Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Amidst the escalating geopolitical tensions, the Islamic Republic’s unabating persecution of Baha’is persists. Security crackdowns, judicial harassment, and systematic hate-mongering have long been hallmarks of the Islamic Republic’s 45-year campaign against…
Hate Propaganda
Iran to Launch Anti-Baha’i Propaganda Exhibition
Source: iranwire.com Authorities of the Islamic Republic in northern Sari are planning to launch an exhibition to promote propaganda against religious minorities. Iranian media has reported on an upcoming exhibition titled “Water and Mirage,” which…
Official Behind Religious Repression Makes Comeback With Governorship
Source: www.iranintl.com Former judiciary top official Hossein Ali Amiri, notorious for the persecution of Jewish and Bahai’i communities, has been appointed as the new governor of Fars Province in southern Iran by order of new…
Hate Speech Targeting Religious Minorities Doubles in September
Source: iranwire.com The death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at the end of last month provoked social media accounts and websites linked to the Islamic Republic to release a torrent of hate speech targeting religious…
Hollywood Actors Condemn Iran’s Persecution of Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Three Hollywood actors and celebrities, Mark Ruffalo, Rainn Wilson and Justin Baldoni, have denounced the Iranian government’s ongoing persecution of the Baha’i community in a series of tweets published last week. The interventions came after security agents arrested…
The Truth Behind Iranian State TV’s Dramatic Report on ‘Baha’i Kindergartens’
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On August 19, the Baha’i International Community (BIC) issued a statement entitled “Iran’s Brazen Propaganda Ploy to Incriminate Baha’is Through Fake Videos and Hate Speech”. In it, the BIC accused the Iranian government of…
Revealed: Iran’s Brazen Propaganda Ploy to Incriminate Baha’is Through Fake Videos and Hate Speech
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—19 August 2022The Baha’i International Community has received news of a shocking and outrageous new propaganda ploy to incriminate the Baha’is in Iran through a staged video production filmed in a kindergarten. On 31…
Historian: Why the Iranian Government Insists the Baha’is are not a Religion
Source: iranwire.com IranWire can report that now 128 Baha’is in Iran have now suffered specific acts of persecution in the past two weeks, with that number increasing almost every day. Baha’is have been variously imprisoned, arrested,…
Intelligence Ministry Pushes Conspiracy Theories as Mass Arrests of Baha’is Continue
Source: iranwire.com Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has issued a surreal statement in a bid to legitimize the ongoing mass arrests, imprisonments and property confiscations of Baha’is in Iran. More than 100 members of the peaceful religious minority…
Tackling Hate Speech at Nexus of Tech, Government, and Civil Society
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — To address the challenge of increasing hate speech online, there needs to be much closer collaboration between the tech sector, government, and civil society organizations, says the Bahá’í International Community (BIC).…
Abdollah Shahbazi: The Rise and Fall of a Career Antisemite
Source: iranwire.com Abdollah Shahbazi was formerly one of Iran’s most prominent hate-mongers against the Baha’is and the Jewish people. Now, unconfirmed reports say he has emigrated to the US, stopping off with his daughter in New…
Tehran ‘Stepping up Hate Campaign’ Against Baha’i Minority
Source: www.arabnews.com RAY HANANIA CHICAGO: The Iranian regime has sanctioned a “campaign of hate” to fuel public animosity against the country’s Baha’i religious community, Baha’i officials told Arab News. Anthony Vance, Baha’i public affairs director in…
Activists Deconstruct Baha’i “Errant Sect” Propaganda on Clubhouse
Source: iranwire.com “Misguided sect.” You may have heard the term used by the government of the Islamic Republic to discriminate against and restrict large sections of Iranian society, who are Baha’is, so that they are deprived…
Breakthrough Support for Iran’s Baha’is: #StopHatePropaganda Campaign Reaches 88 Million
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—20 August 2021—A campaign—calling on Iran’s government to end 40 years of government-sponsored hate speech against the country’s Baha’is—has reached over 88 million people as it trended around the world. The Baha’i International…
“Iran Without Hate” Campaign for Baha’is Attracts Widespread Support
Source: iranwire.com ASHKAN KHOSROPOUR The “Iran Without Hate” social media campaign, in Persian and in English, was to address discrimination against Iran’s Baha’i community and to help reduce this discrimination in Iran. A Twitter storm with the #StopHatePropaganda…
Disgust and Discrimination in Tehran
Source: canopyforum.org Kristina Arriaga Offering a cup of tea to a stranger is universally viewed as an act of hospitality. Except if you are a Baha’i in Iran, where this kindness can result in torture, imprisonment,…