Source: bic.org Geneva—21 November 2024—Eleven years ago Ataollah Rezvani, a Baha’i man in Iran, was brutally murdered in his car for being a member of Iran’s largest religious minority, the Baha’i Faith. He was shot…
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Ten Women Iranian Prisoners Issue Statement as #Ourstoryisone Marks One Year
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—18 June 2024—In a significant statement, 10 Iranian women imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison have honored 10 Iranian Baha’i women imprisoned four decades earlier, in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. The statement echoes the #OurStoryIsOne…
A Husband Executed and Two Sons Jailed: The Life and Death of a Baha’i Woman
Source: iranwire.com Afagh Rahimian, the wife of Rahim Rahimian, a Baha’i executed in 1983, and mother to Keyvan and Kamran, passed away this week in Iran. Rahimian’s life was marked by the repeated persecution of…
Hashtag “OurStoryIsOne”: 40th Anniversary of the Execution of 10 Baha’i Women in Shiraz
Source: www.bbc.com By Mehrzad Fatuhi, Shahab Mirzaei Translation by Iran Press Watch The 1979 victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran gave the ruling clerics a great opportunity to vent their long-standing animosity against the…
Bahai Community Marks Grim Anniversary in Iran
Source: www.dw.com Shabnam von Heim In 1983, Iran hanged 10 Bahai women in public. The Bahai International Community has launched a campaign to mark the anniversary and raise awareness about the oppression of Iran’s largest…
Habibollah Azizi: A Baha’i and the Islamic Republic’s First Dual National Murder
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On January 14, the Islamic Republic executed Alireza Akbari, a former deputy defense minister and an Iranian-British dual national. But Akbari was not the first dual national sent to the gallows by the…
The Forouhars: A Baha’i Couple Executed for Their Faith
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti The name Forouhar reminds most Iranians of Dariush Forouhar, the prominent nationalist politician who, with his wife Parvaneh, were assassinated in 1998 in what became known as the Chain Murders of intellectuals and critics of…
The Islamic Republic’s History of Massacring Kurdish Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Slaughter has been the Iranian government’s only response to protest over the past 43 years. And even as the September 16 death of the 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, at the hands of…
Baha’i Assemblies in Iran: Those Who were Kidnapped and those Who were Shot by Firing Squad
Source: www.radiofarda.com Fereshteh Ghazi Translation by Iran Press Watch August 30 is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Coercive and political disappearances is a continuing issue in Iran. The Assembly that was Disappeared,…
Tragic History of Baha’is Who Died in Prison
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Behnam Mahjoubi, a prisoner of conscience, was transferred from Evin Prison to Loghman Hospital in Tehran, on February 13, 2021. He was in a coma. Three days later doctors gave up hope for his…
For the Love of Their Country: The Doctor Who Treated his Prison Guards
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Health workers are on the front line of our defense against the coronavirus pandemic – including hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and nurses. But they are not in Iran; instead, they live in countries…
For the Love of Their Country: The Doctor With the Unforgettable Smile
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Health workers are on the front line of our defense against the coronavirus pandemic – including hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and nurses. But they are not in Iran; instead, they live in countries…
For the Love of Their Country: From Poverty to Medicine to Execution
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Health workers are on the front line of our defense against the coronavirus pandemic – including hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and nurses. But they are not in Iran; instead, they live in countries…
For the Love of Their Country: The Murder of a Family Doctor
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti “Why are you asking so many times: why did you kill Dr. Vafa’i? Why did you kill the doctors? Why did you kill seven Baha’is? They were spies. … If Dr. Vafa’i helped people…
Expulsions and Forced Migration Deprive Iran of Baha’i Physicians
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Officials at the Ministry of Health and Medical Education have repeatedly pointed out the serious shortage of doctors and nurses in Iran over the past few years.…
Deprivation of Primary Care Services from Baha’i Health Care Professionals
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch Officials at the Ministry of Health have repeatedly expressed concern about Iran’s serious shortage of doctors and nurses over the past few years. This shortage has become…
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