Source: www.hrw.org Summary Baha’is are the largest unrecognized religious minority in Iran. They have been the target of harsh, state-backed repression since their religion was established in the 19th century. After the 1979 revolution, Iranian…
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In Iran, Bahai Minority Faces Persecution Even After Death
Stuart Williams Source: www.yahoo.com A flattened patch of earth is all that remains of where the graves once stood –- evidence, Iran’s Bahais say, that their community is subjected to persecution even in death. Beneath…
The Fight for Freedom and Equality in Iran Rages On
Source: www.washingtontimes.com Women, ethnic minorities struggle for equal rights in Iran By Dr. Mitra Aliabouzar – Special to Higher Ground OPINION: A few days ago, I read an open letter from my former fellow inmate in Iran’s Evin…
Mona’s Sister Was Arrested in Iran. She’s Not the Only Australian Fearing for Loved Ones
Source: www.sbs.com.au Members of the Baha’i community in Australia say they fear for their relatives’ safety as persecution of the religious minority “intensifies” in Iran. KEY POINTS On 18 December 2023, while many Australians were…
Iran Ramping Up Brutality With World’s Eyes on Gaza, Advocates Warn
Source: globalnews.ca By Negar Mojtahedi It’s been 10 weeks since the Israel-Hamas war began and in that time, Iran has seen an upsurge in atrocities, particularly against minorities. Some Iranian-Canadians believe the regime is ramping up brutality…
Human Rights Day: Activists Vow to Continue the Fight for a Better Iran
Source: iranwire.com By ROGHAYEH REZAEI Prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and other Iranian activists marked International Human Rights Day with renewed calls for more freedoms, equality and justice in the country, despite the Islamic…
14 Female Prisoners Express Sympathy for the Family of the Deceased Baha’i and Praising “Her Fight Against Injustice”
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Following the death of Afagh Khosravi Zand (Rahimian) (wife of one of the Baha’is executed in 1984), 14 female political prisoners in Evin expressed sympathy with her family…
“A Change in Tactics”: Baha’i International Community details “brutal” persecution in Iran
Source: www.bic.org The Iranian government is using intensified and brutal new tactics to persecute the Baha’i religious minority in Iran, according to a new statement of the Baha’i International Community (BIC) released today, with a view to…
Jailed Baha’i Woman Denied Phone Calls from Evin Prison
Source: iranwire.com Iranian prison authorities have denied the Baha’i prisoner Mahvash Shahriari Sabet access to phone calls after she published an open letter from inside Evin prison. “It is the ultimate injustice that my mother is being…
“My Story Is Yours”: Baha’i Woman Writes to Iranians from Evin Prison
Source: iranwire.com Mahvash Shahriari Sabet, a Baha’i woman serving a 10-year prison sentence at Tehran’s Evin Prison, wrote a poignant letter from the confines of her cell in which she calls on Iranians to not…
Iran’s Bahais Hit By New Wave Of Arrests: Representatives
Source: www.barrons.com Iranian authorities have launched a new wave of arrests targeting members of the Bahai faith, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, representatives of the community said on Tuesday. Activists say Bahais, whose faith…
Twenty-Six Baha’is in Iran Sentenced to 126 Years in Prison as 10 More Baha’i Women Arrested in Isfahan, and 3 in Yazd
Source: bic.org GENEVA—26 October 2023—In an escalating pattern of persecution against the Baha’is in Iran, 36 more incidents targeting the community have taken place in recent days, affecting mostly women. Ten women, most of them…
26 Baha’is in Iran Sentenced to 126 Years in Jail as 13 Arrested—Mostly Women
Source: iranwire.com In what the Baha’i International Community is calling an “escalating pattern of persecution against the Baha’is in Iran,” 39 more incidents targeting the community have been reported in recent days, affecting mostly women.…
Baha’i Community Congratulates Narges Mohammadi on the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—6 October 2023—The Baha’i International Community sends its sincere and joyful congratulations today to the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi. Ms. Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights and women’s rights activist…
Intensified Persecution of Baha’i Citizens in First Year of Mahsa Movement
Source: www.radiofarda.com Pooyan Mokari Translation by Iran Press Watch When nationwide protests, known as the “Zan Zendegi Azadi” (Women, Life, Freedom) movement, began in 2022 in Iran, Iranian authorities responded with intensified repression of various…
Iranian President Raisi Disregards Human Rights and Calls for Religious Respect Despite 44-Year Record of Religious Persecution and Rights Abuses
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—20 September 2023—The Baha’i International Community (BIC) highlighted Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s disregard for human rights in his speech to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, on 19 September, even as the…
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