiry has remained unanswered by prison officials. An informed source told HRANA that, last week, Khazei…
Baha’is Arrested for Instigating “Sedition” and Protests
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti The Baha’i faith, one of the world’s youngest religions, was founded in Iran in the nineteenth century, but its followers have long faced persecution in the country, especially since the establishment of…
Iran Intensified Crackdown Against Baha’i Religious Minority
Source: iranwire.com Iranian officials have intensified a crackdown against members of the Baha’i minority amid ongoing unrest across Iran. According to the information received by IranWire, Badie Khazei, 31, a Baha’i citizen, was stopped by intelligence…
The Arrest of Saman Khadem, Baha’i Citizen and Environmental Activist in Shiraz
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report received by Iran Wire, on the morning of Thursday 13 October 2022, 9 armed agents raided the home of Saman Khadem, a Baha’i citizen living in…
Baha’is Citizen Parisa Roohi Zadegan Imprisoned
Source: www.en-hrana.org On October 10, 2022, Baha’i citizen Parisa Roohi Zadegan was arrested at her house in Shiraz to serve her two-year sentence in Adel-Abad Prison. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists,…
Baha’is Citizen Aida Rasti Arrested 13 Days after Release from Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org On September 28, 2022, security forces arrested Baha’is citizen Aida Rasti at her house and took her to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. During the arrest, the agents searched her home and confiscated…
Arrest of Amin Sharifi, a Baha’i citizen in Mashhad
Source: iranwire.com According to the news, on Tuesday, October 10, security agents raided the house of a Baha’i citizen in Mashhad named “Amin Sharifi” and after searching the house and confiscating some personal and work items,…
Baha’is Citizen Enayatollah Naeimi Arrested
Source: www.en-hrana.org Last Wednesday, September 28, security forces arrested Baha’is citizen Enayatollah Naeimi in Isfahan. The agents searched his house, workplace and garden in the Isfahan suburbs. Enayatollah is a brother of Afif Neimi who was a…