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…
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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…
Payam Vali and Sepehr Ziaei, Baha’i Citizens, Arrested
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Two Baha’i citizens were arrested by the security forces on Saturday, September 24, 2022, and taken to an unknown location. Sepehr Ziaei was arrested at his…
Treasury Sanctions Iran’s Morality Police and Senior Security Officials for Violence Against Protesters and the Death of Mahsa Amini
Source: home.treasury.gov WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating Iran’s Morality Police for abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of…
Baha’i “Open Cases”
Source: www.aasoo.org Translation by Iran Press Watch What you will read is the result of several hours of conversation with three people – Morteza, Pejman and Maryam. All three, who are not Bahá’ís, have Bahá’í friends…
‘the World Is Watching’: Australian Daughter of Iranian Baha’i in Prison Pleads for Her Release
Source: www.abc.net.au By Nassim Khadem When Negar Sabet awakes after a restless night in Sydney, she agonises about her elderly mother, Mahvash Sabet, who has been locked up in Iran’s notorious Evin prison since the end…
Summoning and Interrogating 4 Baha’i Citizens in Gorgan
Source: humanrightsinir.org Tuesday, September 13, 2022- Four Baha’i citizens living in Gorgan, Golestan Province, were interrogated after being summoned by telephone to the city’s Intelligence Department. According to Human Rights in Iran, on Wednesday, September7, 2022,…
Baha’is Citizen Jila Shahriari Imprisoned
Source: www.en-hrana.org According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Baha’i citizen Jila Shahriari started her sentencing at Evin Prison. An informed source told HRANA that Evin Prison officials called Shahriari to appear at Prosecutor’s…
Baha’i Citizen Kamyar Habibi Arrested
Source: humanrightsinir.org Sunday, September 11, 2022 – Agents of the Alborz Province Intelligence Department arrested Kamyar Habibi, a Baha’i citizen living in the city. According to the report of Human Rights in Iran, on Saturday, September…
Persecution in Iran: the Baha’i Faith and False Charges of Heresy
Source: www.algemeiner.com By Chaim Lax For the past month, there has been an uptick in news stories about members of the Baha’i faith in Iran being arrested on a number of trumped-up charges, including spying for…
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