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Sedaye Iran: Hooshang Seyhoun

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Protection of the Rights of Baha'is
Tehran
Houshang Seyhoun
30 May 2015
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18 December 2021

Production of anti Baha'i posters in Shiraz

14 December 2021

Mitra Amirabadi and Hiva Yazdan taken to Yazd prison

06 December 2021

Statement of Baha'i International Community in response to sale of lands belonging to Baha'is in Kata: Looting, masquerading as sale must stop

30 November 2021

Pedram Abhar is still under arrest and there is no information about him

23 November 2021

Pedram Abhar arrested

16 November 2021

Shiva Khalili arrested in Babol

10 November 2021

Seizure of 9 Baha'is businesses in Mazandaran

10 November 2021

Radio Zamaneh: Setting heavy bail for Baha’is; a strategy for economic suppression

09 November 2021

6 Baha'i businesses seized in Qaemshahr

08 November 2021

4 Baha'is in Yazd sentenced to 32 months in prison

08 November 2021

Confiscation of land belonging to Baha'i in Roshan Kouh in Sari

05 November 2021

Siavash Sobhanian sentenced to 2 years in prison

02 November 2021

Manijeh Azamian sentenced to prison

21 October 2021

Request to review seizure of Baha'i properties in Ivel rejected

18 October 2021

Home of Baha'i couple in Shiraz searched again; Noura Momtazian summoned

17 October 2021

Soheil Haghdoust expelled from work

17 October 2021

4 Baha'is continue to be in solitary confinement in Shiraz

01 October 2021

17 Baha'is students banned in 1400 (2021) national university entrance exams

29 September 2021

14 Baha'i students banned in 1400 (2021) national university entrance exams

25 September 2021

Iranwire: Taboos generated by the state; discrimination against Baha’is of Iran

24 September 2021

Hayedeh Foroutan and Mehran Mosallanejad arrested in Shiraz

19 September 2021

Iranwire: Ezzatollah Forouhi; a Baha’i physician executed for his beliefs

06 September 2021

Aasoo website: Intellectuals and anti-Bahaism in Iran. Abbas Milani in conversation with Shabnam Tolouei

01 September 2021

Arsalan Yazdani arrested in Tehran

31 August 2021

Radio Farda: Baha’i assemblies in Iran; those who were kidnapped and shot dead

21 August 2021

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14 August 2021

The "Iran without hatred" campaign: why and how did it come about

03 August 2021

Homes of three Baha'i families attacked in Roshan Kouh in Sari

02 August 2021

Sanaz Notghi sentenced to 5 years and 8 months prison

29 July 2021

Aasoo: Against hate speech: an article from Farhad Meysami sent from Rajai-Shahr prison

08 July 2021

Baha'i International Office: Iranian government should be admonished for spreading hatred against Baha'is

01 July 2021

Moin Mohammadi sent to prison in Yazd

29 June 2021

Shahrzad Nazifi, Motocross champion sentenced to 8 years in prison

14 June 2021

Sina Kamali Sarvestani arrested in Shiraz

14 June 2021

Dorsa Dehghani arrested in Shiraz

08 June 2021

Shahrzad Nazifi, Motocross champion sentenced to 8 years in prison

30 May 2021

Four Baha'is sentenced to prison for 12 years in total

26 May 2021

6 Baha'is sentenced to prison in Borazjan for 73 years and 6 months in total

25 May 2021

Atesa Ahmadaie's appeal court

25 May 2021

Shiraz; Vahid Dana and Saeed Abedi still under arrest

24 May 2021

3 Baha'is in Tehran sentenced to prison for 10 years and 9 months in total

18 May 2021

4 Baha'is return to prison in Bandar-Abbas after a brief period of leave

15 May 2021

Kiana Shoaie's court case

15 May 2021

11 women continue to be detained in Isfahan

13 May 2021

Atesa Ahmadaie sentenced to 8 years in prison

07 May 2021

Moin Mohammadi summoned to prison in Yazd

05 May 2021

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05 May 2021

More Baha'i houses searched in Isfahan; Sholeh Ashouri arrested in Hendijan

04 May 2021

Iranwire: Khavaran, historical memory

04 May 2021

Anti Baha'i film broadcast on National TV

02 May 2021

Persian Independent: Revival of Khavaran; resistance against destruction of collective memory and identity

02 May 2021

Asre Nou: Central Committee of Rahe-Kargar organisation: Khavaran, a testimony to the crimes of government

01 May 2021

Shiraz; 9 Baha'is continue to be under arrest, and two arrested Baha'is are sent to prison

30 April 2021

BBC Persian: After one week of protests; funeral held for two Baha’is in Baha’i cemetery of Tehran

