Source: www.tribunezamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Moments ago, Mahvash Shahriari, one of the leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, after eight years of imprisonment in Evin prison, left for a five-day furlough. According to a…
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Take Action for Mahvash Sabet on International Women’s Day
Source: www.pen-international.org ‘Beyond those gates, another world, another race, a people poisoned and oppressed by woe; they stared wearily at us, the prisoners we faced, with sunken eyes, lack-lustre, circled with sorrow’ – extract from ‘From…
Honouring Mahvash Sabet: Acharya Modgala Duguid Reads ‘The Perfume of Poetry’
Source: vimeo.com As part of the #7Bahais7years campaign, Acharya Modgala Duguid of the Amida Trust UK offers a message of support to Mahvash Sabet and oppressed people everywhere. She reads ‘The Perfume of Poetry’ from Mahvash’s…
A Page from the Forgotten History of the Events Leading to the Detention of the “Yaran-e Iran”; Arrest of Mahvash Sabet
Source: http://goo.gl/cgNOZk Translation by Iran Press Watch By: Kian Sabeti …
The Imprisonment of the Yaran: Mahvash Sabet’s Plight as a Bahá’í in Iran
By Bijan Masumian Bijan Masumian is a Bahá’í living in Texas and the cousin of Mahvash Sabet, a prisoner of conscience in Iran. My cousin, Mahvash Sabet, is now in the women’s ward of Evin Prison,…
Ms. Mahvash Sabet and Ms.Fariba Kamalabadi transferred to Evin prison.
05/19/2011: Community Against Denial of Higher Education: Ms. Mahvash Sabet and Ms. Fariba Kamalabadi, two Baha’i prisoners and members of the 7-member Baha’i leadership council of Iran known as the Yaran [“Friends”], were transferred from…
Unpacking “The Bahá’í Question”: 46 Years of Institutionalised, State-Sponsored Persecution Against the Bahá’ís in Iran
Source: www.internationalaffairs.org.au In the years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian government executed more than 200 Bahá’ís, members of the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority. It then pivoted to a systematic policy signed by…
Iranian Baha’i Poet Faces Return to Evin Prison After Surgery
Source: www.iranintl.com Prominent Baha’i poet Mahvash Sabet, 71, may soon be sent back to Evin Prison in Tehran following open-heart surgery, sparking alarm among human rights organizations and activists. The Baha’i International Community has urged…
Baha’i International Community-Iran News Bulletin #01-2025
Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org News Bulletin #01-25 Iran 20 DECEMBER 2024 – 3 JANUARY 2025 [This bulletin documents only the most significant acts of persecution and human rights abuses which the BIC has noted during the reporting…
Baha’i International Community-Iran News Bulletin #35-2024
Source: iranbahaipersecution.bic.org News Bulletin #35-24 Iran 13 DECEMBER – 20 DECEMBER 2024 [This bulletin documents only the most significant acts of persecution and human rights abuses which the BIC has noted during the reporting period. …
Arrests, Imprisonments of Baha’i Soar as Iran’s War on Religious Minority Intensifies
Source: iranhumanrights.org Over 1,200 Facing Court Proceedings or Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Faith November 5, 2024 – The Islamic Republic has intensified its crackdown on the Baha’i community, the country’s largest unrecognized religious minority, with…
Baha’is Under Siege in Iran: Persecution Amidst Regional Tensions
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Amidst the escalating geopolitical tensions, the Islamic Republic’s unabating persecution of Baha’is persists. Security crackdowns, judicial harassment, and systematic hate-mongering have long been hallmarks of the Islamic Republic’s 45-year campaign against…
Will Promises Affect the Bitter Reality: Iran’s President Pezeshkian to address United Nations amid escalating Baha’i persecution
Source: www.bic.org New York—23 September 2024—When Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian arrives at the United Nations, he will travel on the waves of promises and appeals he has made to the Iranian people over the…
2024 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Source: www.uscirf.gov IRAN USCIRF–RECOMMENDED FOR COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN (CPC) KEY FINDINGS In 2023, religious freedom conditions in Iran remained extremely poor. Protests against mandatory hijab laws and other restrictions on freedom of religion or…
10 POLITICAL PRISONERS EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH THE BAHAI COMMUNITY IN IRAN FACING INTENSE PRESSURE
Source: narges.foundation Our differences in political views and beliefs have never, do not, and will never obstruct our support for human rights. Silence in the face of oppression only emboldens the regime, making its actions…
Excerpt from the Annual Report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on Baha’is in Iran
Source: www.uscirf.gov In 2023, authorities conducted individual and mass arrests of Baha’is across Iran, taking them to undisclosed locations and imposing excessively long prison sentences. Iranian security officials beat and brutalized Baha’is during raids and…
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