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…
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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…
Jailed Baha’i Denied Prison Leave for Mother’s Funeral
Source: iranwire.com A jailed member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority, Payam Vali, has been denied short-term leave to attend his mother’s funeral. Despite three days of entreaties to the authorities, Judge Asif Al-Husseini, head…
Back to Evin: Baha’i Children’s Activist Prison Leave Ends
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Children’s rights activist and Baha’i citizen Samin Ehsani, 37, is returning to Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison after five days of leave during the Nowruz new year holiday period. Ehsani has been in…
Open Letter by a Baha’i Prisoner in Tehran: “Officials told me that the law does not apply to Baha’is”
Source: en.radiozamaneh.com Hami Bahadori, a Baha’i citizen imprisoned in Tehran’s Fashafouyeh prison (officially, The Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary), is still in an uncertain condition after six months of temporary detention. In an English-language audio recording…
Baha’is Prevented by Ministry of Intelligence Agent from Burials in Their Own Cemetery
Source: iranwire.com A deceased Baha’i in Tehran, Behzad Majidi, was buried on 30 March at Khavaran cemetery, as IranWire first reported last week, without the cemetery officials observing Baha’i funeral rites, without notifying the family, and…
Ebrahim Vahedian: A Physics Professor and Award-Winning Translator Expelled for His Baha’i Faith
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Ebrahim Vahedian Burjeni was born in Isfahan in 1935 to a Baha’i family and completed his primary education in the same city. After finishing the eighth grade, and receiving his middle…
Oppressed in Life and Persecuted in Death: Baha’is Prevented from Dignified Burials in their Own Cemetery
Source: www.bic.org Persian translation here GENEVA—3 April 2023—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 cemetery near Tehran…
“You Will Not Be Admitted to University … You are Baha’is!”
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On May 22, 2011, in a coordinated and simultaneous operation, agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence raided the homes of 39 Baha’i citizens connected with the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education…
Baha’i Citizen Nahaleh Shahidi Yazdi Arrested
Source: www.en-hrana.org On March 28, 2023, security forces arrested Baha’i citizen Nahaleh Shahidi Yazdi on her way from Karaj to Kerman and took her to an undisclosed location. According to HRANA, the news agency of…
Persecuted Baha’i Doctors and the Creation of Iran’s Informal Baha’i University
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Health workers are a critical part of any society and, in Iran, hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and scientists contributed to the country’s development. But today there are almost no Iranian…
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