[BWNS, 18 Oct. 2011] NEW YORK — Seven Baha’i educators in Iran have each received four- or five-year prison sentences, according to reports received by the Baha’i International Community. Verdicts against the seven were reportedly handed…

[BWNS, 18 Oct. 2011] NEW YORK — Seven Baha’i educators in Iran have each received four- or five-year prison sentences, according to reports received by the Baha’i International Community. Verdicts against the seven were reportedly handed…
[HRA, 17 Oct. 2011] HRANA News Agency – Seven professors and officials involved in Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) have been sentenced to a total of 30 years in prison. BIHE is a provisional online university…
[RAHANA, 1-Oct-2011] Education rights activist Bashir Ehsani has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. His trial was held in August and his charges included disturbing public order and possession of satellites. However, Judge Pirabbas…
[RAHANA 14 Sep. 2011] The prison sentence has been upheld for the Freedom Movement of Iran member Mehdi Gholizadeh.
[RAHANA 21 Aug. 2011] The 10 month prison sentence for the Baha’i citizens who were arrested 2 years ago has been upheld by the appeals court.
[HRA 17 Aug. 2011] HRANA News Agency – While in various international gatherings and interviews conducted with foreign media, Iranian government officials continue to claim that no one is imprisoned in Iran because of their beliefs,…
[BWNS 27. Aug 2011] NEW YORK — In an open letter to Iran’s minister for higher education, the Baha’i International Community is calling for an end to “the unjust and oppressive practices” that bar Baha’is and…
(RAHANA 26 Jul 2011) Baha’i citizen Sahba Rezvani who is serving her prison sentence, has been denied furlough for the past 2 years.
Tehran, 17 August (AKI) – A total of 54 Iranian citizens who belong to the outlawed minority Bahai faith are currently detained in Iran’s prisons, human rights website Herana reported on Wednesday. Revolutionary courts have…
(RAHANA, 25 July 2011 ) Baha’i citizen and education rights activist Ighan Shahidi has been sentenced to 5 years in prison.
(HRA 11 July 2011) HRANA News Agency – The Appeals Court has upheld a four-year prison sentence issued for Houshang Fanaian, a Baha’i citizen from the city of Amol in Mazandaran Province.
Arrests on the rise According to the latest reports, 103 Baha’is are currently behind bars because of their religious beliefs. This number has risen dramatically from the beginning of the year. Another nearly 100 Baha’is have received…
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 8 June 2011) By Golnaz Esfandiari, When Houshang Fanaian joined Facebook last year, little did he expect it would land him in an Iranian prison. That’s exactly where he finds…
[19 May 2011] HRANA News Agency – Saman Ostevar, a Baha’i citizen and children’s rights activist, who was arrested on March 2, 2011 in the city of Kerman, still remains in Bam’s Prison, and uncertainty surrounds…
(BWNS, 30 March 2011) NEW YORK — Just six months after Iran’s appeal court reduced to 10 years the jail terms handed down to seven Baha’i leaders, the prisoners have been told that their original…
Tehran Bureau of PBS reports on the terrible conditions for women at Rajael Shahr Prison where four Baha’i women are also in prison.