Source: in.news.yahoo.com New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI) A Delhi-based human rights organisation has urged Iranian authorities to end all forms of persecution of its Baha’i citizens, according to an official statement issued on Saturday. The Baha’i…
Monthly Archives For January 2021
Three Baha’i Citizens Sentenced To Prison In Iran
Source: iranintl.com The attorney of three Baha’i citizens reported that each of them has received a sentence of four years and three months in prison. Attorney Mohammad Hadi Erfanian tweeted on Friday that Sepideh Keshavarz, Mahvash…
Four Decades of Vilifying and Harassing Iranian Baha’is by the Islamic Republic
Source: iranwire.com The Islamic Republic of Iran was born in 1979 following a wave of popular uprisings against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The Shah’s policies were modernizing yet his regime was repressive; many Iranians felt his…
Canadian Council of Imams: Statement in Regard to Land Confiscation of Baha’is in Iran
Source: opa.bahai.ca To Whom It May Concern: We are deeply concerned by the ruling issued by an Iranian Court to confiscate the properties of 27 Baha’is in the farming village of Ivel. In Islam, all properties…
American Islamic Congress: Statement Regarding Bahai’s land Confiscation in Iran
Source: www.bahai.us January, 26th, 2021 Statement Regarding Bahai’s land Confiscation in Iran To Whom it May Concern: We are very much concerned by the latest Iranian Court Ruling to unjustly confiscate and demolish 27 Bahai’s Farming…
International Day of Education; An Overview of the Right to Education in Iran in 2020
Source: www.en-hrana.org HRANA – This report prepared by Human Rights Activists (HRA) honors the International Day of Education by bringing attention to the state of education in Iran, specially during the Covid-19 pandemic and consequent challenges…
Land Confiscation and Mass Displacement of Baha’is in Iran
Source: opa.bahai.ca Two Iranian courts issued orders that declared ownership of lands by 27 Baha’is in the village of Ivel to be illegal. Recent rulings decided that all properties belonging to Baha’is in the village of…
Iran Sentences 2 Bahai Women to 10 Years of Prison
Source: irannewswire.org A Revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced two Bahai women to five years of prison each for following the outlawed faith yesterday. According to the Human Rights News Agency, the two women, identified as Sofia Mobini…
Shima Fattahi Prevented from Continuing Education Because of Belief in the Baha’i Faith
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA: Shima Fattahi Mirshekarloo, a Baha’i citizen, received a message on the website of the Urmia Azad University on Sunday, January 17th, 2021 informing her that she had been…
Baha’i Mahsa Forouhari Barred from Continuing Education
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA: Mahsa Forouhari, a Baha’i citizen living in Karaj has once again been prevented from continuing her education. After registering in the system of the assessment organization, which admits…
60 Political and Civil Activists; The Rights of Religious Minorities in Iran Are Being “Severely” Violated
Source: iranintl.com Translation by Iran Press Watch More than 60 political and civil activists stressed, in support of Mowlavi Abdul Hamid’s letter to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, that the rights of religious minorities…
US Religious Freedom Commission Condemns Crackdown On Baha’is In Iran
Source: iranintl.com The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a statement condemning the “alarming escalation of government measures targeting Baha’is in Iran on the basis of their faith.” The statement released on Friday mentions…
German Official Demands Iran Respect Religious Freedom, Recognize The Baha’i
Source: iranintl.com A German official has urged Iran to recognize the Baha’i as a religious community and for the rights of religious and ideological minorities to be respected. German Federal Government Commissioner for Religious Freedom. Markus…
USCIRF Condemns Crackdown on Baha’i Religious Observance, Land Ownership in Iran
Source: www.uscirf.gov Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns the alarming escalation of government measures targeting Baha’is in Iran on the basis of their faith. On December 24, 2020, Branch 2 of…
Three More Baha’i Houses Raided in Iran
Source: iranwire.com Officers from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence raided the houses of three Baha’i citizens in different cities of Iran, searched their homes and confiscated their personal belongings. According to reports sent to IranWire, on the…
Search of the Home of Karaj Baha’i Tina Alavi
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The house of Tina Alavi (Enayatipour), a Baha’i citizen of Karaj, was searched by security forces on Monday, January 13, and a number of her personal belongings,…