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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Confiscation of Property From Baha’i Citizens; You Do Not Inherit, Your Property Goes to Muslims
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch The persistent and systematic harassment and pressure by the Iranian government against Baha’i citizens continued in the month of August. Although the number of arrests has…
Investigating the Legal Aspects of the Confiscation and Destruction of Baha’i Farmlands in the Village of Ahmadabad
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Conversation with Two Attorneys, Saeid Dehghan and Mostafa Ahmadian In a conversation with Zamaneh, two attorneys, Saeid Dehghan and Mostafa Ahmadian, address the legal aspects of what the Baha’i community calls economic apartheid.…
Anisa Fanaian, a Baha’i Citizen, Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Radio Farda has learned that the Semnan Revolutionary Court has sentenced Anisa Fanaian, a Baha’i citizen, to 16 years in prison. Informed sources have informed Radio Farda that…
Revolutionary Court Order Targets Baha’i Properties in Semnan for Confiscation
Source: iranwire.com After the violent destruction and confiscation of Baha’i properties in villages of Roshankouh earlier this month, and previously in Ivel, both in the northern province of Mazandaran, it was reported that a court order has been…
#ItsTheirLand: IranWire’s Webinar on Property Seizures and Persecution Against the Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com SALEEM VAILLANCOURT “The confiscation of Baha’i properties has been one of the main features of the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran,” said Simin Fahandej, Representative of the Baha’i International Community (BIC) to the…
Iranian Baha’is Sentenced to 170 Years in Prison in 1400
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti The Iranian calendar year 1400, which ended on March 20, appears to have been one of the hardest in recent years for the country’s dwindling Baha’i population. IranWire’s surveys indicate at…
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Under Raisi, Iran’s Ongoing Persecution of the Baha’i Community Intensifies
Source: english.alaraby.co.uk Sophia Akram In-depth: The Baha’i community in Iran is no stranger to institutionalised discrimination, but under new hardliner President Raisi, land confiscations, imprisonment, and hate crime incitement against the community have escalated. When Kaykhosrov…
New Arrests of Baha’is and Confiscation of Properties
Source: iranwire.com A Baha’i citizen in Tabriz, Sina Shahri, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents on January 17, at about 1pm, and taken to an unknown location. The agents also searched Shahri’s home and workplace…
Confiscation of Baha’i Properties in Mazandaran Based on the “Fatwa of Clerics”
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports, a court in Mazandaran province, citing a “fatwa from clerics” which stated that “property ownership by Baha’is is illegitimate,” ruled that the property of Sheia Taeed, a…
Seizures of Baha’i Irrigated Farms in the Midst of Iranian Water Crisis
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—5 December 2021—Thirteen irrigated farmland plots belonging to Baha’is in the village of Kata in Iran’s southwest have been targeted by authorities seeking to further expropriate the assets of Baha’is in the country.…
Request for Retrial in Case of Confiscated Baha’i Properties in the Village of Ivel has been Rejected
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Bahais, Barred from Attending universities, (enduring) Forced Closure of their Businesses, Desecration of Baha’i Cemeteries; are which part of their civil right? Mohammad Hadi Erfanian Kaseb, Judiciary Lawyer for…
Baha’is Protest ‘Economic Strangulation’ Of Iran Property Seizures
Source: iranintl.com The Baha’i International Community (BIC) has urged the United Nations and other international bodies to intervene with Iran’s government to ensure that Baha’is are not dispossessed of property. “Confiscation of properties remains a tactic…
Supreme Leader’s Conglomerate Poised to Snatch Six More Baha’i Properties
Source: iranwire.com As the Iranian authorities move to confiscate properties belonging to six Baha’is in the province of Semnan, a fresh wave of attacks on businesses is being unleashed on the Baha’is of Iran. The Baha’i International Community (BIC)…
Iranian Government to Seize Baha’i Properties: BIC Calls for International Support
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—25 August 2021—A fresh wave of economic strangulation is being unleashed against the Baha’is in Iran, as the Iranian authorities move to confiscate properties belonging to six Baha’is in the province of Semnan.…
Australian farmers rally in support of Baha’i ‘farming brothers and sisters’ in wake of Iran land seizures
Source: www.abc.net.au Australian and New Zealand farmers have launched a campaign in support of Baha’i families in northern Iran after a court order declared their ownership of farmland — which has been in their families for generations — to be…
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