Source: irannewswire.org Seven Iranian Bahais were sentenced to prison by the Tehran Appeals and Yazd Revolutionary Courts in the past two days. Yazd Four Iranian Bahais were sentenced to a total of 13 years of prison…
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Penn Badgley, Rainn Wilson, Omid Djalili & More Highlight #StopHatePropaganda
Source: www.celebritykind.com Nehal Dalgliesh Hollywood stars are using their voices and platforms to highlight the message behind the hashtag #StopHatePropaganda. The hashtag was created to generate a Twitter storm on July 15th to raise awareness about…
#StopHatePropaganda Twitter Campaign Confronts Hate Speech Against Iranian Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com A Twitter storm today, under the hashtag of #StopHatePropaganda and running from 5pm to 7pm GMT, 9.30pm to 11.30pm Tehran time, aims to draw global attention to a 40-year campaign of hate speech conducted by the…
Comedian Omid Djalili Says Persecution Of Iran’s Baha’is Is No Joke
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,…
“This Must Stop”: Anti-Bahá’í Propaganda Intensifies in Iran, Evokes Global Outcry
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…
Increase In Hate Speech, Propaganda Against Baha’is in Iran: Indian Bahai Body
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…
CIJA Statement on Iranian Anti-Baha’i Campaign
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…
Iran’s New President Is an Out-and-Out Monster — and Enemy of Minorities
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…
A Machinery of Hate: Increasing Propaganda Raises Concern for Baha’is
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…
Baha’is Say Iran Must Be Held Accountable For Increased Hate Speech
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…
Increase in Anti-Baha’i Propaganda in Iran Prompts Call for Accountability
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…
Family Expresses Growing Concern Over Condition of Baha’i Citizen Sina Kamali in Adelabad Prison
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…
Eight Year Prison Sentence Upheld for Baha’i Citizen and Women’s Motocross Champion Shahrzad Nazifi
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…
State-Sponsored Hate Propaganda Against Iranian Bahá’ís
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…
Continued Detention of Baha’i Citizens Sina Kamali and Dorsa Dehghani in Shiraz
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…
For Iran’s Dissidents and Minorities, Even the Dead Cannot Find Peace
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.…
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