30 April 2021

Amnesty International: Stop destruction of Khavaran cemetery and let Baha’is bury their dead with dignity

30 April 2021

Increased violent search of Baha'i homes, and more Baha'i women arrested in Isfahan

29 April 2021

Vahid Dana and Saied Abedi arrested in Shiraz

29 April 2021

Amnesty International: Iranian authorities must stop destruction of mass graves of the 80s’ massacre and allow Baha’is to bury their dead with dignity

27 April 2021

Wide-spread house search, and more Baha'is arrested in Isfahan

27 April 2021

Akhbar-e Rooz: Khavaran cemetery, symbol of resistance, and fighting for justice

26 April 2021

BBC Persian: Khavaran cemetery, symbol of truth and denial

25 April 2021

BBC Persian: Letter from 79 families of political prisoners executed in 1980s

25 April 2021

Homes of 13 Baha'is searched and 8 Baha'is arrested in Isfahan

24 April 2021

Sina Shakib expelled from university

21 April 2021

Baha'is forced to bury their dead in Khavaran cemetery

19 April 2021

Manijeh Alavian arrested in Babol

19 April 2021

Ataollah Rezvani's case is examined, after 8 years of legal sabotage

18 April 2021

Misaghieh Hospital, legacy of its Baha'i founder, and its new name, Mostafa Khomeini

16 April 2021

Simin Fahandej: They want to cripple the Baha'i community by increasing pressure on them

09 April 2021

At least 2 more Baha'is homes searched in Shiraz, amid increased security pressures

08 April 2021

William Momtazian's home in Shiraz searched

08 April 2021

9 Baha'is summoned to prison in Alborz province

07 April 2021

Behrouz Farzandi arrested in Shiraz

07 April 2021

At least 7 Baha'is arrested in Shiraz

06 April 2021

4 Baha'is sent to Vakilabad prison in Mashhad

04 April 2021

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03 April 2021

Maral Rasti and Mahnaz Jan-Nesar sent to prison in Bandar-Abbas

03 April 2021

Dozens of academics demand freedom for Touraj Amini

27 March 2021

They ordered that cows belonging to Baha'is must be separated from those belonging to Muslims

21 March 2021

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12 March 2021

4 Baha'is sentenced to prison in Tehran for 12 years in total

11 March 2021

Radio Zamaneh: The Islamic Republic intends to destroy the lives of Baha'is in Ivel

11 March 2021

Iranwire: Pressure on Baha’is of Bandar Abbas to leave their city

09 March 2021

Leaked document reveals plans to intensify suppression of Baha’is and other religious minorities

09 March 2021

Sofia Mobini and Negin Tadrisi sentenced to 10 years in prison, in total

08 March 2021

Deutsche Welle report: Baha'i in Iran, repressed and persecuted by the state

07 March 2021

6 Baha'is sent to prison in Bandar-Abbas

07 March 2021

Followers of the Baha’i faith are persecuted at home but welcomed abroad

06 March 2021

4 Baha'is return to prison in Bushehr after a brief period of leave

28 February 2021

Baha'i martyrs in Iran-Iraq war; Farhad Zahedi

25 February 2021

Open letter to Iranian authorities about farm seizures

24 February 2021

Aasoo: Shahrud tragedy: consolidating inequality and breaking the Constitutionalism

24 February 2021

Iran-e Emrooz: Painful story of Ivel

24 February 2021

Statement by a group of Iranian Religious Modernists, condemning confiscation of Baha’i properties

23 February 2021

Latest reports of confiscation of properties belonging to Baha'is in Ivel

22 February 2021

8 Baha'is summoned to prison in Bandar Abbas

21 February 2021

Letter signed by a group of eminent international bodies protesting against the violation of the rights of the Baha'is in the village of Ivel

21 February 2021

Three members of a family sentenced to prison for 7 years in total

21 February 2021

Iranwire: Criminalising “Insulting legally-recognised religions and ethnicities” is an instrument of suppression

20 February 2021

Muslim Clerical associations in several countries protest against confiscation of Baha'i properties in Ivel

19 February 2021

Radio Farda: ‘Article 19’ demands that the new Islamic penal law to be stopped

18 February 2021

Muslim leaders and government officials denounce Iran’s persecution of Baha'is

18 February 2021

Iranwire: Court order to confiscate the assets of Baha’is of Ivel

18 February 2021

Statement by Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra on persecution of Baha'is in Ivel

17 February 2021

Iranwire: Islamic Congress of the United States demands justice for the Baha’is of Ivel

16 February 2021

Article by Hossein Raeesi on Aasoo website on confiscation of properties belonging to non- Muslims in Iran

