Source: www.washingtontimes.com Women, ethnic minorities struggle for equal rights in Iran By Dr. Mitra Aliabouzar – Special to Higher Ground OPINION: A few days ago, I read an open letter from my former fellow inmate in Iran’s Evin…
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Baha’i Community Congratulates Narges Mohammadi on the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—6 October 2023—The Baha’i International Community sends its sincere and joyful congratulations today to the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi. Ms. Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights and women’s rights activist…
USCIRF Report: Religious Freedom in Iran ‘Sharply’ Deteriorating
Source: thebaptistpaper.org Religious freedom and human rights conditions in Iran — which already were bleak — have “sharply deteriorated,” the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom reported in an update released Sept. 11. “State violence in Iran…
“Our Homes are No Refuge” Baha’i Minority in Iran Facing Intensified State Assault
Source: iranhumanrights.org UN and International Community Must Spotlight Cases, Demand End to Escalating Oppression 180 Reports of Baha’is Targeted by State Security Forces in Last Year August 17, 2023 – The escalating surge of arrests,…
Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Sabet: A Year in Detention and Counting
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti In a coordinated and organized operation on July 31, 2022, agents of the Intelligence Ministry raided the homes of tens of Baha’is in cities across Iran and arrested a number of Baha’is including…
Baha’i Citizen Rouya Malakooti Arrested, Eight Others Summoned in Mashhad
Source: www.en-hrana.org On July 29, nine Baha’i women were separately summoned to appear at Mashhad Courthouse, with one among them, Roya Malakouti, ending up arrested after hours of interrogation. The other eight citizens, Roya Ghaneh-Ezabadi,…
Another Baha’i Buried Improperly in Tehran Cemetery
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,…
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,…
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