Source: iranintl.com British-Iranian actor and comedian Omid Djalili, whose background is in the Baha’i religion, has been stirring a Twitter storm against what he called “state-sponsored incitement to hatred” towards Baha’i in Iran. The Twitter storm,…
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — In recent months, the Iranian government’s decades-long campaign of hate speech and propaganda against the Bahá’ís in Iran has reached new levels, increasing in both sophistication and scale. The unfolding strategy to demonize…
Source: in.news.yahoo.com New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) An Indian Bahai body on Saturday flagged concerns over an increase in hate speech and propaganda targeted against its community members in Iran and asked the government of that…
Source: www.cija.ca Our Statement on Iranian Anti-Bahá’í campaign Jul 12, 2021 | Publications Friday, July 9th, 2021 CIJA stands shoulder to shoulder with the Bahá’í community against decades of demonization and persecution from the Iranian regime. Since the…
Source: nypost.com By Miles Windsor The Islamic Republic of Iran is a monstrous tyranny that likes to pretend it’s a democracy. And so in a vote with historically low turnout — and all candidates pre-vetted by…
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—8 July 2021—The Baha’i International Community is calling for the Iranian government to be held accountable for its campaign of hate speech against the Baha’is in Iran. In recent months, the four-decades long state-sponsored…
Source: iranintl.com The Baha’i International Community in a statement Thursday has expressed concern over intensification of official “hate speech” in recent months against the religious minority in Iran. The Baha’is, a religious group formed in the…
Source: iranwire.com The Iranian government must be “held accountable” for its 40-year campaign of hate speech against the Baha’i community in Iran, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, according to a new statement by the Baha’i International Community (BIC) in…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Baha’i citizen Sina Kamali Sarvestani is still being held in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz 24 days after his arrest, and his family has expressed growing concern over his condition. According to HRANA, the news agency of…
Source: www.en-hrana.org After approving an appeal hearing, Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran upheld an eight year prison sentence for Baha’i citizen and women’s motocross champion Shahrzad Nazifi. According to HRANA, the news agency of…
Source: opa.bahai.ca Iran’s state-sponsored campaign of hatred against the Bahá’í Faith has been on the rise across all media platforms, including the web, social media, radio, newspapers, and television. History shows that persecution can escalate to…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA NEWS AGENCY – Ten days have passed since the arrest of Baha’i citizens, Dorsa Dehghani and Sina Kamali Sarvestani, in Shiraz. As of today, Thursday, July 24, they…
Source: www.rudaw.net Hannah Lynch ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — On Tehran’s southeastern edge is a plot of land called Khavaran. The spot used to be outside of the city, but urban sprawl is inching closer every year.…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On June 14, Baha’i citizens Sina Kamali Sarvestani and Dorsa Dehghani were separately arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, officers…
Source: news.yahoo.com Stuart WILLIAMS Holakou Rahmanian, born into a Bahai family in Tehran in 1989, grew up like any Iranian child, shone at school and passed his exams with flying colours. But then he applied to…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Women’s motocross champion and Baha’i citizen Shahrzad Nazifi was recently sentenced to 8 years in prison, 3 months’ probation in a center for mental handicaps, and a 2-year ban from leaving the country.…