16 February 2021

Legal Resources Centre of South Africa condemns persecution of Baha'is in Iran

10 February 2021

Former Canadian Prime Minister and high-ranking legal professionals call on Iranian Chief Justice, to stop persecution of Baha’is in Iran

10 February 2021

Appeal court set for Forough Farzaneh, Neda Sabeti, and Noushin Afshar

10 February 2021

The Executive Headquarters of Imam's Directive, a money spinner for the regime, and its arm for pressuring minorities

05 February 2021

Asaoo: Interview with Mehdi Khalaji about the meeting of Faezeh Hashemi and Fariba Kamalabadi

05 February 2021

Open letter by a group of leading Canadian legal professionals to Iran's Chief Justice

04 February 2021

Statement by All India Tanzeem Falahul Muslemin, supporting the rights of the Baha'is in Ivel

04 February 2021

Statement by All India Saifi Association on confiscation of land belonging to Baha'is of Ivel

31 January 2021

Iranwire: Touraj Amini went to prison

30 January 2021

Baha'i scholar and writer, Touraj Amini sent to prison in Karaj

29 January 2021

3 Baha'is sentenced to prison in Tehran for 12 years and 9 months in total

29 January 2021

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26 January 2021

Statement by America Islamic Congress on confiscation of Baha'i properties in Iran

25 January 2021

Baha'i chemist and his son executed on the order of revolutionary prosecutor

21 January 2021

Sofia Mobini and Negin Tadrisi sentenced to 10 years in prison in total

20 January 2021

Statement by Canadian Council of Imams on confiscation of properties belonging to Baha'is in Iran

19 January 2021

Gooya News: a sinister collusion revealed: the murder of Baha'is in Shahroud

17 January 2021

Iranwire: Martyrs of Iran-Iraq war: Saied Masoudian

16 January 2021

Mahsa Forouhari not allowed to continue her education

15 January 2021

Independent in Persian: Germany demands recognition of Baha’i Faith and the freedom of belief in Iran

15 January 2021

US Commission on International Religious Freedom condemns growing pressure against Baha'is in Iran

12 January 2021

Tina Alavi's home in Karaj searched

10 January 2021

Iranwire: Martyrs of Iran-Iraq war: Gholam-Reza Alaei

04 January 2021

Iranwire: Martyrs of Iran-Iraq war: Behrouz Mehregani

03 January 2021

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31 December 2020

9 Baha'is living in Karaj, sentenced to prison for 9 years in total

30 December 2020

Mojdeh Eghterafi and Houshmand Talebi continued to be detained without trial in Isfahan

29 December 2020

Dr Bahram Afnan, a Baha'i doctor facing a choice: to recant his faith and become a Muslim or be executed

27 December 2020

Harassing the dead in Iran

26 December 2020

5 Baha'is sentenced to prison in Mashhad for 5 years in total

26 December 2020

Dr Naji, from talking to Ahmad Khomeini and meeting Bani-Sadr to getting kidnapped

24 December 2020

8 Baha'is sentenced to 14 years in prison in total

23 December 2020

Iranwire: Dr Taalim: They told him “just pretend you are a Muslim”. He smiled and was executed

19 December 2020

Iranwire: Sina Hakiman and Sholeh Misaghi; from detention to migration

18 December 2020

Why does Islamic Republic demolish grave stones of those it opposes?

16 December 2020

International support for Baha’is in Iran highlights increasing violations of their rights

14 December 2020

Vahda Seilani sent to Kerman prison

10 December 2020

Article 19: The bill on "insult against legally-recognised religions and ethnicities" will limit freedom of opinion and expression, if approved in Parliament

03 December 2020

Article in Iranwire website on Dr Masih Farhangi: executed for his love for Iran

01 December 2020

Article in Iranwire on Dr Naser Vafaie, executed after years of service to people of his country

01 December 2020

A Baha'i who was wounded in Iran - Iraq war, arrested

25 November 2020

Updated report of large-scale raids on houses of Baha'is across the country

25 November 2020

New details of raids into Baha'i homes by security agents

23 November 2020

Independent in Persian: Persecution of Baha'i is the embodiment of discrimination in Shia jurisprudence

22 November 2020

Unprecedented large-scale raids on houses of Baha'is across the country

21 November 2020

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18 November 2020

Iranwire: Mistreatment of Baha’i students attending the national university entrance exam

15 November 2020

Radio Zamaneh: Baha’is in Iran, under the pressure of discrimination

02 November 2020

More Baha'i students banned from university

01 November 2020

More Baha'i students banned from university

31 October 2020

Baha'i students banned from university on grounds of "administrative defects" in their files

