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…
Arrests
Assault and Battery, Contracting Corona; Extension of the Arrest Warrant for Four Baha’i Citizens in Mazandaran
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…
Iran Accused of Propaganda Ploy to Incriminate Baha’i Religious Minority
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…
Iran Jails Bahai Faith Leaders and Demolishes Homes in Religious Crackdown
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…
An Incomplete List of Baha’is Targeted by Tehran in 24 Hours
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…
Shock New Wave of Arrests and Raids of Baha’is in Developing Crisis
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…
Former Baha’i Leaders Arrested Again Alongside Others
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…
Iran Cracks Down on Baha’i Faith Members Over Spying Charges – Why Are the Baha’i Linked to Israel?
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…
Iranian Officials Restrict Movement Of Baha’is As Pressure Campaign Builds
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…
Iranian Security Agents Raid Baha’i Homes, Arrest Several Leaders
Source: www.rferl.org Iranian security agents have raided the homes of dozens of Baha’i citizens in different parts of the country, arresting several well-known community leaders. Radio Farda correspondents have confirmed the arrest of Mahvash Sabet Shahriari…
Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, Former Baha’i Leaders, Arrested Again Alongside Others
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…
Eight Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Shiraz and Yazd
source: www.en-hrana.org On July 19, security forces arrested three Baha’i residents of Yazd identified as Nematollah Shadpour, Nima Shadpour and Shafigh Eslami, searched their houses, and confiscated their personal belongings. On the same day, five Baha’i…
Three Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Bojnurd
Source: www.en-hrana.org On July 13, three Baha’i individuals, Sholeh Shahidi and her two sons Faran and Shayan Senai, were arrested in Bojnurd, North Khorasan Province. The agents searched their house and confiscated some of their personal…
Arrests of Baha’i Citizens in Marlik, Tehran
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Pari Kargarian Marousti, Daniel Bani Nejad, both Baha’i citizens, along with another citizen, were detained by security forces, while they were together at Ms. Kargarian’s…
Report on the Arrest and Search of the Home of Seven Baha’i Citizens by Security Forces in Mahshahr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Monday, December 27th, 2021, seven Baha’i citizens of Mahshahr, were arrested by security forces. Jamal Afshar, Behzad Afshar, Farideh Farzaneh, Mehran Afshar, Azam…
More Arrests of Iranian Baha’is as Regime ‘Targets Young Families’
Source: iranwire.com Multiple arrests of members of the Baha’i community took place in Iran over the past week. In Shiraz, Hayedeh Forootan and her son Mehran Mosalanejad were detained last Thursday by the security forces. According to Human Rights Activists…
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