Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On January 4, 1982, in the turbulent years after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, seven members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is in Iran were executed in Tehran. Who were they?…
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When Desmond Tutu Stood Up to the Iranian Regime
Source: iranwire.com Arash Azizi In his 90 years of life, the Nobel laureate, Anglican bishop and human rights activist Desmond Tutu touched countless lives, not only as a spiritual symbol of the South African nation but…
Report on the Arrest and Search of the Home of Seven Baha’i Citizens by Security Forces in Mahshahr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Monday, December 27th, 2021, seven Baha’i citizens of Mahshahr, were arrested by security forces. Jamal Afshar, Behzad Afshar, Farideh Farzaneh, Mehran Afshar, Azam…
Manijeh Azamian Arrested and Transferred to Babol Prison to Begin Her Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Manijeh Azamian, 52-year-old Baha’i living in Babol, was arrested and transferred to Babol Prison to begin her sentence. Ms. Azamian was sentenced to one year…
Home Raid and Summons of Baha’i Citizen Saeedeh Khozouei to Court
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch On the afternoon of Wednesday, December 15, 2021, eight security agents searched the house of Arsalan Yazdani’s parents, a Baha’i citizen, showing the decree allowing them to search. At…
Baha’i Citizen Shiva Khalili Sentenced to One Year in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Shiva Khalili, a Baha’i citizen living in Babol, has been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to one year in prison. According to the sentence, this…
Baha’i Citizen Begins Serving Sentence in Evin Prison
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch An informed source told IranWire that Parisa Sadeghi (Vahdati), a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, has reported Evin Prison to serve her 6-month sentence. This Baha’i citizen was arrested…
Anti-Baha’i Poster Workshop in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – a three-day poster design workshop has been held in Shiraz for the purpose of inciting hatred against Baha’is. This coincides with the beginning of another…
Star-Crossed Students and ‘Incomplete’ Files: How Iran Bars Dissidents and Minorities from University
Source: iranwire.com Milad Poursia Barring religious minorities and political dissidents from universities has been a policy of the Islamic Republic’s policy since the 1984 – before which the universities had been closed by order of Ayatollah Ruhollah…
BIC New York: UN Calls on Iran to End Religious Discrimination
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly has called on the Iranian government to end its discrimination of minorities in Iran, including of the Bahá’í community, Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority. The…
Two Baha’i Citizens Arrested and Sent to Yazd Prison to Serve Their Sentences
Source: www.en-hrana.org On December 13, Baha’i citizens Mitra Bandi Amir-Abadi and Hiva Yazdan Mehdi-Abadi were arrested at their home by security forces and sent to Yazd Prison to serve their sentences. According to HRANA, the news…
Threats and Pressure Continue Against Iranian Baha’i Arsalan Yazdani
Source: iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Weeks after his arrested on September 1, 2021, and later his temporary release, Iranian Baha’i citizen Arsalan Yazdani and his family continue to experience threats and pressure from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence. Yazdani was released…
Seizures of Baha’i Irrigated Farms in the Midst of Iranian Water Crisis
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—5 December 2021—Thirteen irrigated farmland plots belonging to Baha’is in the village of Kata in Iran’s southwest have been targeted by authorities seeking to further expropriate the assets of Baha’is in the country.…
Pedram Abhar’s House Searched While He Remains Detained in Unknown Detention Center
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Tuesday, November 23, security forces raided and searched Baha’i citizen Pedram Abhar’s house in Tehran. On November 21, security forces arrested Pedram Abhar at his father’s home in Shiraz. According to HRANA, the…
Victims of State Oppression Defy Iranian Government’s Denial of the Right to Mourn
Source: iranhumanrights.org The right to mourn is a human right, yet totalitarian regimes have long tried to deny this right to families who’ve lost loved ones from state oppression. Public mourning can expose and embarrass regimes…
Australian Baha’is Condemn Iran’s ‘Relentless Persecution’ of Religious Minority
Source: www.sbs.com.au Fearing for their lives, Pantea Motearefi and her family fled Iran in 1993. But 26 years later, Baha’is in Iran are still subjected to fierce religious persecution. Pantea Motearefi and her family were fast…
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