Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Baha’i villagers – a group that is part of both a proscribed religious minority, as well as Iran’s precarious agricultural class – are one of Iranian society’s most vulnerable communities. The Islamic…
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Baha’i Homes Raided in Tabriz
Source: iranwire.com In a coordinated operation on January 9, agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence raided the homes of several Baha’i families in Tabriz, marking a fresh escalation in the government’s pressure campaign against the…
Baha’i Mother and Sons Sentenced to Jail in Iran
Source: iranwire.com A revolutionary court in the Iranian city of Bojnurd has sentenced a Baha’i family to a combined total of four years and eight months in prison, a human rights website reported. Shayan Senaei…
The Public Places Supervision Office Prohibits the Hosting of a Memorial Service for the Departed in Sari
Source: www.iranintl.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to information received by Iran International, on December 15th and October 18th, memorial services for two departed Baha’i citizens, Noura Imani and Golchehreh Nobakht (Darabi), were canceled…
Agents of the Ministry of Information Raid the Newlywed Baha’i Couple’s Post-wedding Celebration in Yazd
Source: www.iranintl.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to information received by Iran International, on the evening of December 15th, agents from the Ministry of Information raided the post-wedding celebration of a Baha’i couple, Milad…
Iranian Court Sends 63-Year-Old Baha’i to Seven-Year Imprisonment
Source: iranwire.com The Khorasan Razavi Court of Appeal has confirmed an eight-year prison sentence handed down against Sirus Zabihi Moghadam, a 63-year-old Bahai citizen residing in Mashhad. The initial ruling was issued by the Mashhad…
End This Historical Shame; Statement of 147 Political and Civil Activists Against the New Wave of Repression of Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.zeitoons.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Zeitoun- More than a hundred political and civil activists issued a statement condemning the “new wave of arrests against Baha’is and their deprivation of basic human and civil…
Farmers displaced and farmlands seized as Iran’s government intensifies Baha’i religious persecution
Source: www.bic.org Farmlands belonging to Baha’i families in the village of Ahmadabad, a lush and fertile agricultural community in Mazandaran province, were forcibly seized this week by Iranian officials GENEVA—4 January 2024—Farmlands, rice paddies and…
Government Seizes Baha’i Lands in Sari County
Source: www.en-hrana.org On January 1, 2024, police agents and forest rangers carried out the confiscation of approximately 60 hectares of Baha’i-owned land in the Ahmadabad Village, adjacent to Sari in Mazandaran Province. Acting on the…
Baha’i Women’s Three-Year, Eight-Month Prison Sentences Upheld on Appeal
Source: www.en-hrana.org In a recent ruling, the Court of Appeal in Razavi Khorasan Province upheld the three-year, eight-month sentences for Baha’i citizens Nasim Sabeti, Azita Foroughi, Rouya Ghane Ezabadi, and Soheila Ahmadi. The lawyer has…
Afagh Khosravizand, Baha’i Citizen, Buried in Khavaran Cemetery Mass Grave, without the Knowledge or Consent of Family
Source: www.iranintl.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Tehran University Medical School has refused to receive the body of Afagh Khosravizand, a deceased Baha’i citizen. This is in contrast to their previous agreement to honor the…
UN General Assembly Resolution Calls for Iranian Government to Stop Persecuting Baha’is
Source: www.bic.org The latest and 36th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution expressing serious concern over a broad range of human rights violations including the situation of Baha’is in Iran and other religious minorities, and calling on…
Shiva Khalili Taken Into Custody and Transported to Prison
Source: hengaw.net Shiva Khalili, a Baha’i adherent residing in Babol (Mazandaran province), has been taken into custody and transported to Babol central prison in order to undergo the one-year imprisonment verdict. According to a report…
Iran Ramping Up Brutality With World’s Eyes on Gaza, Advocates Warn
Source: globalnews.ca By Negar Mojtahedi It’s been 10 weeks since the Israel-Hamas war began and in that time, Iran has seen an upsurge in atrocities, particularly against minorities. Some Iranian-Canadians believe the regime is ramping up brutality…
Baha’i Citizen Nafisa Sa’adat Yar Receives Prison Sentence and Social Deprivations
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Revolutionary Court in Gorgan, Golestan Province, has sentenced Baha’i citizen Nafisa Saadat Yar to one year of imprisonment and imposed social deprivations. As of the ruling issued on November 20, 2023, Sa’adat Yar…
Baha’i Woman Arrested in Iran’s Shiraz
Source: iranwire.com Security agents detained a Baha’i woman in the streets of Shiraz on December 18, as the authorities intensified their crackdown on members of the religious minority. The officers took Yekta Fohandej to her…
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