Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org News Bulletin #11-25 Iran 14 MARCH – 21 MARCH 2025 [This bulletin documents only the most significant acts of persecution and human rights abuses which the BIC has noted during the reporting period. …
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Baha’i Citizen Sina Aghdasi Arrested in Tabriz
Source: www.en-hrana.org Sina Aghdasi, a Baha’i citizen residing in Tabriz, was arrested today, September 16, by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. A source close to Aghdasi’s family confirmed the news to HRANA,…
Three Baha’i Citizens Arrested in Tabriz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Monday, September 16, Azam Azmoudeh, a Baha’i citizen residing in Tabriz, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence forces. With her arrest, the number of detained Baha’i citizens in Tabriz has risen…
Baha’i Homes Raided in Tabriz
Source: iranwire.com In a coordinated operation on January 9, agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence raided the homes of several Baha’i families in Tabriz, marking a fresh escalation in the government’s pressure campaign against the…
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 Citizen Sina Shahri Arrested By Agents of Ministry of Intelligence
Source: www.en-hrana.org Baha’i citizen Sina Shahri, resident of Tabriz, was arrested by intelligence agents and transferred to an unidentified location. Agents arrested him at his home, searched his house and confiscated some of his personal belongings…
Court of Appeals; Six Baha’is Acquitted in Tabriz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Yesterday, the Court of Appeals of Eastern Azarbaijan Province issued an acquittal order for six Baha’i citizens residing in Tabriz. In June of this year,…
Six Baha’i Residents of Tabriz Sentenced to Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRA News Agency – Six Baha’i residents of Tabriz have been sentenced to a total of 36 months of imprisonment. The court hearing for these citizens was held on…
Ban on Burying Baha’is in Tabriz
Source: news.isdparty.com Translation by Iran Press Watch The authorities often send the bodies of deceased Tabrizi Baha’is for burial in Miandoab, and the families of the deceased are not permitted to wash the bodies and…
Arrests of Baha’is in Tabriz Continue
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Following the recent arrests of several Baha’is in Tabriz, in mid-November five more Baha’is were detained in Tabriz by security forces. According to the HRANA, the…
Final Warning to Seal the Shop of a Baha’i Owner in Tabriz
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report by the campaign of “No to Imprisonment and Persecution of Baha’is”, a shop belonging to Ms. Shiva Isa-Khani, a Baha’i in Tabriz, was shut…
Baha’is-Owned Shops Sealed Off In Tabriz
Source: en.radiofarda.com At least sixteen businesses run by Baha’i citizens are sealed off in recent weeks in Tabriz, the largest city in northwestern Iran, reports say. In an interview with Radio Farda, the Baha’i International Community,…
Forced Closure of At Least Nine Baha’i-Owned Business in Tabriz
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 17 December, 2017 The businesses of at least nine Baha’is have been closed and sealed by the agents of the Office of Public Properties of Eastern Azerbaijan Province in…
Denial of Burial for 44 Baha’is in Tabriz
Source: Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Translation by Iran Press Watch The supervisors of the biggest cemetery in Tabriz, named Vadi Rahmat, from 2011 until now have denied burial in the cemetery to 44 Baha’is. According…
Baha’is in Iran Denied Access to Basic Human Rights at Burial
Source: www.shahrvand.com By Reza Moridi, MPP September 13, 2016 Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein High Commissioner Office of the United Nations for Human Rights OHCHR-Palais Wilson, United Nations Office at Geneva CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Dear Honorable High Commissioner:…
Five Days Since the Death of a Baha’i, Authorities Have Not Issued a Burial Permit
Source: BahaiNews 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, the body of Ms. Rezvanieh Nabavi Dehkharghani, a Baha’i citizen, is still being kept in the cold storage unit at the Vadi-e Rahmat Cemetery…
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