Source: iranhumanrights.org The Baha’i faith community is one of the most severely persecuted religious minorities in Iran. Iran’s government is unabashed in its propagating of false narratives about the community and has for decades blocked Baha’is from…
Source: iranwire.com “Misguided sect.” You may have heard the term used by the government of the Islamic Republic to discriminate against and restrict large sections of Iranian society, who are Baha’is, so that they are deprived…
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—4 October 2021—Recent reports indicate that the Iranian government has affirmed and further entrenched its policy to bar members of the Baha’i Faith from university. Young Baha’is, who for decades have been denied…
Source: iranwire.com More than a month after the arrest of Arsalan Yazdani, a Baha’i citizen of Tehran, his family has still received no information about the charges or where he is being held. But IranWire understands that on Thursday,…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Since the beginning of this year, HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, has documented 16 cases of Baha’i citizens being barred from higher education due to their faith. As in previous years,…
Source: iranwire.com Multiple arrests of members of the Baha’i community took place in Iran over the past week. In Shiraz, Hayedeh Forootan and her son Mehran Mosalanejad were detained last Thursday by the security forces. According to Human Rights Activists…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti It’s an annual occasion, a clear reminder of the cruel, targeted discrimination embedded in Iran’s education system. Each year, as Iranian students receive the results of their higher education entrance exams, Baha’i students…
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Sheida Tayeed is the fifth Baha’i detained in the past week According to the HRANA human rights website. Per HRANA, Sheida Tayeed was arrested on Thursday, September 22, at…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Tehran resident Negar Sobhani Azabadi has become the 13th Baha’i citizen this year to be barred from higher education on the grounds of her faith. HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, has…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Thursday, September 23, two Baha’i citizens were arrested at the office of CID by NAJA police. According to HRANA, the news agency of human rights activists, the citizens have been identified as Shiraz…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Soroush Abadi and Kiana Shoaei, Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz, have each been sentenced by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court to 3-years-and-3-months in prison,…
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Wednesday, September 22, Baha’i citizens Moin Misaghi and Negareh Ghaderi, both natives of Shiraz, were arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human…
Source: www.en-hrana.org According to the HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Mr. Yazdani has said in a phone call with his family that he will probably remain in custody for another two to three…
Source: www.radiofarda.com Fereshteh Ghazi Translation by Iran Press Watch August 30 is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Coercive and political disappearances is a continuing issue in Iran. The Assembly that was Disappeared,…
Source: iranwire.com Parts of a Baha’i cemetery in the village of Kata, in Dana County in the southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, have been destroyed under cover of darkness. Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported the…
Source: iranwire.com Maryam Dehkordi On Wednesday, September 1, Arsalan Yazdani, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested by security agents and taken to an unknown location. His wife Samira Ebrahimi has told IranWire about the…
