Source: www.en-hrana.org The Alborz Revolutionary Court sentenced Baha’i citizen Payam Vali, imprisoned in Ghezel Hesar Prison, to 16 years imprisonment, pre-trial detention included. He was also banned from leaving the country for two years and sentenced…
Monthly Archives For February 2023
Iran Issues More Jail Terms Against Baha’is in Iran – Including a Third Former Leader
Source: www.bic.org GENEVA—22 February 2023—This week, two Baha’i women in Iran, Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, have entered the fourth month of unjust 10-year jail terms in Evin Prison. Together with five others, they were members…
Resolution Condemning Iranian Persecution Against Baha’is Introduced in Senate
Source: finance.yahoo.com Washington, D.C., Feb. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Senate Resolution 74 (S.Res.74), condemning the recent surge in state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i community of Iran, was introduced on February 16th in the United States Senate. It…
Jailed Baha’i Refuses to Confess Against Himself for Release
Source: www.iranwire.com A member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority has refused to sign a false confession in exchange for his release, IranWire understands. Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen who has been held in jail for…
Eleven Baha’i Citizens Sentenced to a Total of 36 Years in Prison
Source: www.iranwire.com The Karaj Revolutionary Court sentenced eleven Baha’i citizens, out of 13 defendants of one legal case, to over 36 years and additional punishments. According to these verdicts, Afif Na’imi, Saman OstovarKamyar Habibi, Rameleh Tirgarnejad,…
Habibollah Azizi: A Baha’i and the Islamic Republic’s First Dual National Murder
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On January 14, the Islamic Republic executed Alireza Akbari, a former deputy defense minister and an Iranian-British dual national. But Akbari was not the first dual national sent to the gallows by the…
Iran’s Raisi: A 1980s Killer of Baha’is
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti President Ebrahim Raisi, a longtime establishment figure in the Islamic Republic who has been Iran’s president since August 2021, was before his election a senior judiciary official for more than 40 years.…
The Islamic Republic Is on the Path to Committing a Mass Atrocity. The World Should Pay Attention.
Source: www.atlanticcouncil.org Anthony Vance According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), since Mahsa Jina Amini was killed by the so-called morality police in September 2022, demonstrations have occurred in at least 163 cities and at 144 universities in…