Source: www.adl.org New York, NY, March 12, 2020. ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities today endorsed H. Res. 823 condemning the Government of Iran’s state-sponsored persecution of its Baha’i minority and the regime’s continued violation of the International Covenants…
Source: Baha’i Community of Canada Office of Public Affairs In Question Period on 26 February 2020, MP Kelly Block asks the Government of Canada to call upon the Iranian government to stop its exclusion of Baha’is…
Source: www.auswaertiges-amt.de Commenting on current reports about a change to the Iranian ID application form, which now only allows for applications from members of religious communities recognised in Iran, Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights…
Source: www.dw.com Baha’is are unable to legally register with the Iranian state because an “other religions” option has been removed from the identity card application. Their faith forbids them to lie about their affiliation. The removal…
Source: en.radiozamaneh.com According to several reports on social media, the National Identification Card in Iran is now only issued for the followers of one of the four recognized religions in Iran. The recent change in…
Source: kayhan.london Monday, February 3, 2020 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and…
Source: www.smh.com.au Steve Jacobs The Baha’i community living in Iran is experiencing a surge in persecution following the tension between the US and Iran. History shows that, in times of national crisis in Iran, persecution…
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk Josie Ensor Iran’s Baha’i minority are being prevented from obtaining identity cards under new rules, depriving them of basic civil rights in another blow to the persecuted group. Iranian authorities have removed the Baha’i faith…
Source: www.business-standard.com The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Wednesday condemned an Iranian court order allowing authorities to confiscate properties owned by Baha’is in the village of Ivel in Mazandaran Province. The Baha’i…
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed her concerns about the Iranian Regime’s enforcement…
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—27 January 2020—The Baha’i International Community is deeply concerned by the surge in persecution by the Iranian authorities against the Baha’i community recently, particularly a disturbing institutional decision impacting Baha’is across the country. By…
