Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – A Baha’i couple living in Villashahr, Isfahan, have been taken into custody. Mojdeh Eghterafi and her husband, Hooshmand Talebi were arrested on Sunday, August 23rd,…
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Farid Zirgi Moghaddam, Baha’i Citizen, Sentenced to Additional Year in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Farid Zirgi Moghaddam, a Baha’i citizen living in Birjand, was sentenced to one additional year in prison by the Birjand Criminal Court in the secondary…
Persecution of Baha’is in Iran Amid Pandemic
Source: WDRforyou We are going abroad again, to talk about a religious group that is not allowed to exist, at least in its country of origin. In Iran, adherents of the Baha’i Faith are deprived of…
Lawyer: Iranian Baha’i Woman Sent to Prison to Start Sentence for Practicing her Faith
Source: www.voanews.com By Michael Lipin, Ramin Haghjoo WASHINGTON – An Iranian lawyer says a Baha’i woman he represents has become the latest member of the religious minority to begin serving a prison sentence for practicing her faith, deemed…
Baha’i Citizen Liza Tebyanian Arrested in Karaj, Alborz Province
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Liza Tebyanian, a Baha’i citizen living in Karaj, was arrested by security forces on the evening of Saturday, August 16, 2020, and taken to an…
#NoPrisonForBahais Campaign Decries Baha’is Jailed During Pandemic
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti A new social media campaign was launched recently regarding the Baha’is in Iran who, in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, have been arrested and jailed in a fresh wave of persecution…
Iran Sentences 10 Bahai Citizens to Prison for Following Banned Faith
Source: irannewswire.org Iranian courts in Tehran and its sister city of Karaj sentenced 10 Bahai men and women to prison for following the banned religion. The Human Rights News Agency reported yesterday that an appeal’s court in Tehran…
Senator Sharon Keogan Speaks up on Recent Upsurge in Persecution of Iran’s Baha’is
Source: www.youtube.com By Senator Sharon Keogan Some of you will know that the largest religious minority in Iran is the Baha’i faith and many of you around this country will know many Baha’is that live in…
A Baha’i Citizen, Elaheh Samizadeh, Sentenced to an Extra Year in Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org Elaheh Samizadeh, a Baha’i citizen, has been sentenced to one extra year of imprisonment and two years suspension from holding all governmental and public jobs by Branch 105 of Shiraz Criminal Court. Ms. Samizadeh…
The Killing of a Zoroastrian Priest Highlights Religious Apartheid in Iran
Source: iranwire.com The murder of a Zoroastrian cleric in Kerman province in late July has sparked fresh debate over the rights of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic. In Iran, non-Muslims are not entitled to the same legal…
Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Writes to Iranian Counterpart in Wave of Support for Iran’s Persecuted Baha’is
Source: Bahai International Community BRUSSELS—29 July 2020—The Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, has written(link is external) to Iran’s Foreign Minister, Muhammad Javad Zarif, condemning the recent escalation of the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran, the…
Appeal to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Entire Iranian Government, as Well as to All Members of the Iranian National Assembly (Majles)
Source: ishr.org Frankfurt am Main, 17 July 2020 – German parliamentarians, human rights activists and health experts call on Iranian authorities to stop arbitrary detentions and convictions of Bahá’ís immediately Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, The International…
Four More Baha’is Convicted in Shiraz; Total of 33 Years in Prison for 12 Baha’is
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA ‒ The Court of Appeals of Fars Province sentenced four Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz ‒ Farham Sabet, Farzan Masoumi, Shahnaz Sabet and Soheila Haghighat ‒ to a total of eight years in…
As COVID-19 Hits Iran, Australian Health Practitioners Plead for Baha’is in Prison
Source: www.smh.com.au By Steve Jacobs More than 250 Australian health practitioners have signed an open letter expressing their concern about the human rights pressures faced by the Bahai community in Iran that have escalated amid the coronavirus pandemic.…
Six Baha’is Sentenced to Total of Over 19 Years in Prison in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA ‒ The Court of Appeals of Fars Province sentenced seven Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz to a total of 19 years and six months in prison, plus…
Baha’i Youth Expelled from Secondary School for Gifted Students Solely Due to His Faith
Source: iranhumanrights.org Father: “Don’t expect us to lie when you pose a question” Fifteen-year-old Adib Vai has been expelled from a school for gifted students in Karaj, west of Tehran, solely because he is a member…
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