Source: www.telegraph.co.uk The Baha’i religious minority in Iran is facing its worst crackdown in decades after Tehran carried out a flurry of home demolitions and arrested key leaders. Several hundred Iranian agents descended this week on…
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Australian Baha’is Condemn Iran’s ‘Relentless Persecution’ of Religious Minority
Source: www.sbs.com.au Fearing for their lives, Pantea Motearefi and her family fled Iran in 1993. But 26 years later, Baha’is in Iran are still subjected to fierce religious persecution. Pantea Motearefi and her family were fast…
USCIRF Condemns Destruction of Baha’i Homes in Iran
Source: www.uscirf.gov Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today strongly condemned the destruction of Baha’i homes in the town of Roshan Kuh in Mazandaran Province, Iran. “We strongly condemn Iran’s destruction of…
Homes of Three Baha’i Families Destroyed in Northern Iran
Source: iranwire.com On Monday, August 3, the homes of at least three Baha’i families in northern Iran were torn down without warning by state forces. Police and municipal agents demolished the homes of the Sabetian, Derakhshan and Enayati families in…
Security Forces Confiscate Baha’i Lands by Citing Clerics
Source: www.independentpersian.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Amir Soltanzadeh Writer and Journalist Seizure of land with Title Deeds in Roshankooh village under excuse of Protecting Natural Resources Recently, the Natural Resources Department of Mazandaran Province…
Plot to Destroy Baha’i Homes in Roshankooh in Mazandaran
Source: www.hra-news.org February 22, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA- The majority of the residents of the village of Roshankooh in the province of Mazandaran are Baha’is. This fact has been the cause of discrimination…