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…
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Targeted for Belief: Sirus Zabihi’s Lifelong Struggle as a Baha’i in Iran
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…
Two days before the UN reviews Iran’s human rights record, the Iranian government detains 11 Baha’i women for their faith
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…
Baha’i Man Begins Serving Seven-Year Sentence in Iran
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…
Iranian Baha’i Poet Faces Return to Evin Prison After Surgery
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…
Baha’i International Community-Iran News Bulletin #01-2025
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…
Mahvash Sabet is recovering from heart surgery: Iran’s government must let her do so in peace by never returning her to prison
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…
Court of Appeals Issues Sentences for 15 Baháʼí Citizens in Isfahan Province
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…
Anisa Fanaian, a Baha’i Citizen in Semnan Province, Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison
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…
Continued Detention of 4 Baháʼí Citizens in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Vahid Sabet, Vahid Masoumi, Rozita Eslami, and Elham Haghighatjou, four Baháʼí citizens residing in Shiraz, remain in limbo 20 days after their arrest. During…
Baha’i International Community-Iran News Bulletin #33-2024
Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org News Bulletin #33-24 Iran 15 NOVEMBER – 29 NOVEMBER 2024 [This bulletin documents only the most significant acts of persecution and human rights abuses which the BIC has noted during the reporting period. …
Behrad Azargan, Baha’i Artist, Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison on Appeal
Source: www.en-hrana.org Behrad Azargan, a Baha’i musician residing in Tehran, has had his prison sentence reduced to seven years by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals in Tehran Province. He had previously been sentenced…
Arrests, Imprisonments of Baha’i Soar as Iran’s War on Religious Minority Intensifies
Source: iranhumanrights.org Over 1,200 Facing Court Proceedings or Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Faith November 5, 2024 – The Islamic Republic has intensified its crackdown on the Baha’i community, the country’s largest unrecognized religious minority, with…
Tehran Revolutionary Court Sentences Baha’i Citizen to 11 Years in Prison and Orders Asset Confiscation
Source: ir.voanews.com A source informed Voice of America that the Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Court, presided over by Abolghasem Salavati, sentenced Behraad Azargan, a Baha’i citizen, to 11 years in prison and the confiscation of his…
Exclusive Report from Radio Farda: Cases of “Threats of Torture” Against 10 Baha’i Women in Isfahan During Detention
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Informed sources told Radio Farda that ten Baha’i women sentenced to lengthy prison terms by the First Branch of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court, presided over by Mohammadreza Tavakoli,…
Two Baha’i Women in Babol Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison and Social Restrictions
Source: www.en-hrana.org Suzan Eid Mohammadzadegan and Niusha Badiei Sabet, two Baha’i citizens, have been sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison, along with additional social restrictions, by Branch 1 of the Babol Revolutionary…
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