Source: www.hra-news.org The Bahá’í International Community has reported that the Bahá’í cemetery in Ahvaz has been subjected to arson and the destruction of trees. The systematic destruction of Bahá’í sites and cemeteries in various cities…
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Semnan’s Baha’i Cemetery Vandalized
Source: iranwire.com Unknown individuals attacked the Baha’i cemetery in central Semnan amid ongoing disruptions by authorities regarding the burial of the dead of the persecuted religious minority. According to an informed source speaking to IranWire,…
In Iran, Bahai Minority Faces Persecution Even After Death
Stuart Williams Source: www.yahoo.com A flattened patch of earth is all that remains of where the graves once stood –- evidence, Iran’s Bahais say, that their community is subjected to persecution even in death. Beneath…
Families Urge Action On Violations At Iran’s Khavaran Cemetery
Source: www.iranintl.com Norway based Victim’s Families for Transitional Justice has written to Javaid Rehman, Iran’s UN human rights rapporteur, about rights breaches at Khavaran Cemetery, Tehran. The group has sent a letter to the Special Rapporteur…
US Slams Iran for Destroying Graves of Minority Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com The United States has denounced the desecration of over 30 graves of the Baha’i religious minority in a Tehran cemetery, condemning the Islamic Republic’s persecution of the community. “We condemn the destruction of 30 graves…
Unprecedented and Inhumane: More Than 30 Baha’i New Graves Razed by Iranian Authorities
Source: www.bic.org Persian translation here GENEVA—5 March 2024—More than 30 new graves of deceased Baha’is at a Tehran mass grave have been razed by the Iranian authorities, with grave markers removed, and bulldozers used to flatten…
Baha’is Cemetery in Hamedan Partly Demolished
Source: www.en-hrana.org Recently, a Baha’is cemetery in Hamedan Province was partly demolished overnight. As a result of provoking anti-Baha’i sentiments by the Iranian officials, Baha’i citizens’ business locations and cemeteries come under attack periodically. According to…
Victims of State Oppression Defy Iranian Government’s Denial of the Right to Mourn
Source: iranhumanrights.org The right to mourn is a human right, yet totalitarian regimes have long tried to deny this right to families who’ve lost loved ones from state oppression. Public mourning can expose and embarrass regimes…
Baha’i Cemetery in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Is Destroyed
Source: iranwire.com Parts of a Baha’i cemetery in the village of Kata, in Dana County in the southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, have been destroyed under cover of darkness. Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported the…
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.…
Iran ‘orders Bahais to bury dead at mass grave for executed prisoners’
Source: bbc.com Iranian authorities have ordered members of the minority Bahai religious community to bury their dead in a mass grave for political prisoners executed in 1988, BBC Persian has learned. Bahai families, as well…
Iran: Stop destruction of mass grave site and allow dignified burials of persecuted Baha’is
Source: www.amnesty.org Iranian authorities are banning members of the persecuted Baha’i minority from burying their loved ones in empty plots at a cemetery near Tehran that they have used for decades, instead insisting they bury them…
Baha’is in Iran have Nowhere to Bury Their Dead
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Baha’is in Iran have faced many forms of systematic discrimination and harassment over the past four decades, including deportation, educational restrictions, detention, harassment, torture, imprisonment and even execution. The burial of Baha’i…
Iranian Authorities Prohibiting Baha’is From a Dignified Burial
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—22 April 2021—Continuing Iran’s decades-long campaign of persecution of its Baha’i community from cradle to grave, the Iranian authorities have now banned the Baha’is of Tehran from burying their loved ones in a space…
Kidnapping the Dead, Attacking the Graves; Islamic Republic Not Letting Go of Its Opponents’ Afterlife
Source: en.radiofarda.com They go from cemetery to cemetery, looking for unmarked graves. Wherever there is one, they squat over it, hoping that their children might be resting in peace down there. They mark the tombs with…
Destruction of Baha’i Tombs in Yazd
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Ostanwire- Some reports indicate the destruction of a number of Baha’i graves in Yazd’s Golestan Javid (Baha’i cemetery). Tombstones in this cemetery have been demolished by stones and blocks…
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