Source: www.bic.org GENEVA – 1 September 2022 – Fourteen Baha’is including thirteen youth were arrested yesterday in the northern Iranian city of Qaemshahr, Mazandaran province, and detained at the Sari intelligence office. Most of the arrests occurred at…
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Three Weeks in Iran: 200 Incidents of Baháʼís Being Targeted as International Community Roundly Condemns “Sweeping Crackdown”
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — Government officials, international and national media outlets and dozens of prominent civil society actors and individuals have rushed to the defense of the Bahá’ís of Iran, this month, with an…
Three Weeks in Iran: 200 Incidents of Baha’is Being Targeted as International Community Roundly Condemns “Sweeping Crackdown”
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK – 23 August 2022 – Government officials, international and national media outlets and dozens of prominent civil society actors and individuals have rushed to the defense of the Baha’is of Iran, this month, with…
Iran: Intensified Assault on Iran’s Baha’i Minority
Source: www.amnesty.org Iran’s persecuted Baha’i minority are suffering escalated attacks on their human rights. Since 31 July 2022, the authorities have raided dozens of Baha’i houses, detained at least 30 people, and subjected many more to…
Baha’is Expose ‘Propaganda Ploy’ to Incriminate Community with Fake Videos and Hate Speech
Source: iranwire.com The Baha’i International Community (BIC) today reported news of an effort to incriminate the Baha’is in Iran through a staged video production, filmed in a kindergarten, designed to produce proaganda footage that would show…
Rights Experts Urge Iran to End ‘Systematic Persecution’ of Religious Minorities
Source: news.un.org Authorities in Iran must stop the persecution and harassment of religious minorities, a group of independent UN human rights experts said in a statement issued on Monday expressing alarm over the escalation in…
At Least 90 Iranians Of Baha’i Faith Denied University This Year
Source: www.iranintl.com By Maryam Sinaee Informed sources tell Iran International that at least 90 Iranian Baha’i students have been barred from universities this year due to a secret government policy. The United States-based Human Rights Activists’ News…
Iran: UN Experts Alarmed by Escalating Religious Persecution
Source: www.ohchr.org GENEVA (22 August 2022) – UN experts* today called on Iranian authorities to stop persecution and harassment of religious minorities and end the use of religion to curtail the exercise of fundamental rights. “We are…
Revealed: Iran’s Brazen Propaganda Ploy to Incriminate Baha’is Through Fake Videos and Hate Speech
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—19 August 2022The Baha’i International Community has received news of a shocking and outrageous new propaganda ploy to incriminate the Baha’is in Iran through a staged video production filmed in a kindergarten. On 31…
Historian: Why the Iranian Government Insists the Baha’is are not a Religion
Source: iranwire.com IranWire can report that now 128 Baha’is in Iran have now suffered specific acts of persecution in the past two weeks, with that number increasing almost every day. Baha’is have been variously imprisoned, arrested,…
Revolutionary Court Order Targets Baha’i Properties in Semnan for Confiscation
Source: iranwire.com After the violent destruction and confiscation of Baha’i properties in villages of Roshankouh earlier this month, and previously in Ivel, both in the northern province of Mazandaran, it was reported that a court order has been…
Opinion: “You can’t see the sorrow after lights out…” – Iran’s persecution of Bahá’ís
Source: www.thejournal.ie Brendan McNamara says we cannot turn a blind eye while minorities are persecuted for their faith. THE ONGOING WAR on our continent is devastating indeed. Millions are displaced – many have lost their lives.…
Baha’is Banned from Higher Education in Iran
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA has identified 60 Baha’is this year who sat for the nationwide university entrance exam and were banned from entering the university under the pretext of “document deficiencies.” The individuals who complained to the…
One Year Home Detention Given to Nine Baha’i Citizens
Source: www.en-hrana.org On August 2, 2022, the one-year sentences of nine Baha’is were carried out in the form of home detention using an electronic monitoring device. Previously, the Revolutionary Court of Shahriar had sentenced each of…
Baha’i Individual Afif Naimi in Detention
Source: www.en-hrana.org Five days after tensions and the arrests of Baha’i activists, Afif Naimi is in detention and his whereabouts are unknown. Naimi suffers from heart disease which raises concerns about his condition. According to HRANA,…
Two Baha’is Released, Three Others Still in Custody
Source: www.en-hrana.org Two detained Baha’is Niloofar Hosseini and Elhan Hashemi were released on bail in Shiraz, while three others, Misagh Manavipour, Hanan Hashemi and Bahyeh Manavipour are still in custody. On July 19, 2022, intelligence agents…