Source: bic During the European Parliament plenary debate on the resolution, Member of the European Parliament Helmut Brandstätter highlights Mahvash Sabet’s case Brussels—4 April 2025—The European Parliament has passed an urgency resolution on Iran, expressing its concern…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Sepehr Ziaei, a Baha’i citizen imprisoned in Evin Prison, is currently serving the 30th month of his sentence. Thus far, this Baha’i citizen’s requests…
Source: iranwire.com Three days ago Anisa Fanaeian, an Iranian Baha’i woman in Semnan, was arrested by Islamic Republic security forces and taken to prison. Fanaeian had been sentenced in March 2024 to seven years in…
Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org News Bulletin #09-25 Iran 21 FEBRUARY – 07 MARCH 2025 [This bulletin documents only the most significant acts of persecution and human rights abuses which the BIC has noted during the reporting period. …
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Today, Thursday, February 20, Nazila Khanipour and her son Vesal Heravi, two Baha’i citizens, were transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht to serve their…
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – Yesterday, February 18, 2025, Erfan Eshraghi, a Baha’i citizen residing in Golshahr, Karaj, was arrested by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. A source close to Mr.…
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA News Agency – Security forces recently searched the homes of 14 Baha’i citizens in Karaj and Qazvin, arresting two of them—Fariba Misaghi in Qazvin and Erfan Eshraghi in Karaj. According to HRANA,…
Source: iranwire.com Behnam Momtazi, a member of the Baha’i religious minority, was taken into custody on Monday in Qazvin, Iran, to begin serving a two-year and one-day prison sentence. Momtazi was arrested after reporting to…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Sirus Zabihi-Moghadam, a 64-year-old member of the Baha’i religious minority, was transferred to Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad last week to begin serving a seven-year sentence. This is not his first time…
Source: www.bic.org Geneva—22 January 2025—The Islamic Republic of Iran’s latest outrage against the Baha’is of Iran occurred early this morning when security forces arrested eleven Baha’i women, without arrest warrants or prior notification, in a…
Source: iranwire.com Sirus Zabihi Moghadam, a 64-year-old member of Baha’i religious minority, reported to Vakilabad Prison on Monday to begin serving a seven-year sentence on national security charges. The Mashhad Revolutionary Court convicted Moghadam of…
Source: www.iranintl.com Prominent Baha’i poet Mahvash Sabet, 71, may soon be sent back to Evin Prison in Tehran following open-heart surgery, sparking alarm among human rights organizations and activists. The Baha’i International Community has urged…
Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org News Bulletin #01-25 Iran 20 DECEMBER 2024 – 3 JANUARY 2025 [This bulletin documents only the most significant acts of persecution and human rights abuses which the BIC has noted during the reporting…
Source: bic.org Geneva—23 December 2024—Mahvash Sabet, a 71-year-old Iranian Baha’i prisoner of conscience jailed by the Islamic Republic for over 13 years for her beliefs—who has previously been denied proper medical care in prison, despite…
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Court of Appeals of Isfahan Province has issued the sentences of 15 Baháʼí citizens residing in Baharestan, Isfahan Province. The original sentences, which included imprisonment and monetary fines, were confirmed for Mojgan…
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Anisa Fanaian, a Baha’i resident of Semnan, was sentenced to 8 years in prison by Branch 7 of the Court of Appeals in this province. In the court…