31 October 2020

Zeitoon: Baha’is not allowed to go to university again, this year

30 October 2020

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24 October 2020

Letter by residents of villages around Roshankouh in support of local Bahai's

22 October 2020

HRANA: Revolutionary court of Mashhad sentenced 5 Baha’is to 5 years in prison

13 October 2020

HRANA: Farhad Fahandej transferred to the public wing of Rajai-Shahr prison

13 October 2020

Raids on houses of 3 Baha'is in Yazd

13 October 2020

Arezou Mohammadi and Banafsheh Mokhtari sent to Birjand prison

12 October 2020

HRANA: Shahnaz Sabet was sent to Adelabad prison in Shiraz

01 October 2020

Farhad Fahandej transferred to solitary confinement supposedly for testing positive with Coronavirus

28 September 2020

8 Baha'is in Birjand summoned to go to prison

24 September 2020

Date set for trail of 26 Baha'is in Shiraz

09 September 2020

8 Baha'is sentenced to prison for a total of 11 years and 3 months

26 August 2020

Ardeshir Fanaian returned to Semnan prison at the end of his leave

24 August 2020

HRANA: Two Baha’is were arrested and their houses were raided in Vila Shahr, Isfahan

18 August 2020

Liza Tebyanian sent to prison

16 August 2020

Liza Tebyanian arrested

11 August 2020

Mehrdad Mousavi refused leave from prison

08 August 2020

Iranwire: Painful experiences of oppression in a hashtag: #Don't_put_Baha'is_in_prison

06 August 2020

HRANA: Revolutionary court of Shahriar sentenced 9 Baha’is to 9 years in prison

05 August 2020

HRANA: Appeal court sentenced Sahba Farnoush to 6 years in prison

05 August 2020

HRANA: Detention of two Baha’is in Yazd extended

04 August 2020

Appeal court set to hear the case of 9 Baha'is in Birjand

31 July 2020

Kiarash Moini banned from voluntary fire fighting service

31 July 2020

Statement by Committee for Defence of Religious Rights on Baha'is' citizen rights

29 July 2020

Foreign Minister of Luxembourg writes to his Iranian counterpart in wave of international support for Baha'is persecuted in Iran

21 July 2020

12 Baha'is sentenced to prison in Shiraz for 33 years in total

20 July 2020

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10 July 2020

Mehrdad Mousavi arrested and sent to Dastgerd prison

08 July 2020

Adib Vali, 15 years-old, and distinguished student form Karaj, banned from school

30 June 2020

HRANA: Statement by 21 Canadian MPs: Facing false anti-Baha'i accusations is heart-wrenching for Baha’is of Iran

29 June 2020

Canadian parliamentarians call for an end to persecution of Baha’is in Iran

17 June 2020

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16 June 2020

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15 June 2020

HRANA: Trial of 16 Baha’is in Shiraz

10 June 2020

6 Baha'is returned to Birjand prison at the end of their leaves

09 June 2020

26 Baha'is summoned by revolutionary court in Shiraz

08 June 2020

HRANA: Touraj Amini, a Baha’i scholar and writer, was sentenced to prison and exile

07 June 2020

3 Baha'is arrested and their houses raided in Rafsanjan

03 June 2020

Report of the arrest of Mahboubeh Misaghian in Yazd

02 June 2020

Vida Haghighi sent to prison in Isfahan

02 June 2020

HRANA: Raid on the house of Mahboubeh Misaghian

31 May 2020

Parvaneh Hoseini arrested

30 May 2020

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27 May 2020

A Baha'i arrested in Yazd

26 May 2020

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26 May 2020

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24 May 2020

10 Baha'is sentenced to prison

17 May 2020

HRANA: Soheila Haghighat and Shahnaz Sabet were sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison

14 May 2020

HRANA: Six Baha’is were sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison

13 May 2020

Elaheh Samizadeh and Soudabeh Haghighat sentenced to prison for a total of 12 years

05 May 2020

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05 May 2020

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03 May 2020

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29 April 2020

HRANA: Four Baha’is in Karaj were sentenced to 4 years in prison

23 April 2020

9 Baha'is in Birjand sentenced to a total of 51 years and 8 months in prison

06 April 2020

Price of discrimination; not benefiting from the services of Baha'i doctors

03 April 2020

Iranwire: Expulsion and forced migration deprived Iran from the services of Baha’i physicians

02 April 2020

Expulsion, Torture, Execution; How Iran deprived itself from the service of Baha'i doctors

17 March 2020

HRANA: Payman Koushk-Baghi on leave from prison

16 March 2020

HRANA: Farhad Fahandej went on leave after 7.5 years in prison

16 March 2020

HRANA: New accusation against Elaheh Samizadeh issued by Revolutionary Court of Shiraz

