Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org 16 MAY – 22 MAY 2025 [This bulletin documents only the most significant acts of persecution and human rights abuses which the BIC has noted during the reporting period. It does not include…
Rafsanjan
Persecution beyond death: Islamic Republic of Iran continues to harass Baha’is in times of grief
Source: hengaw.net Hengaw Saturday, May 24, 2025 The Islamic Republic of Iran continues its discriminatory treatment of Baha’is—even after death. In Rafsanjan, Baha’i families have been forced to pay large sums of money to obtain burial…
Lengthy Prison Sentences for 30 Iranian Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Iran’s Baha’is have seen an increase in persecution during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly in Shiraz, the Baha’i International Community has reported. The group issued a statement about the increased pressures on Iran’s Baha’i community…
Rafsanjan: Arrest of 3 Baha’i Citizens, Homes Searched
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights in Iran, three Baha’i citizens living in the city of Rafsanjan were arrested by security forces and taken to an…
42 Bahai Businesses in Rafsanjan and Kerman Remain Sealed After Two Years
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The businesses of 42 Baha’is in Kerman and Rafsanjan were shut down and sealed two years ago by the Office of Properties of both cities due to…
Baha’i Citizen’s Garage Sealed in Rafsanjan
Source: BahaiNews1 According to “BahaiNews”, the garage attached to the home of Mr. Majid Payandeh, a Baha’i citizen in Rafsanjan, has been sealed. According to this report, Mr. Payandeh’s business had also been sealed some…
Closure of Baha’i Businesses Approaches One Year
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from “BahaiNews”, Baha’i businesses and shops in the province of Kerman remain sealed and closed after almost a year. According to this report, on 26and…
Remaining Businesses Owned by the City of Rafsanjan’s Baha’i Citizens Sealed
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch As reported by the No to Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Compatriots Campaign: several businesses owned by Baha’i citizens were shut down and sealed on November 14, 2015. With…
Harassment and Closure of Baha’i Businesses in Kerman
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency. Harassing the businesses of Baha’i citizens still persists in a number of cities in the Province of Kerman. According to the report by HRANA ‒ Human…
Prayer Leader of Rafsanjan and Our Unforgivable Silence
Source: iranwire.com/legal-blogs/9743/39/ By: Mehrangiz Kar December 30, 2014 The Friday prayer leader of Rafsanjan, Hojatoleslam Abbas Ramezani-Pour imitates Hitler, but we are silently ignoring it. He has asked, and in fact has incited the lovely…
Prayer Leader of Rafsanjan: Baha’is Are Untouchable and Have to Leave Town
Source: Persian Deutsche Welle (PDW) Translation by Iran Press Watch 12/04/14 Abbas Ramazanipour, the Islamic prayer leader of Rafsanjan – a city in southern Iran – in the presence of many officials of that city, declared…
Friday Prayer Leader in Rafsanjan Proposes Expelling All Baha’is
Source: hra-news.org/en HRANA News Agency – In a December 2 meeting with provincial officials, the Friday Prayer leader of Rafsanjan, Hojjat-al-Islam Abbas Ramezanipour said that there were a number of “sects” in the province, and because people…
Widespread attack launched in Iran against Baha’i businesses
Source: Baha’i World News Service, news.bahai.org/story/1027 31 October 2014 Just as the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review of Iran’s human rights record is taking place in Geneva and representatives of that country protest that they safeguard…
Threatening Letter of Rafsanjan
Iran Press Watch carried a story of Rafsanjan where Baha’i businesses were set on fire and a threatening letter was left behind. [See here and here] The stories had a partial translation of the letter…
Arsonists threaten reprisals if Baha'is befriend Muslims
(BWNS, 16-Jan-2011, GENEVA) — A recent wave of arson attacks on Baha’i-owned businesses in Rafsanjan, Iran, appears to be part of a campaign to fracture relationships between Baha’is and Muslims in the city.
Another Baha’i-Owned Business Fire Bombed, Threatening Letter Left Behind
(Persian2English, 5 Jan 2011) Persian Report by the Association Against Educational DiscriminationTranslation by Siavosh Jalili, Persian2English The Association Against Educational Discrimination (AAED)- On December 30, 2010, the business and shop of yet another Baha’i citizen in…
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