Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On May 22, 2011, in a coordinated and simultaneous operation, agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence raided the homes of 39 Baha’i citizens connected with the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education…
Monthly Archives For March 2023
Baha’i Citizen Nahaleh Shahidi Yazdi Arrested
Source: www.en-hrana.org On March 28, 2023, security forces arrested Baha’i citizen Nahaleh Shahidi Yazdi on her way from Karaj to Kerman and took her to an undisclosed location. According to HRANA, the news agency of…
Persecuted Baha’i Doctors and the Creation of Iran’s Informal Baha’i University
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Health workers are a critical part of any society and, in Iran, hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and scientists contributed to the country’s development. But today there are almost no Iranian…
Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source: www.bic.org UN Human Rights Council – 52nd Session, March 2023 GENEVA—20 March 2023 Mr. President, Today, women in Iran have become a voice for justice that can no longer be silenced. Not only the…
Iran: Possible Crimes Against Humanity, Absence of Accountability – Top Rights Expert
Source: www.indiablooms.com New York: “The most serious human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past four decades” have been committed since the death in police custody of Jina Mahsa Amini on…
Baha’i Citizen Parva Behdad Sentenced to Imprisonment and Additional Punishments
Source: www.en-hrana.org The Isfahan Revolutionary Court recently sentenced Baha’i citizen Parva Behdad to three years in prison, a ban from leaving the country for two years and other punishments. According to HRANA, the news agency of…
A Baha’i Grandmother Starts Her Second Decade in Prison
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Mahvash Shahriari Sabet, a 70-year-old Baha’i teacher and poet, mother and grandmother, is perhaps even more renowned among people outside Iran than in her own country. She spent 10 years of her…
Civil Activists Condemn Prolonged Detention Of Two Baha’i Women
Source: www.iranintl.com A group of Iranian civil activists issued a statement protesting “heavy and unfair” sentences against two well-known Baha’i figures. Bahai community leaders Fariba Kamalabadi, 60, and Mahvash Sabet Shahriari, 70, were handed new 10-year…
Sepehr Ziaie, Baha’i Prisoner, Excluded from Khamenei’s Amnesty
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Kian Sabeti Sepehr Ziaie is one of the Baha’is detained in recent weeks, during the new round of protests in Iran. While the authorities of the Islamic Republic have…
Continued Detention and Uncertainty in Case of Baha’i Citizen Sanaz Tafzali
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Ms. Sanaz Tafzali (Ruhi), a 45-year-old Baha’i citizen, married mother of two, has been detained in Mashhad’s Vakil Abad prison for three months without specific charges. As of March…
Report on Political Prisoners’ Conditions in Women’s Ward of Evin Prison
Source: www.en-hrana.org Currently, 24 women are being held at the women’s ward of Evin Prison in Tehran for political and alleged national security charges. This report provides an updated list of these prisoners along with their…
The Extension of the Detention Order of Pouya Saraf, a Baha’i Citizen in Shiraz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The detention order for Pouya Saraf, a Baha’i citizen living in Karaj, has been extended. Mr. Saraf had already been detained for 100 days at…
Jailed Iranian Rights Activists Ready To Testify Against FM Claims
Source: www.iranintl.com In response to Iran’s foreign minister’s denials of rape in prisons, an imprisoned female activist announced she is ready to testify against the government. In a letter sent to Radio Farda, the Persian Service…
Ali Bazmandegan, Baha’i Citizen, Remanded to Langerood Prison in Qom to Endure His Imprisonment
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – On Saturday, the 6th of March, 2023, Ali Bazmandegan, a Baha’i citizen living in Shiraz, was summoned to Langeroud Prison in Qom to serve his prison sentence. According to HRANA…