16 March 2020

More Baha'is in Shiraz summoned to court

15 March 2020

More Baha'is summoned in Shiraz

15 March 2020

21 Baha'is summoned to revolutionary court in shiraz for the final defence statements

14 March 2020

Iranwire: Authorities refuse to grant leave to Behnam Eskandarian, in Semnan prison

12 March 2020

Vahed Kholousi was given leave from prison for the first time

08 March 2020

Rouha Imani not allowed to go free, despite the spread of Corona virus in prison during the last days of her sentence

06 February 2020

Mehran Vafaie: Ban on ID cards for Baha’is, symbolises a crisis of national identity

04 February 2020

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02 February 2020

HRANA: 19 Baha’i shops in Sari remain closed after three years

01 February 2020

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26 January 2020

HRANA: 7 Baha’i shops in Nowshahr remain closed after three years

25 January 2020

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16 January 2020

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15 January 2020

German Government Commissioner for Global Freedom of Religion, calls for an end to the persecution of Baha'i in Iran

04 January 2020

Asre Nou: Review of ‘Dasht-e Anbouh’; persecution of Baha’is in the Islamic Republic of Iran

02 January 2020

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15 December 2019

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10 December 2019

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09 December 2019

Saham News: Political and human rights activists write to Amoli Larijani about the rights of Baha’is

07 December 2019

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06 December 2019

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04 December 2019

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02 December 2019

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02 December 2019

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01 December 2019

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25 November 2019

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21 November 2019

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17 November 2019

18 Baha'is arrested in Isfahan

31 October 2019

Kampain: More pressure on Baha’is; several Baha’i businesses closed in Chabahar

30 October 2019

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30 October 2019

Bicentenary of the the birth of the Bab; a number of Baha'is arrested in Iran

30 October 2019

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29 October 2019

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29 October 2019

Rooykard Emrooz: Interview with Hossein Rahnamaee about activities of Baha’is

28 October 2019

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27 October 2019

Systematic persecution of Baha'is in Iran; a conversation with Payam Vali

27 October 2019

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25 October 2019

Three young Baha'is sentenced to prison in Semnan for a total of 20 years

16 October 2019

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07 October 2019

HRANA: Sima Behrouzi sentenced to prison

06 October 2019

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04 October 2019

Interview with Simin Fahandej about increased pressure on Baha'is in Tehran and Karaj

03 October 2019

Abbas Taef's house searched and his business premises seized

02 October 2019

HRANA: Trial of 8 Baha’is was held in Bandar Abbas

02 October 2019

HRANA: Ehsanollah Ayadi's house raided

30 September 2019

Yalda Firouzian still in prison in Semnan

29 September 2019

Open letter by Elham Horr to Minister of Education and members of parliament

28 September 2019

Several Baha'is arrested and their houses raided in Tehran and Karaj

26 September 2019

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24 September 2019

More Baha'i students banned from university

22 September 2019

Kiana Rezvani and Kimia Mostafavi sentenced to 12 years in prison in total

22 September 2019

HRANA: Samin Maghsoudi was sentenced to five years in prison

21 September 2019

Mitra Badrnejad sent to prison

21 September 2019

16 Baha'i girls banned from university education, despite passing the entrance exam

20 September 2019

More Baha'i students banned from university

17 September 2019

Mitra Badrnejad sentenced to prison

17 September 2019

Baha'is students continue to be banned from university education

17 September 2019

More Baha'i students banned from university

16 September 2019

Baha'i students banned from university on grounds of "administrative defects" in their files

15 September 2019

Dorsa Mostafavi not allowed to continue her education

14 September 2019

Reaction to comment by Education Minister that followers of unofficial religions are banned from education

11 September 2019

Radio Farda: Minister of Education: The followers of unrecognised religions are banned from universities

10 September 2019

HRANA: Situation of four ‌Baha’is remain unclear, four months after detention

09 September 2019

HRANA: Borna Pirasteh, banned from enrolling at high school

09 September 2019

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08 September 2019

Abolfazl Ansari released on bail

04 September 2019

HRANA: Shahnaz Sabet was arrested in Shiraz

03 September 2019

Rouha Imani sent to prison

27 August 2019

Iranwire: Parisa Sobhanian detained

23 August 2019

Three Baha'is still in Evin prison with no visitors or contacts allowed

21 August 2019

HRANA: Trial of Sima Behrouzi in Yazd was held

19 August 2019

HRANA: Parisa Sobhanian arrested

18 August 2019

Three Baha'is still in Evin prison, uncertain about what's happening to them

18 August 2019

Abolfazl Ansari and Rouhollah Zibaie still in prison

11 August 2019

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11 August 2019

HRANA: Soheila Haghighat was arrested in Shiraz

11 August 2019

Farid Zirgi Moghaddam arrested in Birjand

10 August 2019

Farough Izadinia, scholar and translator, sentenced to 10 years in prison

10 August 2019

HRANA: Jamaloddin Khanjani's house raided

08 August 2019

Security agents raided the house of Baha'i Scholar and writer, Touraj Amini in Karaj

