The following report was posted by Iran Press News on Monday, March 16, 2009, and is provided below in translation by Iran Press Watch: In a highly questionable legal act, the shop of a Baha’i…
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Graffiti on Baha’i Homes in Semnan
Semnan continues to be a hotbed of anti-Baha’i hostility. The following report was filed by Iran Press News on Sunday, March 15, 2009, and is presented below in translation by Iran Press Watch: On early…
Baha'i Youth Arrested in Semnan
The following report was posted on Iran Press News on Thursday, March 12, 2009: Following recent activities against the Baha’i citizens of Semnan, a Baha’i youth of 24 years age by the name of Pooya…
Persecution of Baha'is in Semnan Intensified
The following report was posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009, on Khabar Navard site: Following the intensification of persecution and harassment of the Baha’is of Semnan in December 2008 which has reached an unprecedented level,…
Vandals Desecrate the Baha’i Cemetery in Semnan
Semnan – On 19 February 2009, the Baha’i cemetery in Semnan became the victim of a growing wave of violence that has swept across Iran, desecrating Baha’i burial places and terrorizing Baha’i families. Fifty tombstones…
Bombing the Baha'is of Semnan
Editor’s Note: The following disturbing report is a translation of a news story appearing in Iran Press News (reference cited below). An unknown group has used explosives to attack several Baha’i homes in Semnan in…
The Verdict of the Imam Jum‘ih of Semnan
Editor’s Note: In light of increased attacks on the Baha’i community in Iran and further systematization of these hostilities, the following story from http://www.rasanews.com/Negaresh_site/FullStory/?Id=48731 is one of many examples of exhortations by Iranian Shi’ite clergy…
Attack on the Baha'is of Mashhad
The agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided once again the homes of ten Baha’is in Mashhad and arrested two Baha’is. Yesterday, January 26, the Iranian security forces raided Baha’is homes in Mashhad in a…
The Annual Report of Human Rights Activists in Iran: The Worrisome Condition of the Iranian Baha’i Community in 2008
Monday, 19 January 2009 Editor’s Note: Given the increasingly difficult situation of Baha’is in Iran, and an increase in the number of arrests, searches and destruction of Baha’i cemeteries, and also the fact that Baha’i…
Three More Leading Baha'is Arrested in Semnan
On Sunday, 4 January 2009, Human Rights Activists of Iran reported the following: Earlier today, three Baha’is responsible for the Baha’i community of Semnan were arrested by security agents and conducted to an unknown location.…
Baha’is Under Widespread Attack in Semnan
“I have been ordered to do so. Please believe me.” “Please pardon what I’m doing.” These are what agents of the Ministry of Intelligence sometimes say when they attack Baha’i homes – this time, a…
Update on Raids in Semnan
Iran Press Watch has learned through its contacts in Iran that indeed on 15 December 2008 agents of the Ministry of Intelligence launched a series of raids of the homes of some 13 Baha’is in…
Raid on Baha’i Homes in Semnan
As previously reported by this site, over the course of several days from 12 to 15 of December 2008, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided Baha’i homes in Semnan, in northern Iran and arrested…
Baha’i followers Searched in Iran
United News Network (UNN) reported on Tuesday 16 December 2008 at 4:09 am: Tehran (UNN) Houses of 12 Baha’i followers in the Iranian city of Semnan were searched by the security forces. Sources close to…
Agents of the Intelligence Ministry Raided Baha’i Households in Semnan
On Monday, 15 December 2008, Human Rights Activists of Iran posted the following report: At 6 A.M. on December 14, 2008, the agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided Baha’i households in Semnan in expanded…
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