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…
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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…
Iranian Baha’i Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
Source: iranwire.com An Iranian court has sentenced a Baha’i citizen, Hourieh Mohseni, to three years’ imprisonment and an additional year of suspended time. The First Branch of the Revolutionary Court of the northeastern city of…
Six Baha’i Citizens Living in Karaj Were Transferred to Evin Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Today, Friday December 8th, Babak Zainli, Sohba Taif, Shervin Shabrokh, Iren Rahmani, Foad Taifi and Reza Yazdi, Baha’i citizens living in Karaj, were transferred…
Jailed Baha’i and War Veteran Denied Basic Needs in Prison
Source: iranwire.com Behrouz Farzandi, 57, a former prisoner of war during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War and a member of the persecuted Baha’i religious minority who is currently in jail, has been barred from shopping at…
Religious Minorities in Iran Face Cultural Violence
Source: globalvoices.org By Fred Petrossian Over the last 45 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has weaponized textbooks, religious debates, movies and series, city walls, and even cemeteries to impose cultural violence and institutionalize its…
Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Sabet Started a Three-Day Hunger Strike in Protest of the Government’s Devastating Treatment of Baha’is in Iran.
Source: Golrokh Irani Translation by Iran Press Watch In protest against the government’s devastating treatment of Baha’is in Iran, we are going on a three-day hunger strike for the 9th, 10th, and 11th of December…
Human Rights Day: Activists Vow to Continue the Fight for a Better Iran
Source: iranwire.com By ROGHAYEH REZAEI Prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and other Iranian activists marked International Human Rights Day with renewed calls for more freedoms, equality and justice in the country, despite the Islamic…
To Be a Baha’i in Iran
Source: iranwire.com Baha’is, the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran, have been persecuted since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and are today “suppressed in all areas of life,” according to the Baha’i International Community (BIC). The organization says…
Six Baha’i Citizens’ Sentences Reduced to 29 Years and 10 Months on Appeal
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Tehran Court of Appeals has revised the sentences of six Baha’i citizens, resulting in a combined prison term of 29 years and 10 months. The affected individuals are Saeedeh Khozuei, Saba Sefidi,…
Six-Year Prison Term Upheld Against Baha’i Woman in Northeast Iran
Source: iranwire.com The Court of Appeal in Khorasan Razavi province has upheld a verdict and sentence against Roya Malakoti, a Baha’i citizen, who is currently being held at Mashhad’s Vakil Abad Prison. The first branch…
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