08 August 2019

HRANA: Appeal Court of Administrative Justice confirms that Baha’is are not allowed to go to university

08 August 2019

Iran-e Emrooz: Review of ‘Taamollat-e Dir Hengam’

07 August 2019

Rouhollah Zibaie still in prison despite his ill

04 August 2019

Abolfazl Ansari arrested

03 August 2019

HRANA: Rouhollah Zibaie arrested

31 July 2019

Meeting of ministers for promotion of freedom of religion

26 July 2019

HRANA: Baha’i shop remains closed in Urmia after two years

21 July 2019

Twitter blocks a number of accounts belonging to Islamic Republic, for harassing Baha'is

21 July 2019

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21 July 2019

Several Twitter accounts belonging to Iranian government suspended for harassing Baha'is

16 July 2019

Iranwire: Life of Kourosh Padis, a Baha’i prisoner, is in danger

16 July 2019

New allegations and increased bail for Elaheh Samizadeh in Shiraz

14 July 2019

Yekta Fahandej acquitted in Shiraz

09 July 2019

Moin Mohammadi sentenced to confinement in Yazd, with electronic tagging for one year

08 July 2019

HRANA: Revolutionary court of Birjand sentenced 9 Baha’is to a total of 54 years in prison

08 July 2019

Iran International: From Baha’i Centre to the Mosque of Ayatollah Khamenei

04 July 2019

HRANA: Attempt to shut down a Baha’i retirement house in Golshahr, Karaj

03 July 2019

Attempts to close down the care home for elderly Baha'is in Golshahr, Karaj

02 July 2019

HRANA: Sima Behrouzi summoned to the Revolutionary Court of Yazd

01 July 2019

Raids on houses of 12 Baha'is in Shahin Shahr in Isfahan

27 June 2019

Baha'i homes and businesses searched in Shahinshahr

27 June 2019

HRANA: Attempt to shut down the Baha’i retirement house in Golshahr, Karaj

25 June 2019

Iranwire: Tough conditions for three Baha’is detained in Semnan

23 June 2019

HRANA: Sofia Mobini was sentenced to 10 years in prison

22 June 2019

Radio Zamaneh: Member of Shiraz city council sentenced to prison and exile for defending the rights of Baha’is

20 June 2019

Distilling and rosewater production facilities in Mazgan village in Qamsar seized

20 June 2019

Negin Tadrisi sentenced to 5 years in prison

17 June 2019

HRANA: Six Baha’is were sentenced to prison in Tabriz

16 June 2019

Islamic Associations of Iran: Murder of Robert Imbrie and protests against Baha’is

11 June 2019

HRANA: Trial of six Baha’is in Tabriz

07 June 2019

BBC Persian: Baha'is and the Islamic revolution

05 June 2019

Officials claim that the ban on employing religious minorities in nurseries is lifted

05 June 2019

Kaviz Nouzdahi acquitted by Appeal Court

02 June 2019

Religious minorities banned from working in nurseries

19 May 2019

Hasan Momtaz suffering from heart condition in prison, but receives no medical care

17 May 2019

HRANA: Farzad Rouhani released on bail

13 May 2019

HRANA: Crackdown on businesses of rose-water makers in Mazgan, Kashan

08 May 2019

Three Baha'is sent to prison in Shiraz

08 May 2019

Raid on the house of a Baha'i in Isfahan

06 May 2019

A family of Motocross champions banned from taking part in competitions

06 May 2019

7 Baha'is in Bushehr sentenced to 21 years in prison

04 May 2019

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30 April 2019

HRANA: Three Baha’is were arrested in Semnan

30 April 2019

HRANA: Trial of 13 Baha’is in Kermanshah

29 April 2019

HRANA: Appeal trial of 4 Baha’is in Kerman

27 April 2019

Negin Ghedamian returned to Evin prison at the end of her leave

15 April 2019

Zabihollah Raoufi, elderly Baha'i citizen, sent to exile

11 April 2019

Porcesh: Member of Isfahan city council expelled from meetings

01 April 2019

HRANA: Jinous Sobhani was released from prison

31 March 2019

Moin Mohammadi sentenced to prison

31 March 2019

HRANA: Jinous Sobhani was arrested in Tehran

17 March 2019

Maryam Ghaffarmanesh released from Evin prison

16 March 2019

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11 March 2019

Hamid Naseri arrested

10 March 2019

Rouhiyyeh Nariman's prison sentence commuted

01 March 2019

HRANA: Hasan Momtaz went to prison to serve his five-year sentence

28 February 2019

Soheil Haghdoust's prison sentence commuted

28 February 2019

HRANA: Situation of Maryam Ghaffarmanesh remains unclear, five months after detention

