Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — Iranian authorities are preventing Baha’is across the country from obtaining national identification cards, while a series of home raids, confiscations, arrests, and attacks on properties have unjustly targeted Baha’is. These developments…
Source: iranhr.net Translation by Iran Press Wacth Ali Asqar Faridi – Editorial Board, Huquq-i-Ma Magazine: Followers of the Baha’i Faith are one of the largest religious minority groups in Iran, but are not recognized as…
Source: IranWire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the reports received by Iranwire, Iran’s Records Registry has deleted the option for “other religions” from the new application forms for the Smart National…
Source: en.radiofarda.com The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the mass arrests of Baha’is in Iran. Iranian security forces have arrested at least 11 Baha’is in Isfahan and Khuzestan since November 27 when…
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The media in Iran, quoting the IRGC intelligence organization, say this security-military institution has arrested a number of Iranian Baha’i citizens in Shiraz. Quoting the IRGC, the media report that…
Source: www.dw.com Translation by Iran Press Watch In recent days a number of Baha’i citizens in Iran have been arrested. In the coming days Baha’is are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of their prophet…
Source: www.uscirf.gov USCIRF Supports Sanctions on Iranian Official Responsible for Baha’i Persecution WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes today’s announcement that the United States Treasury has sanctioned Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani for directing…
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—2 November 2019-Iranian authorities exerted heightened pressure on Baha’is around the country as people of various backgrounds across tens of thousands of localities around the globe celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Bab, the Prophet-Herald of…
Source: www.uscirf.gov By Scott Weiner, Policy Analyst Background The Islamic Republic of Iran is a theocratic authoritarian state that enforces a unique interpretation of Ja’afri Shi’a Islam. Individual Iranians, however, ascribe to a wide range of…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch “The Appeals Court upheld my original sentence and that of five other Baha’is in absentia. The lawyer has asked us not to report this publicly for now. He…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Increasing Pressure on the Baha’i Community HRANA- Yesterday, in a coordinated effort, the homes of many Baha’is were searched by security officers in Tehran and Karaj. In addition to…
Source: iranwire.com As authorities continue to target and persecute Iran’s Baha’i community, the families of nine prominent Baha’is who were forcibly disappeared 39 years ago are still trying to find out what happened to their loved…
Source: Baha’i International Community GENEVA—14 August 2019—The Baha’i International Community is deeply concerned following a series of arrests, home raids and false sentences against members of the Bahá’í community in Iran. Iranian authorities raided homes…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The Fars Province Court of Appeals has acquitted Shiraz resident Yekta Fahandezh Sa’di and released her from prison. Yekta, a Baha’i, was sentenced in absentia to 11…
Source: www.iranwire.com Hamed Rezvani, a musician and a teacher, left his home in Isfahan on December 24, 2018 and never returned. Rezvani’s family have repeatedly tried to find him, searching hospitals and the coroner’s office, and…
Source: www.bbc.com Twitter has suspended several Iranian news accounts over alleged harassment of people who follow the Baha’i faith. Young Journalists Club (YJC), run by state broadcaster IRIB, state-run IRNA, and Mehr were among the Farsi-language…
