Source: genevasolutions.news Simin Fahandej With the mandate for the special rapporteur on human rights in Iran set to be renewed at the next Human Rights Council session in March, the country’s government needs to be held…
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Under Raisi, Iran’s Ongoing Persecution of the Baha’i Community Intensifies
Source: english.alaraby.co.uk Sophia Akram In-depth: The Baha’i community in Iran is no stranger to institutionalised discrimination, but under new hardliner President Raisi, land confiscations, imprisonment, and hate crime incitement against the community have escalated. When Kaykhosrov…
Two Baha’i Citizens Sent to Adel-Abad Prison to Serve Their Sentence
Source: www.en-hrana.org On January 23, two Baha’i citizens, Farham Sabet and Farzan Masoomi, both residents of Shiraz City, were sent to Adel-Abad Prison to serve their sentence. Earlier, the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz sentenced each to…
Anti-Baha’is Workshop Set up By The Regime in Karaj City
Source: www.en-hrana.org Following increasing pressure on Baha’i citizens by security and judicial institutions, the regime ran the second round of a three-day workshop to spread hate against Baha’i citizens. In this workshop, which was organized in…
My Wife’s Grandfather Was Executed for His Baha’i Faith. Iran Hasn’t Changed Enough.
Source: religionnews.com By James Samimi Farr As I watch the grim carousel that is the nuclear talks go round and round again, I think about all that may hinge on them, including, perhaps, the future of Iran’s…
They Didn’t Need Warrants
Source: www.lrb.co.uk By Saleem Vaillancourt Forty years ago the Islamic Republic of Iran admitted that it had executed my great-uncle. He was 65 years old. Mehdi Amin-Amin was survived by his wife, daughter, two grandsons and three siblings, including my…
New Arrests of Baha’is and Confiscation of Properties
Source: iranwire.com A Baha’i citizen in Tabriz, Sina Shahri, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents on January 17, at about 1pm, and taken to an unknown location. The agents also searched Shahri’s home and workplace…
Confiscation of Baha’i Properties in Mazandaran Based on the “Fatwa of Clerics”
Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports, a court in Mazandaran province, citing a “fatwa from clerics” which stated that “property ownership by Baha’is is illegitimate,” ruled that the property of Sheia Taeed, a…
Baha’i Citizen Sina Shahri Arrested By Agents of Ministry of Intelligence
Source: www.en-hrana.org Baha’i citizen Sina Shahri, resident of Tabriz, was arrested by intelligence agents and transferred to an unidentified location. Agents arrested him at his home, searched his house and confiscated some of his personal belongings…
Abdollah Shahbazi: The Rise and Fall of a Career Antisemite
Source: iranwire.com Abdollah Shahbazi was formerly one of Iran’s most prominent hate-mongers against the Baha’is and the Jewish people. Now, unconfirmed reports say he has emigrated to the US, stopping off with his daughter in New…
Baha’i Poet Natoli Derakhshan Arrested in Sari City
Source: www.en-hrana.org On January 11, Natoli Derkshan, a poet and Baha’i citizen, was arrested by intelligence agents at his home in Sari City and transferred to an unidentified location. According to HRANA, the news agency of…
Baha’i Citizen Saba Sefidi Arrested In Tehran
Source: www.en-hrana.org On January 11, Baha’i citizen Saba Sefidi, resident of Tehran, was arrested after an appearance at Branch 2 of Evin Courthouse. According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, the reason for…
Baha’i Assemblies After the Revolution: Arrest, Torture and Execution
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On January 4, 1982, in the turbulent years after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, seven members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is in Iran were executed in Tehran. Who were they?…
When Desmond Tutu Stood Up to the Iranian Regime
Source: iranwire.com Arash Azizi In his 90 years of life, the Nobel laureate, Anglican bishop and human rights activist Desmond Tutu touched countless lives, not only as a spiritual symbol of the South African nation but…
Report on the Arrest and Search of the Home of Seven Baha’i Citizens by Security Forces in Mahshahr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Monday, December 27th, 2021, seven Baha’i citizens of Mahshahr, were arrested by security forces. Jamal Afshar, Behzad Afshar, Farideh Farzaneh, Mehran Afshar, Azam…
Manijeh Azamian Arrested and Transferred to Babol Prison to Begin Her Sentence
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Manijeh Azamian, 52-year-old Baha’i living in Babol, was arrested and transferred to Babol Prison to begin her sentence. Ms. Azamian was sentenced to one year…
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