Source: www.state.gov EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The constitution defines the country as an Islamic republic and specifies Twelver Ja’afari Shia Islam as the official state religion. It states all laws and regulations must be based on “Islamic criteria”…
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Breaking: An All-Out Assault on Baha’is Across Iran
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti On the morning of Sunday, November 22, in simultaneous operations in various cities across Iran, security agents ransacked the homes of tens of Baha’is. Their personal effects, mobile phones, computers, laptops and…
Note of Saeed Dehghan, Lawyer for Baha’i Citizens in Isfahan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watcg HRANA News Agency – Four Baha’i residents of Isfahan were sentenced in May this year by the appeals court of Isfahan province to 10 years imprisonment. These citizens were arrested on Saturday by security…
Last Member of Former Yaran Ends Prison Term, Persecution Continues
Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — The last imprisoned member of the former leadership body of the Baha’i community in Iran was released from prison today after serving an unjust 10-year prison sentence for merely practicing his faith.…
UN Resolution Calls for End to Iran’s Rights Violations Against Baha’is
Source: news.bahai.org UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations General Assembly called on Iranian authorities to end ongoing human rights violations against the Baha’is in Iran. A resolution, adopted Thursday by a vote of 85 to 30, with 68…
State Department Religious Freedom Report on Iran
Source: United States Commission on International Religion Freedom IRAN, TIER 1 | USCIRF-RECOMMENDED COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN (CPC) KEY FINDINGS During the past year, the government of Iran engaged in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations…
Iran Accountability Week Led by All-Party Group for Sixth Year Running
Source: news.ca.bahai.org For the past six years, the first week of May has been marked by members of all federal political parties as “Iran Accountability Week”. The initiative was started by former Attorney General Irwin Cotler,…
Foreign Minister Zarif: What Baha’i Prisoners?
Source: iranwire.com By KIAN SABETI On Monday, April 23, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addressed the American Council on Foreign Relations, discussing a wide range of issues, from US-Iranian relations to Syria and the nuclear deal. Following the…
“The Story of Four Prisoners”
Source: taraneh.org By Nasser Sedghi “The Story of Four Prisoners” – this is NOT a Hollywood Blockbuster movie! This is a story of real life and unspeakable cruelty This photo is taken a few days ago…
“Coexistence Led to the Prisoners Becoming Acquainted with the Baha’i Community and Our Beliefs”
Source: iranwire.com Translation by Iran Press Watch By Ida Qajar One day before the start of the new year 1397, Vahid Tizfahm, of the imprisoned Yaran-e-Iran, was released from prison to spend Naw-Rúz alongside his family.…
Youngest Member of Yaran Completes Ten Year Imprisonment
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — Vahid Tizfahm completed his 10-year sentence yesterday. At 44, he is the youngest of the seven former Baha’i leaders in Iran who were unjustly imprisoned for their religious beliefs in 2008.…
Jamaloddin Khanjani Returned to Evin Prison following Heart Surgery
Source: www.hra-news.org HRANA News Agency – Jamaloddin Khanjani, a member of the leaders of Baha’i community of Iran known as the Yaran, was transferred to hospital for heart problems, and then was returned to Evin Prison…
Fourth Member of Yaran Released
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — After ten years of unjust imprisonment for his beliefs, Saeid Rezaie, one of the seven members of the former leadership group of the Baha’is in Iran, has today completed his wrongful…
Is There New Hope for Baha’is as Third Leader is Released?
Source: www.iranwire.com By AIDA GHAJAR Iran’s Baha’i community is celebrating the release of Behrooz Tavakoli, one of the seven members of an informal leadership group called the Yaran (“the Friends”). Tavakoli is the third of the group to…
Third Member of Yaran Completes 10 Year Sentence
Source: news.bahai.org BIC NEW YORK — Behrooz Tavakkoli, one of the seven members of the former leadership group of the Baha’is in Iran who were imprisoned due to religious beliefs, has completed his unjust 10-year prison sentence.…
Fariba Kamalabadi: Baha’is Have No Desire but to Serve Iran
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Fariba Kamalabadi, a Baha’i community administrator imprisoned for ten years, was released on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 upon completing her sentence. Ms. Kamalabadi had been convicted on charges of…
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