Source: iranwire.com Authorities of the Islamic Republic in northern Sari are planning to launch an exhibition to promote propaganda against religious minorities. Iranian media has reported on an upcoming exhibition titled “Water and Mirage,” which…
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Iran Summons 12 Baha’i Citizens to Revolutionary Court
Source: iranwire.com In an escalation of harassment against Baha’i citizens, a Revolutionary Court has summoned 12 members of the persecuted religious minority to face charges. Branch One of the Revolutionary Court in northern Sari has…
The Public Places Supervision Office Prohibits the Hosting of a Memorial Service for the Departed in Sari
Source: www.iranintl.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to information received by Iran International, on December 15th and October 18th, memorial services for two departed Baha’i citizens, Noura Imani and Golchehreh Nobakht (Darabi), were canceled…
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…
Three Baha’i Citizens Receive Prison Sentences and Social Sanctions in Sari
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Sari Revolutionary Court has recently issued a 33-month prison sentence along with additional penalties to Baha’i citizen Saha Sabeti. Two other Baha’i individuals, Behrooz Rahmani and Sanaz Alizadeh Rooshankoohi, have also been…
Fourteen Bahai Citizens Sentenced to a Total of 31 Years in Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org In a concerning development, the Ghaemshahr Revolutionary Court has handed down a collective prison sentence of 31 years to 14 Bahai citizens. The individuals affected by this ruling are Mani Gholinejad, Bita Haghighi,…
12 Baha’i -Owned Businesses Shut Down and Sealed in Sari and Shahr-e-Kord
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Saturday, April 19, 12 Businesses belonging to Baha’i citizens in Sari and Shahr-e-kord cities were shut down and sealed by the agents of…
Whereabouts Of Iranian Baha’i Unknown Three Weeks After Arrest
Source: iranwire.com A member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority has been detained in an unknown location since his arrest three weeks ago, his family says. Nabil Moghefi, a 24-year-old resident of the northern city of…
Baha’i Citizen Nabil Movafaghi Arrested
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Thursday, January 12, security forces arrested Baha’i citizen Nabil Movafaghi, a resident of Sari, at his relatives’ house in Gonbad-e Kavus, Golestan Province. The agents searched the house, confiscated some of his belongings,…
Milad Sanai, Baha’i Citizen, Arrested in Sari
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Harana news agency, the news organ of the group of human rights activists in Iran, on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, Milad Sanai, a Baha’i citizen, was arrested…
Four Baha’i Citizens Still in Detention and Awaiting Legal Process
Source: www.en-hrana.org Four Baha’i citizens, Natoli Derakhshan, Saba Sefidi, Pari Kargarian Marvasti and Daniel Bani-Nejad, are still in detention and awaiting further legal proceedings. On January 11, Derakhshan and Sefidi were arrested in Sari and Tehran…
Baha’i Poet Natoli Derakhshan Arrested in Sari City
Source: www.en-hrana.org On January 11, Natoli Derkshan, a poet and Baha’i citizen, was arrested by intelligence agents at his home in Sari City and transferred to an unidentified location. According to HRANA, the news agency of…
Persecution Of Baha’i Citizens Intensifies In Iran’s Mazandaran Province
Source: iranintl.com Two human rights organizations announced that according to a classified document that they have acquired, the Islamic Republic officials have intensified their monitoring and restrictions over citizens of Baha’i faith in Iran’s northern province…
Exposed: Sinister Plan by Iranian Authorities to Monitor and Suppress Baha’is
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—10 March 2021—The Baha’i International Community (BIC) is appalled by the contents of an official Iranian directive which instructs local authorities in the city of Sari, in the northern province of Mazandaran, to “conduct…
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…