Source: iranhumanrights.org Over 1,200 Facing Court Proceedings or Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Faith November 5, 2024 – The Islamic Republic has intensified its crackdown on the Baha’i community, the country’s largest unrecognized religious minority, with…
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Retrial of 15 Baha’i Women in Isfahan Revolutionary Court on Charges of Educational and Promotional Activities Against Islamic Law
Source: www.en-hrana.org Fifteen Baha’i citizens from Baharestan, Isfahan, have once again been tried in the First Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Isfahan. Previously, this case had been returned from the Isfahan Court of Appeals…
Baha’i Citizen Negar Misaghian Arrested by Security Forces in Shiraz
Source: www.en-hrana.org On Wednesday, September 18, Negar Misaghian, a Baha’i citizen residing in Shiraz, was arrested by security forces and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence’s detention facility in Shiraz, known as House No 100.…
Anisa Samiian to Voice of America: The Islamic Republic accused me of “promoting the Bahá’í Faith” through “teaching piano.”
Source: ir.voanews.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Anisa Samiian, a Bahá’í citizen whose several family members have been arrested and sentenced to imprisonment and other deprivations, shared details of the sentence issued for her mother,…
Court of Appeals Upholds Prison Sentence for Baha’i Citizen Paridokht Shojaei
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Court of Appeals of Kerman Province has upheld the two-year and one-month prison sentence for Paridokht Shojaei Bagheini, a Baha’i citizen from Kerman. The ruling, issued by Branch 7 of the Kerman…
Baha’i Citizens Shiva Kashani-Nejad and Mojgan Samimi Sentenced to Prison and Other Punishments
Source: www.en-hrana.org Shiva Kashani-Nejad (Samieian) and Mojgan Samimi, Baha’i citizens residing in Rasht, have been sentenced by Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht to two years and one day in prison, fines, and…
Detention Order for Baha’i Citizen Nahid Behroozi Extended
Source: www.en-hrana.org Nahid Behroozi (Forouhari), a Baha’i citizen, remains in a state of uncertainty in Kachooie Prison, Karaj, 26 days after her arrest. Today, her detention order was extended for another week. A source close…
Baha’i Citizen Mojgan Salmanzadeh Detained in Urmia Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org Mojgan Salmanzadeh, a Baha’i citizen, remains in a state of uncertainty in Urmia Prison for over twelve days. A source close to the family confirmed this news to HRANA, stating: “Ms. Salmanzadeh was…
‘I Wished My Mother a Speedy Execution, I Didn’t Want Her to Be Tortured’
Source: www.msn.com Mona Mahmoudi’s parents were among the first members of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority to be executed under the Islamic Republic’s decades-long crackdown. When her mother, the country’s first female meteorologist, was arrested alongside seven others,…
Baha’i Sepideh Rashidi Detained in Ahvaz by IRGC Intelligence
Source: www.en-hrana.org IRGC intelligence officials have detained Baha’i citizen Sepideh Rashidi (Derakhshan) in Ahvaz, subsequently transferring her to an undisclosed location. This action has significantly heightened her family’s concerns due to the absence of information…
Fifteen Baha’i Women Receive Total of 75 Years in Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Isfahan Revolutionary Court has sentenced 15 Baha’i women from Baharestan, Isfahan County, to a total of 75 years in prison along with other penalties. The sentenced individuals are Mojgan Pourshafe Ardestani, Nasrin…
Surge in Persecution of Baha’i Women in Iran
Source: www.iranintl.com Dozens of Baha’i women in Iran have been summoned to court facing baseless criminal charges amid an escalation in the persecution of the Baha’i community. Since early March, over 75% of the Baha’is summoned…
Baha’i Women Under Attack in Iran: Authorities Escalate Arrests and Summonses
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—7 May 2024—A surge in attacks on Baha’i women across Iran has seen dozens of women summoned to court in recent weeks, facing baseless criminal charges and years in prison, separating them from…
Latest Developments on Baha’i Citizen Mina Karami’s Legal Situation
Source: www.en-hrana.org Baha’i citizen Mina Karami continues to serve her five-year prison term in Adelabad prison after the Appellate Court of Fars Province, influenced by the Ministry of Intelligence, recently rejected her request to complete…
Fifteen Baha’i Women Face Indictment in Isfahan
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Isfahan Courthouse has indicted 15 Baha’i residents from Baharestan City in Isfahan County. Among those indicted are Mojgan (Mozhgan) Pourshafee, Nasrin Khademi, Azita Rezvani-Khah, Shola Ashouri, Mojdeh Bahamin, Bashra Motahar, Sara Shakib,…
Twenty-Six Baha’is in Iran Sentenced to 126 Years in Prison as 10 More Baha’i Women Arrested in Isfahan, and 3 in Yazd
Source: bic.org GENEVA—26 October 2023—In an escalating pattern of persecution against the Baha’is in Iran, 36 more incidents targeting the community have taken place in recent days, affecting mostly women. Ten women, most of them…