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 ...

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 ...

Arrests, Imprisonments of Baha'i Soar as Iran's War on Religious ...

Over 1,200 Facing Court Proceedings or Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Faith. November 5, 2024 – The Islamic Republic has intensified its ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iranian authorities arrest 90-year-old Baha'i and target 180 more in ...

Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, a 90-year-old Baha'i in failing health who already served 10 years in prison for his Baha'i beliefs was arrested on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Situation of the Baha'is in Iran | Bahá'í International Community

Baha'is, who are Iran's largest non-Muslim religious minority, are routinely arrested, detained, and imprisoned. They are barred from holding government jobs.

Three Baha'i Citizens Arrested in Isfahan - Iran Press Watch

On Saturday, November 2, security forces arrested three Baha'i citizens—Rashid Dehghani, Pedram Dehghani, and Parsa Dehghani—in the city of ...

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.

Profiles of the seven Baha'i “leaders” - Bahá'í World News Service

Six of them were arrested on 14 May 2008 at their homes in Tehran. The seventh, Mahvash Sabet, was arrested on 5 March 2008 while on a trip to Mashhad. They ...

Iran arrests 9 members of Baha'i faith on charges of smuggling ...

Iran's intelligence ministry has arrested nine members of the Baha'i faith on charges of smuggling medicine and financial wrongdoing.

Persecution of Baháʼís - Wikipedia

Baháʼís are persecuted in various countries, especially in Iran, where the Baháʼí Faith originated and where one of the largest Baháʼí populations in the ...

2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Iran

The law prohibits Muslim citizens from changing or renouncing their religious beliefs. The constitution states Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians (excluding ...

A Faith Denied: The Persecution of the Baha'is of Iran

This report explores how Baha'i religious practice has effectively been criminalized inside Iran. Baha'is are subjected to a level of social exclusion and ...

Baha'i Group Says Iran Repression Has Increased, Cites 200 ...

Iran has increased repression of its Baha'i minority in recent months by engaging in more than 200 acts of persecution, including the arrests of 19 people last ...

IRAN : News Digest about Baha'is and religious issues in Iran

2022) – Protests in Iran have been raging on for nearly two weeks because 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the “morality police” ...

Six Bahá'í leaders arrested in Iran; pattern matches deadly sweeps ...

Six Bahá'í leaders in Iran were arrested and taken to the notorious Evin prison yesterday in a sweep that is ominously similar to episodes ...