Source: eaworldview.com UPDATE, AUG 10: More than 70 civil and human rights activists, university professors, and artists from Iran and abroad have issued a joint statement condemning Iran’s treatment of the Baha’i community, including the detention, harassment, and…
Persecution of Baha’is
Iran launches major crackdown on Baha’i religious minority
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk The Baha’i religious minority in Iran is facing its worst crackdown in decades after Tehran carried out a flurry of home demolitions and arrested key leaders. Several hundred Iranian agents descended this week on…
Iran’s Persecution of Baháʼís Has Escalated Since June 2022
Source: www.europeantimes.news As reported by the Baháʼí Community in Brussels (BIC), the “quiet campaign to strangle the Baháʼí community is now taking a more overt violent turn, reminiscent of the earlier days of the Revolution in…
Iran Targets Its Baha’i Community With Arrests and Home Demolitions
Source: www.nytimes.com By Farnaz Fasihi Representatives of the religious minority said that the crackdown was the latest chapter in a long history of persecution. The authorities accused those detained of being spies with links to Israel.…
Iran Arrests Baha’i Members; Advocates Demand Their Release
Source: www.washingtonpost.com DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran arrested several members of the Baha’i faith on spying charges, authorities said Monday, the latest sign of a tightening crackdown across the Islamic Republic as it faces international…
“Senseless cruelty”: Fresh wave of arrests and raids across Iran as Bahá’ís absurdly accused of “colonialism”
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence issued an appalling statement of oppressive hate propaganda against the persecuted Bahá’í religious minority yesterday in an attempt to justify the raids on the homes and businesses…
Persecution of Baha’is in Iran Intensifies for Second Month in a Row
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK — 21 July 2022 — More than 20 Baha’is in Shiraz, Tehran, Yazd and Bojnourd, have been arrested, jailed or subjected to home searches and business closures since the beginning of July.…
Revealed: The Smartphone App Spying on Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti In recent days, internet security experts and members of the Baha’i community have warned that hackers affiliated with the Islamic Republic have been using an app called Ahl-e Baha (“The People of…
IRFBA Statement on Bahá’ís
Source: www.state.gov As members, friends, and observers of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance, we note with grave concern the increased pattern of repression and discrimination against members of the Bahá’í community around the world. We…
Iranian Calligrapher Uses Ancient Art to Tell Story of Persecuted Baha’i at New Windsor Show
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…
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…