27 February 2019

HRANA: Ghazaleh Bagheri was sentenced to 5 years of in prison

27 February 2019

HRANA: Trial of Farough Izadinia, a Baha’i scholar and translator

20 February 2019

4 Baha'is released early from prison in Mashhad

20 February 2019

Peace Mark: To be a Baha'is is not a crime

17 February 2019

Fattaneh Nabilzadeh released early from prison in Mashhad

16 February 2019

HRANA: Two Baha’i prisoners were released in Yazd

10 February 2019

Atesa Ahmadaie still in prison with no news from her

06 February 2019

IRNA: Mehdi Hajati arrested for supporting Baha’is

05 February 2019

HRANA: A report on the detention of Roya Hoseinzadeh in Gilan

03 February 2019

HRANA: Two Baha’is went to prison

03 February 2019

Afsaneh Emami arrested

02 February 2019

HRANA: Five Baha’is sentenced to 30 months imprisonment

02 February 2019

HRANA: Sepehr Shahidi Ghamsari was expelled from university

02 February 2019

Maryam Ghaffarmanesh still in prison in Evin after more than 4 months, uncertain about what's happening to her

01 February 2019

HRANA: Attempt to arrest Mehran Bandi in Yazd

01 February 2019

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01 February 2019

TV programme on religious questions, 1 February 2019

30 January 2019

Baha'i citizen found not guilty of publicity against the government

28 January 2019

PMP: Lerd (A Man of Integrity) portrays persecution of Baha’is

22 January 2019

HRANA: Soheil Haghdoust, a Baha’i from Qaemshahr, was sentenced to prison

21 January 2019

Atesa Ahmadaie sent to Evin prison

21 January 2019

HRANA: Three Baha’is were sentenced to prison in Shiraz

19 January 2019

HRANA: Two Baha’i prisoners were released in Kerman

19 January 2019

Farshid Deimi's business premises in Birjand unblocked

14 January 2019

HRANA: Revolutionary Court acquitted 13 Baha’is

14 January 2019

HRANA: Shirin Baninejad was expelled from university

13 January 2019

Baha'i businesses in Khorramshahr continue to be closed

11 January 2019

HRANA: Shayan Manavi expelled from university

10 January 2019

Moin Mohammadi arrested in Yazd

10 January 2019

Baha'i student expelled from university

09 January 2019

HRANA: Appeal Court: Teaching the Baha’i Faith is not propaganda against the regime

09 January 2019

Soroush Agahi and Neda Shabani still in detention

08 January 2019

Iranwire: Trial of sixty Baha’is

07 January 2019

HRANA: Sama Nazifi, a Baha’i student, was expelled from university

07 January 2019

Note by Saeed Dehghan, defence lawyer for a group of Baha'is in Isfahan

07 January 2019

Farshid Deimi's business premises in Birjand blocked

05 January 2019

HRANA: Three Baha’is were arrested in Isfahan

05 January 2019

Ali Motahhari: Parliament should be accountable for banning education for Baha'is

03 January 2019

Ali Motahari: Law on preventing Baha’is from education is legislated by Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, not by the Parliament

25 December 2018

HRANA: Appeal court held in Baharestan, Isfahan for 9 Baha’is, who were sentenced to a total of 48 years in prison

23 December 2018

HRANA: Date of the appeal court set for Shahriar Sirous

23 December 2018

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20 December 2018

HRANA: Afif Naimi released after ten years in prison

17 December 2018

HRANA: After four years, Court of Administrative Justice issued a verdict against Taraneh Ghiami’s right to education

10 December 2018

The shops of 17 Baha'i citizens in Kerman still sealed

08 December 2018

Payam-e Hagh: Letter from Flora Nouzdahi to the judicial authorities

08 December 2018

Baha'is are arrested and their businesses closed for observing Baha'i holy days

05 December 2018

HRANA: Sepideh Keshavarz released on bail

04 December 2018

Increased number of Baha'i businesses blocked in Omidiyeh in Khuzestan province

04 December 2018

Gooya News: Responses by Emadeddin Baghi to objections against Ayatollah Montazeri’s Fatwa

