Source: bic.org GENEVA—26 October 2023—In an escalating pattern of persecution against the Baha’is in Iran, 36 more incidents targeting the community have taken place in recent days, affecting mostly women. Ten women, most of them…
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26 Baha’is in Iran Sentenced to 126 Years in Jail as 13 Arrested—Mostly Women
Source: iranwire.com In what the Baha’i International Community is calling an “escalating pattern of persecution against the Baha’is in Iran,” 39 more incidents targeting the community have been reported in recent days, affecting mostly women.…
14 Baha’i Adherents Were Collectively Sentenced to 69 Years and 8 Months of Imprisonment
Source: hengaw.net A number of fourteen Baha’i members: Noushin Mesbah, Samira Ebrahimi, Saba Sefidi, Saeedeh Khozouei, Nasim Sabeti, Azita Foroughi, Roya Ghane Ezz Abadi, Soheila Ahmadi, Arsalan Yazdi, Iraj Shakour, Pedram Abhar, Hossein Salehi, Vahid…
Two Baha’i Women Receive Prison Sentences in Mashhad
Source: www.en-hrana.org Golnoosh Nasiri and Farideh Moradi, both Baha’i citizens, have been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison by the Mashhad Revolutionary Court. Judge Hadi Mansouri issued this verdict on October 26,…
Six Baha’is Sentenced to a Total of 32 Years in Prison
Source: iranwire.com Branch 29 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Seyyed Ali Mazloum, has sentenced six members of the Baha’i religious minority to a total of 32 years and 10 months in…
Four Baha’i Women Sentenced to Imprisonment
Source: www.en-hrana.org In a recent ruling, Nasim Sabeti, Azita Foroughi, Rouya Ezabadi, and Soheila Ahmadi, all members of the Baha’i faith, were handed down a prison sentence of three years and eight months. The Mashhad…
Baha’i Citizen Nooshin Mesbah Receives Prison Sentence
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Mashhad Revolutionary Court has handed down a sentence of three years and eight months to Baha’i citizen Nooshin Mesbah. According to the ruling issued by Judge Hadi Mansouri, Mesbah has been sentenced…
Five Years in Prison for Iranian Baha’i Who Tried to Bury Her Grandmother
Source: iranwire.com Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal in Tehran has upheld a five-year prison sentence for Shadi Shahidzadeh, a Baha’i citizen currently in detention in Evin Prison. Shahidzadeh was arrested on May 1…
Four Baha’i Citizens Sentenced to Twelve Years on Appeal
Source: www.en-hrana.org In a recent development, the Tehran Court of Appeal has issued a collective 12-year prison sentence to Baha’i citizens Shadi Shahidzadeh, Mansour Amini, Valiollah Ghadamian, and Ataollah Zafar. Presiding over the case, Judge…
Sanaz Tafazoli’s Prison Sentence Upheld on Appeal
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Court of Appeal in Razavi Khorasan Province has upheld the ten-year and nine-month prison sentence of Baha’i citizen Sanaz Tafazoli. Tafazoli is currently incarcerated in Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad. According to information provided…
Baha’i Citizen Iman Rashidi Detained in Yazd
Source: www.en-hrana.org Iman Rashidi, a Baha’i citizen, was taken into custody on October 5, 2023, by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence in Yazd, and subsequently transported to an undisclosed detention facility. According to a…
Homayoun Khanlari, Baha’i Citizen, Begins Two-Year Sentence in Lakan Prison, Rasht
Source: www.hra-news.org Harana News Agency – Homayoun Khanlari, a Baha’i resident of Rasht, responded to summons to begin his two-year sentence in Lakan prison in Rasht on Thursday, Mehr 6th (28 September 2023). According to…
Four Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Yazd
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Sunday, October 1, 2023, security forces detained Baha’i citizens Vida Ahrari, Mojgan Basiri, Shokoofeh Basiri, and Jamal Ghadirzadeh in Yazd and transferred them to undisclosed locations. According to an insider source who…
Sina Shahri, a Baha’i Citizen Living in Tabriz, Started Serving His Eight-Month Prison Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org According to HRANA news agency, Sina Shahri went to Tabriz prison today, Wednesday September 27, 2023. This Baha’i citizen was previously summoned to serve the prison sentence. Sina Shahri was arrested on the…
Baha’i Jailed After Educational and Humanitarian Service Projects
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Nahaleh Shahidi, a Baha’i citizen, was arrested on March 28 and taken to the Kerman Intelligence Department. After 37 days of detention in the Intelligence Department, she was transferred to Kerman…
Four Baha’i Women Detained in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On September 26, 2023, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence apprehended four Baha’i individuals Sahar Moheb Pour (24), Roxana Vojdani (25), Setareh Ta’ami (57), and Bahareh Ghaderi (45), in Shiraz transferring them to…
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