Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Radio Farda has learned that the Semnan Revolutionary Court has sentenced Anisa Fanaian, a Baha’i citizen, to 16 years in prison. Informed sources have informed Radio Farda that…
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Decades of Tribulation and Displacement for Iran’s Baha’i Farmers
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Baha’i villagers – a group that is part of both a proscribed religious minority, as well as Iran’s precarious agricultural class – are one of Iranian society’s most vulnerable communities. The Islamic…
Farmers displaced and farmlands seized as Iran’s government intensifies Baha’i religious persecution
Source: www.bic.org Farmlands belonging to Baha’i families in the village of Ahmadabad, a lush and fertile agricultural community in Mazandaran province, were forcibly seized this week by Iranian officials GENEVA—4 January 2024—Farmlands, rice paddies and…
Government Seizes Baha’i Lands in Sari County
Source: www.en-hrana.org On January 1, 2024, police agents and forest rangers carried out the confiscation of approximately 60 hectares of Baha’i-owned land in the Ahmadabad Village, adjacent to Sari in Mazandaran Province. Acting on the…
#ItsTheirLand: IranWire’s Webinar on Property Seizures and Persecution Against the Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com SALEEM VAILLANCOURT “The confiscation of Baha’i properties has been one of the main features of the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran,” said Simin Fahandej, Representative of the Baha’i International Community (BIC) to the…
Exposed: The Iranian Leadership’s Plan to Enrich Itself by Seizing Baha’i Properties
Source: www.bic.org Persian translation here GENEVA—16 February 2022—The Baha’i International Community is gravely concerned that an organisation entirely controlled by Iran’s leadership—a parastatal body called the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO), also known as Setad), which controls…
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Under Raisi, Iran’s Ongoing Persecution of the Baha’i Community Intensifies
Source: english.alaraby.co.uk Sophia Akram In-depth: The Baha’i community in Iran is no stranger to institutionalised discrimination, but under new hardliner President Raisi, land confiscations, imprisonment, and hate crime incitement against the community have escalated. When Kaykhosrov…
Confiscation of Baha’i Properties in Mazandaran Based on the “Fatwa of Clerics”
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports, a court in Mazandaran province, citing a “fatwa from clerics” which stated that “property ownership by Baha’is is illegitimate,” ruled that the property of Sheia Taeed, a…
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