Source: Narges Mohammadi On June 16th, a 29-year-old Baha’i woman entered the women’s ward after enduring 48 days of confinement in the secure cells of ward 209.Her charge was attempting to bury her grandmother.Shadi Shahidzadeh…
Denial of Burial
Jailed Baha’is Endure Coercion and Await Verdicts
Source: iranwire.com Four imprisoned members of the Baha’i religious minority in Iran have been subjected to coercive measures by interrogators, pressuring them to make confessions on camera, IranWire reports. The actions occurred during the trial of…
Detained Baha’is Taken to Revolutionary Court as Deceased Buried Improperly
Source: iranwire.com The cases of four Baha’i citizens, Shadi Shahidzadeh, Valiullah Ghadamian, Mansour Amini and Ataullah Zafar, have been transferred to Tehran Revolutionary Court after two weeks of detention in the notorious Ward 209 of…
Baha’i Burial Rites Denied; Four Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Tehran
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports, on Tuesday, May 1, 2023, Ministry of Intelligence officials raided the four separate homes of Baha’i citizens residing in Tehran and arrested four individuals. At…
Updated: Fifth Improper Burial of a Baha’i by Iranian Officials
Source: iranwire.com Officials in Iran have buried another deceased Baha’i citizen without notifying the family or allowing for a Baha’i religious ceremony. The body of Maryam Moinipour, a 92-year-old Baha’i citizen who passed away in…
Baha’is Forcibly Buried in Khavaran Cemetery in Tehran and Four Arrested in Connection With the Cemetery
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—4 May 2023—The Baha’i International Community is deeply distressed that, in the midst of widespread suffering of Iranians, an agent of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence, Masoud Momeni, is continuing to forcibly bury more…
Khavaran Cemetery: a Symbol of Repression against Baha’is, Mass Executions
Source: iranwire.com The name of Khavaran, a cemetery southwest of Tehran, has long been associated with the criminal history of the Islamic Republic. Many victims of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners, whose bodies were…
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…
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…
For Iran’s Dissidents and Minorities, Even the Dead Cannot Find Peace
Source: www.rudaw.net Hannah Lynch ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — On Tehran’s southeastern edge is a plot of land called Khavaran. The spot used to be outside of the city, but urban sprawl is inching closer every year.…
Preventing the Burial of a Baha’i in Kerman
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Security forces have blocked the burial of a Baha’i from Kerman, who died a day earlier, and forced his family to bury him in the…
Preventing the Burial of a Baha’i in Kerman
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Security forces have blocked the burial of a Baha’i citizen from Kerman, who died on August 7, and after four days forced his family to…
Baha’i Family in Iran Forced to Give up Body of a Loved One for Unlawful Burial
Source: news.bahai.org 17 July 2015 NEW YORK — The recent experience of a Baha’i family in Sanandaj, a town in the Kurdistan province of Iran, highlights the cruel absurdities practiced by the Iranian authorities towards some of…
Prohibition of Burial of a Baha’i in Sanandaj
Source: sahamnews.org Translation by Iran Press Watch July 13, 2015 More than 50 police officers and plain clothes agents interfered with the burial of the body of Ms. Badji Khanoom Mohamadifar at a cemetery in Sanandaj,…
Preventing the Burial of a Baha’i in Tabriz
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch 6 April, 2015 HRANA NEWS – Officials at the public cemetery of Tabriz prevented the burial of a Baha’i and buried him in another city without notifying the family.…
Another Baha’i Denied Burial in Tabriz
Source: hra-news.org/fa/uncategorized/b-225 Translation by Sen’s daily at wp.me/pNMoJ-29h The family of Narges Khatounbarqi, an 85-year old Bahai who died in her home on November 7, have been barred from burying her in the general cemetery in…
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