Source: www.arabnews.com PARIS: Iranian authorities are not taking the measures needed to limit the spread of coronavirus in its overcrowded prisons, including institutions where foreigners such as Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert are held, a rights group charged…
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Persecution of Baha’is in Iran Amid Pandemic
Source: WDRforyou We are going abroad again, to talk about a religious group that is not allowed to exist, at least in its country of origin. In Iran, adherents of the Baha’i Faith are deprived of…
Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Writes to Iranian Counterpart in Wave of Support for Iran’s Persecuted Baha’is
Source: Bahai International Community BRUSSELS—29 July 2020—The Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, has written(link is external) to Iran’s Foreign Minister, Muhammad Javad Zarif, condemning the recent escalation of the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran, the…
Four More Baha’is Convicted in Shiraz; Total of 33 Years in Prison for 12 Baha’is
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA ‒ The Court of Appeals of Fars Province sentenced four Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz ‒ Farham Sabet, Farzan Masoumi, Shahnaz Sabet and Soheila Haghighat ‒ to a total of eight years in…
As COVID-19 Hits Iran, Australian Health Practitioners Plead for Baha’is in Prison
Source: www.smh.com.au By Steve Jacobs More than 250 Australian health practitioners have signed an open letter expressing their concern about the human rights pressures faced by the Bahai community in Iran that have escalated amid the coronavirus pandemic.…
Irish Politicians, Doctors and Experts Call on Iranian Authorities to Cease Arrest and Imprisonment of Their Bahá’í Citizens.
Source: bahai.ie As we in Ireland begin to be released from lockdown, the Iranian authorities are locking up dozens of Bahá’ís. More than 60 Irish people including politicians, medical professionals and society wide experts, have added…
Yemen: International Leaders Call on Houthis to Release Bahai Prisoners
Source: www.thenational.ae Iran-backed rebels promised to release six Bahai members in March but they remain behind bars Global figures are calling on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels to immediately release members of the Bahai community, who are…
In the Middle of a Pandemic, Iran Dials Up Persecution of Its Baha’i Citizens
Source: thewire.in In recent weeks, at least 71 individuals across the country have been arrested, summoned to court, tried, sentenced to jail or imprisoned – solely for their beliefs. New Delhi: Even as the pandemic has yet…
Persecution in Pandemic
Source: www.internationalaffairs.org.au By Dr Natalie Mobini In recent months, members of Iran’s Bahá’í community have been facing a double threat. Not only is the risk of infections from the coronavirus epidemic gripping their nation, a tide…
Persecution of Baha’is intensifies in Iran
Source: ARUNACHAL OBSERVER NEW DELHI, Jun 09 : Iranian authorities have intensified persecution of the Baha’is, targeting at least 71 individuals across the country in recent weeks in the face of escalating health pandemic. Reports…
Group claims persecution of Baha’i community
Source: Dominion Post, Wellington Iranian authorities have escalated persecution of the Baha’i community, targeting at least 77 individuals across the country in recent weeks, despite a second wave of coronavirus infections, according to a global organisation…
Persecution of Baha’is in Iran increases
Source: www.pressreader.com Iranian authorities have escalated persecution of the Baha’i community, targeting at least 77 individuals across the country in recent weeks, despite a second wave of coronavirus infections, according to a global organisation representing the…