Source: www.canada.ca From: Global Affairs Canada Statement October 27, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada Today, Global Affairs Canada issued the following statement: “Worldwide, the right to practise, choose and change one’s religion or belief…
Monthly Archives For October 2021
Resolution Condemning Iranian Persecution Against Baha’is Introduced in Congress
Source: finance.yahoo.com Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Monday, October 25th, House Resolution 744 (H.Res.744), condemning the state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i community of Iran, was introduced in the United States House of Representatives. The…
Released Baha’i Citizen: Security Agents Mistook a Book Price Tag for Our Prophet’s Name
Source: iranwire.com Arsalan Yazdani, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, was recently released from prison after his sudden arrest by security agents on September 1 this year. The graphic designer has taken to Instagram to explain what happened –…
Iranian Baha’is Face Persecution: My Cousin’s Story
Source: oberlinreview.org I am a Baha’i, a member of a world religion whose adherents strive for unity, peace, and social transformation. Because of the ongoing persecution of 350,000 other Baha’is in Iran, including my family members,…
Intelligence Agents Swoop on a Baha’i Home in Shiraz
Source: iranwire.com IranWire understands that on Saturday, October 16, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in Shiraz raided the home of a Baha’i citizen, Nora Momtazian (Abadi). Officers came with a warrant for the search, and…
Baha’i Citizen in Ghaemshahr Fired From Job Due to Pressure From IRGC Intelligence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Soheil Haghdoost, a Baha’i citizen living in Ghaemshahr, has been fired from his job at an ophthalmologist’s office due to pressure from the city’s IRGC…
Four Baha’is Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trying to Access Higher Education
Source: iranhumanrights.org The Baha’i faith community is one of the most severely persecuted religious minorities in Iran. Iran’s government is unabashed in its propagating of false narratives about the community and has for decades blocked Baha’is from…
Activists Deconstruct Baha’i “Errant Sect” Propaganda on Clubhouse
Source: iranwire.com “Misguided sect.” You may have heard the term used by the government of the Islamic Republic to discriminate against and restrict large sections of Iranian society, who are Baha’is, so that they are deprived…
New Evidence That Iran’s Denial of Higher Education to Baha’is Is Driven by Religious Prejudice
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—4 October 2021—Recent reports indicate that the Iranian government has affirmed and further entrenched its policy to bar members of the Baha’i Faith from university. Young Baha’is, who for decades have been denied…
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,…
Denial of Access to Higher Education Surges for Baha’i Citizens in Iran
Source: www.en-hrana.org Since the beginning of this year, HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, has documented 16 cases of Baha’i citizens being barred from higher education due to their faith. As in previous years,…
More Arrests of Iranian Baha’is as Regime ‘Targets Young Families’
Source: iranwire.com Multiple arrests of members of the Baha’i community took place in Iran over the past week. In Shiraz, Hayedeh Forootan and her son Mehran Mosalanejad were detained last Thursday by the security forces. According to Human Rights Activists…
As the New University Year Begins, Baha’is Again Face Bans
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti It’s an annual occasion, a clear reminder of the cruel, targeted discrimination embedded in Iran’s education system. Each year, as Iranian students receive the results of their higher education entrance exams, Baha’i students…