Source: iranwire.com Iranian judicial officials have charged a Baha’i couple with “acting against national security” and “communicating with enemy governments,” amid an intensified crackdown on members of the religious minority. Pouya Amri and his wife Nafisa…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Iranian intelligence and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces have arrested dozens of Baha’i citizens over the past four months. The real number of detainees is not available as security forces have…
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Concurrent with the widespread arrest of citizens in connection with nationwide protests in Iran, the pressure on Baha’i citizens and their arrests has intensified. In the latest incident, a…
Source: iranwire.com Iranian authorities arrested two members of Iran’s long persecuted Baha’i religious minority on Sunday amid an intensified crackdown on the faith group, IranWire can report. Thirteen Kerman Intelligence Department agents raided the houses of Roha…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Many members of the Baha’i religious minority have been arrested across Iran in recent weeks amid unabated nationwide protests. Some were detained at their homes while others were rounded up with other…
Source: www.en-hrana.org Last Wednesday, September 28, security forces arrested Baha’is citizen Enayatollah Naeimi in Isfahan. The agents searched his house, workplace and garden in the Isfahan suburbs. Enayatollah is a brother of Afif Neimi who was a…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Two Baha’i citizens were arrested by the security forces on Saturday, September 24, 2022, and taken to an unknown location. Sepehr Ziaei was arrested at his…
Source: www.aasoo.org Translation by Iran Press Watch What you will read is the result of several hours of conversation with three people – Morteza, Pejman and Maryam. All three, who are not Bahá’ís, have Bahá’í friends…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA news agency, the news arm of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, the detention order of Negar Darabi, Samieh Gholinejad and Bita Haghighi in Qaemshahr Prison…
Source: dnyuz.com Iran has been accused of planting fake pamphlets promoting the Baha’i faith in nurseries in an attempt to falsely imprison its believers on charges of sedition. As Tehran widens its crackdown on the persecuted minority group, Baha’i community leaders…
Source: thetimes.co.uk The authorities in Iran have launched a month-long crackdown on members of the Bahai faith, the country’s biggest minority religion, accusing believers of being spies for Israel. Despite a media blackout, pictures have been…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On Sunday, Ministry of Intelligence agents carried out coordinated raids on the homes of a number of Baha’is in different cities in Iran. Several of the targets were arrested during the searches. Among them…
Source: iranwire.com Security agents raided and searched the homes of a number of Baha’i citizens across Iran yesterday, July 31, during which three members of the Baha’i community’s former leadership were also arrested. IranWire first reported…
Source: iranwire.com IranWire has learned that earlier today, 31 July, three members of the long-disbanded Yaran, or “friends” of the Baha’i community in Iran, who until 2008 helped to administer the community’s affairs, were detained. Mahvash…
Source: www.timesnownews.com As tensions grow between Iran and Israel, the Islamic Government steps up its persecution of the Baha’i faith over alleged spying charges. But the community’s history with Israel goes back a long time. Iranian…
Source: www.rferl.org The Iran Human Rights Organization says Iranian authorities have installed electronic tags on nine Baha’i followers and is restricting their movement in another sign the government is increasing pressure on the group. According to…
