Source: iranwire.com Officials from Behesht Zahra, Tehran’s main cemetery, have sparked fresh outrage by burying the body of a deceased Baha’i, Abbas Manavi, without the consent or knowledge of his family. To compound the distress,…
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U.S. Report on Religious Freedom in Iran
Source: www.state.gov May 16, 2023 On May 15, the State Department released its annual report on religious freedom. Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the Iranian government for the crackdown on protesters. “People across Iran,…
Fariba Kamalabadi; Aspiring to serve Iran, Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch “They have always talked about many lost rights of the Baha’i community, such as the right to education and the right to work, but they have…
Updated: Baha’is Prevented by Ministry of Intelligence Agent from Burials in Their Own Cemetery
Source: iranwire.com Updated 18 April IranWire has received a photo of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence agent, Masoud Momeni, who the Baha’i International Community said yesterday is “preventing and disrupting” the burial of Baha’is at…
Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source: www.bic.org UN Human Rights Council – 52nd Session, March 2023 GENEVA—20 March 2023 Mr. President, Today, women in Iran have become a voice for justice that can no longer be silenced. Not only the…
Civil Activists Condemn Prolonged Detention Of Two Baha’i Women
Source: www.iranintl.com A group of Iranian civil activists issued a statement protesting “heavy and unfair” sentences against two well-known Baha’i figures. Bahai community leaders Fariba Kamalabadi, 60, and Mahvash Sabet Shahriari, 70, were handed new 10-year…
Jailed Iranian Baha’i Accused Of Communicating With Foreign Media
Source: iranwire.com An Iranian prosecutor has accused a member of the country’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority of having established “extensive” contacts with Persian-language media outlets outside Iran and spreading “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic. Payam Vali,…
Iranian Sunni Cleric Says Rights Of Baha’is, Other Minorities Must Be Respected
Source: iranwire.com The Sunni Friday prayer leader of the eastern Iranian city of Zahedan has urged the country’s Shia clerical leaders to respect the rights of all religious minorities and to stop accusing members of Iran’s…
Four Baha’i Citizens Sentenced to a Total of 32 Months Imprisonment by Appeals Court
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Court of Appeals in Yazd Province recently sentenced Baha’i citizens Amin Zolfaghari, Mahboobeh Misaghian, Mitra Bandi Amirabadi and Hiva Yazdan Mehdi Abadi to a total of 32 months in prison. According to HRANA,…
Security Agents Raid Home of Detained Baha’i’s Mother
Source: iranwire.com More than a month after the arrest of Arsalan Yazdani, a Baha’i citizen of Tehran, his family has still received no information about the charges or where he is being held. But IranWire understands that on Thursday,…
On Human Rights Day, a Focus on Education in Iran
Source: news.bahai.ca “Of course you don’t have the right to go to university; you are a Baha’i.” That is what Tolou Golkar was told by an Iranian official, after she was arrested and interrogated for her…
Baha’i Homes Reportedly Raided In Cities Across Iran
Source: en.radiofarda.com Activists say Iranian security forces have raided the homes of dozens of Baha’is in several cities across the country, confiscating their personal belongings. The reason for the raids on November 22 was not immediately…
Lawyer: Iranian Baha’i Woman Sent to Prison to Start Sentence for Practicing her Faith
Source: www.voanews.com By Michael Lipin, Ramin Haghjoo WASHINGTON – An Iranian lawyer says a Baha’i woman he represents has become the latest member of the religious minority to begin serving a prison sentence for practicing her faith, deemed…
Parliaments Delegation Chair Expresses Concerns Over Human Rights Situation in Iran
Source: www.guengl.eu Amidst the global pandemic which has hit countries such as Iran particularly hard, and with Germany taking over the EU Council Presidency, the chair of the European Parliament’s delegation to Iran Cornelia Ernst (DIE LINKE, Germany)…
Iran Sentences Three Baha’is to 20 Years for Their Religious Beliefs
Source: iran-hrm.com The Revolutionary Court in Iran’s Semnan Province has sentenced three members of the Bahai religious minority to a total of 20 years in jail on national security charges. The Bahais, Ardeshir Fanaian, Yalda Firouzian…
Blatant Religious Discrimination and Brutality in Iranian Education
Source: www.radiofarda.com By Saeed Paivandi Translation by Iran Press Watch With the start of the new school year, once again, the media and social networks report on the continuing policy of banning Baha’i students from admission…
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