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…
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‘Constructive Resilience’: How the Baha’is Endure in Iran
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…
Women’s Motocross Champion and Baha’i Citizen Shahrzad Nazifi Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison
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.…
Appeals Court Sentences Four Iranian Baha’is to 12 Years in Prison
Source: iran-hrm.com An appeals court in Iran has sentenced four Iranian Baha’is to 12 years of prison solely for being members of their religious community. Branch 36 of the Tehran Provincial Court of Appeals upheld the…
Iran Court Sentences Six Baha’is to 73 Years of Prison
Source: iran-hrm.com A revolutionary court in Iran has sentenced six Baha’i citizens to a total of 73 years and 6 months in prison. Borhan Esmaili, Maryam Bashir, Faranak Sheikhi, Hayedeh Ram, Minoo Bashir and Derna Esmaili,…
Three Baha’is were Sentenced to a Total of 10 Years and 9 Months in Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org Baha’i citizens Mahvash Adalati Aliabadi, Sepideh Keshavarz, and Farid Ismaili, residents of Tehran, were sentenced by Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals to a total of 10 years and 9 months in…
Biometric Identity Cards, Surveillance and Discrimination of Religious Minorities in Iran
Source: observatoryihr.org Shrutika Gandhi Iran – a country notorious for silencing dissidents, persecuting religious minorities and carrying out other human rights violations – has now turned to Biometric technology to widen the scale of its surveillance operations and…
Antagonism Against Baha’is; Television Program Broadcast Aimed at spreading Hatred Against Baha’is on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Radio and Television
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Simultaneously with the beginning of a an emerging new wave of security and judicial pressures on Baha’i citizens in various cities of the country, the…
The Continued Detention of Baha’i Citizens Vahid Dana and Saeed Abedi in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org After three weeks, Bahai citizens Saeed Abedi and Vahid Dana are still detained in Shiraz in the Intelligence Ministry’s detention center known as No. 100. Following mass arrests and home searches of Bahai citizens…
Moin Mohammadi, Baha’i Citizen, Summoned to Serve Additional Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Moin Mohammadi, a Baha’i citizen from Yazd, was summoned to the Judgment Enforcement Unit of the Yazd Revolutionary Court on Thursday, May 6th, 2021 to…
Baha’i Women of Baharestan: Sanaz Rasteh and Firoozeh Rastinejad are Temporarily Released, 6 Others Still in Detention
Source: https://www.en-hrana.org On May 20, Baha’i citizens Sanaz Rasteh and Firoozeh Rastinejad were released on bail from Dolatabad Prison in Isfahan after their arrest in Baharestan. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists,…
Australian farmers rally in support of Baha’i ‘farming brothers and sisters’ in wake of Iran land seizures
Source: www.abc.net.au Australian and New Zealand farmers have launched a campaign in support of Baha’i families in northern Iran after a court order declared their ownership of farmland — which has been in their families for generations — to be…
‘A war of religion’: Iran accused of trying to convert young members of Baha’i minority to Islam
Source: www.independent.co.uk The move comes amid an apparent fresh crackdown on members of the minority faith, reports Borzou Daragahi Iranian authorities appear to be stepping up a campaign of repression against an embattled religious minority, allegedly…
Why the West Must Challenge Iran on Human Rights
Source: theconversation.com By Kyle Matthews The eyes of the world have once again turned to Iran as the prospects of renegotiating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal appear to have improved with the election of U.S. President…
Iran Sentences Baha’i Citizen to 8 Years in Prison
Source: www.avatoday.net Atsa Ahmadaei-Rafsanjani, an Iranian citizen from the minority Baháʼí Faith, is convicted on multiple charges and has given an 8-year prison sentence in total by Iranian Revolutionary Court, Baháʼí activists told Avatoday. Ahmadaei-Rafsanjani was charged…
USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Crackdown on Baha’i Community
Source: www.uscirf.gov USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Crackdown on Baha’i Community Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the Iranian government’s alarming escalation of persecution targeting Baha’is in Iran. In the past month,…
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