Source: www.cbc.ca Articite Inc.’s BIPOC artist-in-residence this month is Tina Rouhandeh Josiah Sinanan · CBC News Art enthusiasts in Windsor, Ont, have a chance to see a forgotten form of Persian calligraphy put together in real-time by…
Persecution of Baha’is
Iran Must End Its Rights Violations Against the Baha’i Minority
Source: genevasolutions.news Simin Fahandej With the mandate for the special rapporteur on human rights in Iran set to be renewed at the next Human Rights Council session in March, the country’s government needs to be held…
When Desmond Tutu Stood Up to the Iranian Regime
Source: iranwire.com Arash Azizi In his 90 years of life, the Nobel laureate, Anglican bishop and human rights activist Desmond Tutu touched countless lives, not only as a spiritual symbol of the South African nation but…
Australian Baha’is Condemn Iran’s ‘Relentless Persecution’ of Religious Minority
Source: www.sbs.com.au Fearing for their lives, Pantea Motearefi and her family fled Iran in 1993. But 26 years later, Baha’is in Iran are still subjected to fierce religious persecution. Pantea Motearefi and her family were fast…
Statement on International Religious Freedom Day
Source: www.canada.ca From: Global Affairs Canada Statement October 27, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada Today, Global Affairs Canada issued the following statement: “Worldwide, the right to practise, choose and change one’s religion or belief…
Iran’s New President Is an Out-and-Out Monster — and Enemy of Minorities
Source: nypost.com By Miles Windsor The Islamic Republic of Iran is a monstrous tyranny that likes to pretend it’s a democracy. And so in a vote with historically low turnout — and all candidates pre-vetted by…
Biometric Identity Cards, Surveillance and Discrimination of Religious Minorities in Iran
Source: observatoryihr.org Shrutika Gandhi Iran – a country notorious for silencing dissidents, persecuting religious minorities and carrying out other human rights violations – has now turned to Biometric technology to widen the scale of its surveillance operations and…
‘A war of religion’: Iran accused of trying to convert young members of Baha’i minority to Islam
Source: www.independent.co.uk The move comes amid an apparent fresh crackdown on members of the minority faith, reports Borzou Daragahi Iranian authorities appear to be stepping up a campaign of repression against an embattled religious minority, allegedly…
Why the West Must Challenge Iran on Human Rights
Source: theconversation.com By Kyle Matthews The eyes of the world have once again turned to Iran as the prospects of renegotiating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal appear to have improved with the election of U.S. President…
IRAN: Monthly news Digest about Baha’is in Iran in April (05.05.2021)
Source: hrwf.eu Home searches and arrests in Baharestan, Isfahan Province Hrana / Sens Daily (25.04.2021) – https://cutt.ly/ebcLlVB – Thirteen Baha’i homes were raided, and eight Baha’is were arrested, in Baharestan, Isfahan, on the morning of April…
Iran’s oppression of Baha’is is unfolding with greater intensity
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—5 May 2021—The Baha’i International Community is concerned that a recent intensification of the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran appears to be underway, signaling the implementation of a larger plan by the Iranian…
Iran Must End Its Relentless Violations Against the Baha’is
Source: www.atlanticcouncil.org Nazila Ghanea Iran’s human rights violations against Baha’is have been distinctly state-driven, multifaceted, and severe. Though the Baha’i Faith has never been included amongst the recognized religions in Iran, non-recognition and discrimination yielded a…
Iran Steps up Tactics to Eliminate the Country’s Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com As Iranians were marking the end of the Nowruz holidays in early April, more than 25 Baha’is were summoned and arrested in the cities of Shiraz, Mashhad, Bandar Abbas, and Karaj. Others saw their…
RWCHR Statement Condemning Iranian Persecution of Baha’is
Source: www.raoulwallenbergcentre.org The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights strongly condemns the continued persecution of the Baha’i community in Iran. Notes from a local government meeting calling for increased control of Baha’is were leaked publicly by…
Iranian Government Orders Teachers to Identify Children of Persecuted Baha’i Minority
Source: www.yahoo.com Verity Bowman The Iranian government is ordering teachers to identify children of the persecuted Baha’i minority to convert them to Islam, leaked documents show. The move forms part of a plan to intensify the monitoring…
Discrimination Against Baha’is in Iran; ‘I Did Not Write Baha’i Anywhere, but the Ministry of Intelligence Knew’
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Ivan Mohajer “This year, when the results of the national exam were announced, the answer for me and my family was predictable, “Incomplete application.” Many of my friends had…
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