[Bahá’í World News Service] 7 April 2014 NEW YORK — In a symbolic and unprecedented move, Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani, a prominent Muslim cleric in Iran, announced today that he has gifted to the Baha’is of the world…
Persecution of Baha’is
Baha'is accuse Iran of stoking hatred in media
By Joe Sterling, CNN, 22-Oct-2011 (CNN) — Iranian media outlets have “systematically stirred up” widespread contempt toward the country’s 300,000-strong Baha’i religious minority, the group says. The Baha’i International Community issued a report Friday entitled “Inciting…
UN religious freedom expert: Iran is systematically persecuting Baha'is
[BWNS 23 Oct. 2011] UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s persecution of Baha’is is among the most “extreme manifestations of religious intolerance and persecution” in the world today, according to a UN expert. The remarks of Heiner Bielefeldt…
Report exposes Iran's media campaign to demonize Baha'is
[BWNS, 21 Oct. 2011] NEW YORK — In a wide-ranging media campaign that has gone largely unnoticed outside of Iran, hatred and discrimination are being systematically stirred up against the country’s 300,000-member Baha’i minority. In a…
Shock at "duplicity" as 20-year sentence for Iran's Baha'i leaders is reinstated
(BWNS, 30 March 2011) NEW YORK — Just six months after Iran’s appeal court reduced to 10 years the jail terms handed down to seven Baha’i leaders, the prisoners have been told that their original…
Iran’s Other War
December 9, 2010 – by Michael J. Totten Iran’s most repressed religious minority is also its largest. Members of the community are routinely imprisoned, frequently executed, banned from universities, and ruthlessly repressed economically. Tens of…
Tehran's persecution of its religious minorities violates its own constitution.
BY KISHAN MANOCHA (Wall Street Journal – 17 Dec 2010) Seven former leaders of the Bahai community in Iran are in their first year of a decade of unjust incarceration. They were arrested in mid-2008,…
Book Review — Iran Human Rights Review: Religion
Iran Human Rights Review: Religion edited by Tahirih Danesh and Adam Hug Preface by Cherie Blair The Iran Human Rights Review is a new Foreign Policy Centre project that seeks to be an important resource…
New wave of attacks on Baha'is of Semnan
September 10th, 2010 / 16 Shahrivar, 1389 . . HRANA News – Following provocative speeches against Baha’is which recently took place in some mosques in Semnan, a new wave of attacks and pressure against the…
Persecuting Baha'is on the basis of the "Cult Scenario"
[Mr. Saburi is a diligent essayist; with simple language he reveals the current policy of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to portray the Baha’i Faith and Baha’is in Iran as members of…
Iranian actions strike too close to home
By Robert Freeman – Chilliwack Progress Published: September 10, 2010 11:00 AM Updated: September 10, 2010 8:41 PM Persecution by the state because of religious faith. Denial of an education, of jobs, of passports for…
The Greatest Sin: Being a Bahai in Iran
by Fariba Amini 04-Sep-2010 In 1952, an emissary went to Ayatollah Boroujerdi (the highest ranking Shi’a cleric) to ask him to tell members of the Fedayeen-e Islam not to engage in disruptive and violent acts.…
Only Democracy For Iran calls the International Criminal Court to action.
Only Democracy For Iran published an article in which it discusses the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and its role in brining about charges of crime against humanity to the political leaders currently in…
UN panel criticizes Iran’s repression of minorities
(30 August 2010 BWNS ) GENEVA — A United Nations panel of experts has expressed concern over Iran’s continued repression of ethnic and religious minorities, including members of the Baha’i Faith. In conclusions issued last…
A Baha’i’s Plea For Understanding
August 21, 2010 By Christopher Schwartz Throughout the Muslim world, Baha’is are routinely subjected to systematic derision in the form of elaborate conspiracy theories. Hostile political, religious, and media figures portray Baha’is as a secretive…
The Baha'is of Ivel: Undaunted spirit
11 July 2010 GENEVA — Following the demolition of Baha’i homes in the Iranian village of Ivel – reported last week – there is another story that must also be told: that of sympathetic villagers…
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