Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org FARS PROVINCE: It was learned on 7 November 2024 that two Baha’i students from Shiraz, who have received their diplomas in experimental science applied to register at the Islamic Azad University of Shiraz…
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Hormozgan Court Denies Compensation to Family of Murdered Baha’i Man, Highlights Discrimination in Iranian Legal System
Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org HORMOZGAN PROVINCE: In a highly significant and deeply troubling ruling, Branch 1 of the Criminal Court of Hormozgan Province, presided over by Judges Rasoul Donya and Kazem Hosseinzadeh, has denied the family of…
Outsiders: Multifaceted violence against Baháʼís in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source: www.iranrights.org This report, Outsiders: Multifaceted Violence Against Baháʼís in the Islamic Republic of Iran, jointly produced by Abdorahhman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran and Eleos Justice (Faculty of Law, Monash University), examines the persecution of Bahá’ís through…
Major new report exposes decades of violence against Iran’s Baha’is: adds to an unprecedented series of statements and findings
Source: www.bic.org New York—11 November 2024—A major new report, Outsiders: Multifaceted Violence Against Baha’is in the Islamic Republic of Iran, has just been launched in New York, exposing the violence inflicted on the Baha’is during 45…
Three Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On November 10, Vahid Masoumi, Rozita Eslami, and Elham Haghighatjou, Baha’i citizens residing in Shiraz, were arrested by security forces and transferred to The Ministry of Intelligence’s detention facility, known as “House No…
Businesses of Three Baha’i Citizens Sealed in Qaemshahr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch On Sunday, November 3, the businesses of three Baha’i citizens in Qaemshahr were sealed by local authorities from the Public Places Supervision Office. This action followed a two-day…
Three Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Isfahan
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Saturday, November 2, security forces arrested three Baha’i citizens—Rashid Dehghani, Pedram Dehghani, and Parsa Dehghani—in the city of Tiran, Isfahan, and transferred them to an undisclosed location, according to Radio Farda. Rashid…
Arrests, Imprisonments of Baha’i Soar as Iran’s War on Religious Minority Intensifies
Source: iranhumanrights.org Over 1,200 Facing Court Proceedings or Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Faith November 5, 2024 – The Islamic Republic has intensified its crackdown on the Baha’i community, the country’s largest unrecognized religious minority, with…
Three Baha’i Citizens’ Businesses Sealed in Qaemshahr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch On Sunday, November 4, officials from the City’s Places of Public Establishment Administration sealed the businesses of three Baha’i citizens in Qaemshahr. The closures followed a two-day religious…
Tehran Revolutionary Court Sentences Baha’i Citizen to 11 Years in Prison and Orders Asset Confiscation
Source: ir.voanews.com A source informed Voice of America that the Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Court, presided over by Abolghasem Salavati, sentenced Behraad Azargan, a Baha’i citizen, to 11 years in prison and the confiscation of his…
Bahai Community Marks Grim Anniversary in Iran
Source: www.dw.com Shabnam von Heim In 1983, Iran hanged 10 Bahai women in public. The Bahai International Community has launched a campaign to mark the anniversary and raise awareness about the oppression of Iran’s largest…
The Execution of Six Baha’i Men in June 1983; “Islam or the Hangman’s Noose?”
Source: www.radiofarda.com Pooyan Mokari Translation by Iran Press Watch All of these citizens were active in the administrative organization of the Baha’i community, and only one of them was not a member of the “local…
Baha’i Collapses after Agents Search Home
Source: iranwire.com A Baha’i resident of Kerman, Pouran Zand, went into a state of shock and lost consciousness after agents from the Intelligence Department entered her home on Tuesday morning. The family had to call an…
Wave of Home Searches against Kerman Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Iranian intelligence forces have launched a wave of house searches against Baha’is in the southern city of Kerman in an apparent escalation of recent crackdowns by the authorities on the Baha’i community. Kerman…
Oppressed in Life and Persecuted in Death: Baha’is Prevented From Dignified Burials in Their Own Cemetery
Source: ca.sports.yahoo.com Geneva, April 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A brazen and barbaric act by the Iranian authorities has emerged in recent days in Tehran. A deceased Baha’i was buried on 30 March at Khavaran…
U.N. Report: Rights Abuses in Iran
In March 2023, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Iran deplored the “brutal response” of the government to nationwide protests that erupted in September 2022. The Islamic Republic had killed hundreds of protesters, including children, since…