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…

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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…