Iranian Baha'is Face Arrests

Iranian Baha'is Face Arrests, Bans, and Discrimination Despite ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's calls for national unity and equal rights at the UN General Assembly stand at odds with the ongoin ...

“The Boot on My Neck”: Iranian Authorities' Crime of Persecution ...

Baha'is are the largest unrecognized religious minority in Iran. They have been the target of harsh, state-backed repression since their ...

Current situation | Bahá'í International Community

The persecution of Baha'is in Iran has intensified in a number of ways. The following trends have been observed from July 2023 to the present.

Three Baha'is Arrested At Religious Gathering in Iran

The Islamic Republic's security forces arrested three members of Iran's Baha'i religious minority during a religious celebration in cent ...

Iran: Persecution of Baha'is | Human Rights Watch

Iranian authorities' decades-long systematic repression of Baha'is amounts to the crime against humanity of persecution.

Iran Targets Its Baha'i Community With Arrests and Home Demolitions

Iran has begun a sweeping crackdown on its Baha'i community, a long-persecuted religious minority, arresting dozens of people and destroying property belonging ...

10 Baha'i Followers In Iran Detained With No Reason ... - RFE/RL

Sources have told RFE/RL's Radio Farda that Iran's Intelligence Ministry in the central city of Isfahan has arrested 10 people who are adherents of the Baha'i ...

“Our Homes are No Refuge” Baha'i Minority in Iran Facing ...

The escalating surge of arrests, imprisonments, and ceaseless oppression of the Baha'i minority community in Iran demands resolute action from the UN and ...

Eighteen UN experts jointly and unitedly condemn Iran's targeting of ...

A group of 18 United Nations Special Rapporteurs and UN Working Group experts have released a joint letter of allegations rebuking the ...

Iran's persecution of Baha'is branded 'crime against humanity' | News

Human Rights Watch says minority group faces 'spectrum of abuses', including arbitrary arrest and property confiscation.

Iran: Stop ruthless attacks on persecuted Baha'i religious minority

The Iranian authorities' persecution of the Baha'i religious minority has increased in intensity with a recent flurry of raids, arbitrary arrests, home ...

Baha'is face new wave of arrests in Iran - BWNS

In a coordinated attack on the community by Iranian authorities on Sunday 15 November, twenty Baha'is were arrested in three cities after their ...

Iranian Security Agents 'Violently' Arrested At Least 9 Baha ... - RFE/RL

Iran has arrested at least nine more members of the Baha'i faith, the country's largest non-Muslim community, and raided the homes of 20 Baha'i families in ...

Iranian Authorities Arrest 12 Baha'i Members in Continuing ...

Iran has stepped up its actions against Baha'i citizens, arresting 12 believers. Tehran accuses of being “heretics” and having links to Israel.

Iran arrests dozens of Baha'is, including 90-year-old, in fresh ...

A 90-year-old man is among dozens arrested in past weeks in a new crackdown by Iranian authorities against Baha'is, Iran's largest non-Muslim religious ...

54 Baha'is arrested in Iran - BWNS

Iranian officials have arrested 54 Baha'is in the city of Shiraz, the Baha'i International Community has learned. They are mostly youth and ...

Baha'i Adherent Arrested by Iranian Security Forces - Iran Press Watch

Tahereh Norouzi, a Baha'i adherent residing in Shiraz, Fars Province, has been arrested by security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and ...

More Baha'is arrested in Iran as month-long crackdown total hits 245

Geneva, Sept. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fourteen Baha'is including thirteen youth were arrested yesterday in the northern Iranian city of ...

Iranian Baha'is Face Persecution: My Cousin's Story

In October of that year, my cousin Soroush was arrested and the apartment he shares with his wife, Noura, was searched. Agents confiscated all ...

Iran Press Watch - Documenting the Persecution of the Bahai ...

Source: www.bic.org New York—11 November 2024—A major new report, Outsiders: Multifaceted Violence Against Baha'is in the Islamic Republic of Iran, has just ...