Source: www.en-hrana.org According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, despite family frequent inquiry, judicial officials at Evin Courthouse have not yet provided any clear information about the reason for the arrest or…
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Four Baha’i Citizens Still in Detention and Awaiting Legal Process
Source: www.en-hrana.org Four Baha’i citizens, Natoli Derakhshan, Saba Sefidi, Pari Kargarian Marvasti and Daniel Bani-Nejad, are still in detention and awaiting further legal proceedings. On January 11, Derakhshan and Sefidi were arrested in Sari and Tehran…
Arrests of Baha’i Citizens in Marlik, Tehran
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Pari Kargarian Marousti, Daniel Bani Nejad, both Baha’i citizens, along with another citizen, were detained by security forces, while they were together at Ms. Kargarian’s…
Baha’i Citizen Deprived of Continuing his Education in Zahedan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – During the announcement of the results of the candidates applying to a program that needed no nationwide examination requirement at the University of Applied Sciences,…
Iran Must End Its Rights Violations Against the Baha’i Minority
Source: genevasolutions.news Simin Fahandej With the mandate for the special rapporteur on human rights in Iran set to be renewed at the next Human Rights Council session in March, the country’s government needs to be held…
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Under Raisi, Iran’s Ongoing Persecution of the Baha’i Community Intensifies
Source: english.alaraby.co.uk Sophia Akram In-depth: The Baha’i community in Iran is no stranger to institutionalised discrimination, but under new hardliner President Raisi, land confiscations, imprisonment, and hate crime incitement against the community have escalated. When Kaykhosrov…
Two Baha’i Citizens Sent to Adel-Abad Prison to Serve Their Sentence
Source: www.en-hrana.org On January 23, two Baha’i citizens, Farham Sabet and Farzan Masoomi, both residents of Shiraz City, were sent to Adel-Abad Prison to serve their sentence. Earlier, the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz sentenced each to…
Anti-Baha’is Workshop Set up By The Regime in Karaj City
Source: www.en-hrana.org Following increasing pressure on Baha’i citizens by security and judicial institutions, the regime ran the second round of a three-day workshop to spread hate against Baha’i citizens. In this workshop, which was organized in…
My Wife’s Grandfather Was Executed for His Baha’i Faith. Iran Hasn’t Changed Enough.
Source: religionnews.com By James Samimi Farr As I watch the grim carousel that is the nuclear talks go round and round again, I think about all that may hinge on them, including, perhaps, the future of Iran’s…
They Didn’t Need Warrants
Source: www.lrb.co.uk By Saleem Vaillancourt Forty years ago the Islamic Republic of Iran admitted that it had executed my great-uncle. He was 65 years old. Mehdi Amin-Amin was survived by his wife, daughter, two grandsons and three siblings, including my…
New Arrests of Baha’is and Confiscation of Properties
Source: iranwire.com A Baha’i citizen in Tabriz, Sina Shahri, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents on January 17, at about 1pm, and taken to an unknown location. The agents also searched Shahri’s home and workplace…
Confiscation of Baha’i Properties in Mazandaran Based on the “Fatwa of Clerics”
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports, a court in Mazandaran province, citing a “fatwa from clerics” which stated that “property ownership by Baha’is is illegitimate,” ruled that the property of Sheia Taeed, a…
Baha’i Citizen Sina Shahri Arrested By Agents of Ministry of Intelligence
Source: www.en-hrana.org Baha’i citizen Sina Shahri, resident of Tabriz, was arrested by intelligence agents and transferred to an unidentified location. Agents arrested him at his home, searched his house and confiscated some of his personal belongings…
Abdollah Shahbazi: The Rise and Fall of a Career Antisemite
Source: iranwire.com Abdollah Shahbazi was formerly one of Iran’s most prominent hate-mongers against the Baha’is and the Jewish people. Now, unconfirmed reports say he has emigrated to the US, stopping off with his daughter in New…
Baha’i Poet Natoli Derakhshan Arrested in Sari City
Source: www.en-hrana.org On January 11, Natoli Derkshan, a poet and Baha’i citizen, was arrested by intelligence agents at his home in Sari City and transferred to an unidentified location. According to HRANA, the news agency of…
Baha’i Citizen Saba Sefidi Arrested In Tehran
Source: www.en-hrana.org On January 11, Baha’i citizen Saba Sefidi, resident of Tehran, was arrested after an appearance at Branch 2 of Evin Courthouse. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, the reason for…
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