03 December 2018

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01 December 2018

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26 November 2018

HRANA: Shayan Tafazzoli was imprisoned in Mashhad

22 November 2018

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22 November 2018

Iran Human Rights: Soudabeh Haghighat’s workplace shut down

21 November 2018

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15 November 2018

BBC Persian: Exhumation and destruction of Baha’i cemeteries in Iran

15 November 2018

Businesses belonging to 6 Baha'is seized in Khorramshahr

14 November 2018

MKNkurd: statement of 39 human rights organisations in support of UN resolution against Iranian regime

13 November 2018

Increased number of Baha'i businesses blocked in Ahvaz

12 November 2018

Sohrab Derakhshan's business premises in Ahvaz blocked

11 November 2018

HRANA: Afshin Seyyed-Ahmad returns to prison

10 November 2018

Iranians who don't have citizen rights

08 November 2018

HRANA: Two training institutes in Shiraz are shut down because they employed Baha’is

07 November 2018

BBC: Suspicious killing of General Khademi

07 November 2018

Iranwire: Shops belonging to Baha’i seized, because they were closed on Baha’i holy days

07 November 2018

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05 November 2018

Aasoo website: An article pegged to the fortieth anniversary of assassination of General Khademi

03 November 2018

HRANA: Afshin Seyyed-Ahmad went on leave from prison

03 November 2018

Interrogation and prison; a familiar story for a Baha'i family

November 2018

Iran-e Farda: Manouchehr Hakim, a victim of chain murders

29 October 2018

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23 October 2018

Hamzaban: Membership in Baha’i administration and propaganda against the regime

22 October 2018

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08 October 2018

Payam-e Hagh: Demand for action against Mehdi Hajati, supporter of Baha’is

30 September 2018

HRANA: Letter from Azita Rafizadeh from Evin prison on the start of the new school year

27 September 2018

Member of Shiraz City Council arrested for supporting Baha'is in jail

27 September 2018

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27 September 2018

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25 September 2018

Iran-e Emrooz newspaper: Baha’i community’s objection to the draft Islamic penal laws

25 September 2018

Iran Human Rights: 17 Baha’is arrested in three cities

25 September 2018

HRANA: 19 Baha’is arrested in the last ten days

24 September 2018

More Baha'is arrested in Baharestan, Isfahan

20 September 2018

New wave of pressure on Baha'is, from education bans to prison sentences

20 September 2018

So far this year, 58 Baha'i students have been excluded from university

20 September 2018

So far this year, 58 Baha'i students have been excluded from university

19 September 2018

All 4 members of our family have been banned from education

18 September 2018

So far this year, 51 Baha'i students have been excluded from university

17 September 2018

Prison sentences for 4 Baha'is confirmed in Mashhad

16 September 2018

So far this year, 40 Baha'i students have been excluded from university

12 September 2018

Baha'i students banned from university on grounds of "administrative defects" in their files

30 August 2018

BBC Persian: Baha'i citizens deprived of university education

21 August 2018

Iranwire: Gholam Ali Naeemabadi; enemy of Baha’is and a member of Hojjatieh Society

19 August 2018

HRANA: Romina Asgari expelled from university

19 August 2018

Business belonging to a Baha'i seized in Kashan

18 August 2018

Increases number of Baha'is arrested in Shiraz

17 August 2018

HRANA: Closure of 22 Baha’i-owned businesses in Urmia

15 August 2018

Iranwire: New tactics to deprive Baha’is from university education

09 August 2018

Sunnis and Baha'is - Four decades of cruelty and discrimination

07 August 2018

Mehran Bandi Amirabadi arrested

31 July 2018

HRANA: A Baha’i couple were sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison

27 July 2018

Baha'i student told that his university enrolment was illegal

26 July 2018

Baha'is in Yazd sentenced to prison

25 July 2018

HRANA: Zabihollah Raoufi was sentenced to prison and exile

21 July 2018

Iranwire: A Baha’i sent to prison for invigilating at an exam of Baha'i students

18 July 2018

Houman Imani expelled from university in Kerman

03 July 2018

HRANA: New document shows recent wave of attacks against Baha’i is organised

02 June 2018

Fact-nameh: Baha’is are banned from higher education

29 May 2018

HRANA: Court of Administrative Justice confirms that Baha’is are not allowed to go to university

21 May 2018

The interrogator said, we don't let you go to university, simply because you are a Baha'i

17 May 2018

HRANA: Payam Vali still not allowed to work, a decade after closure of his business

07 May 2018

Large number of anti-Baha'i books in Tehran book fair

04 May 2018

Radio Farda reference to history of Baha'i persecution in Iran

26 April 2018

Iranwire: Request to Mohammad Javad Zarif: Investigate the cases of these 18 Baha’is

23 March 2018

Iran Human Rights: Vahid Tizfahm; ten years of prison and pressure for forced migration

20 March 2018

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23 February 2018

An eye-witness account of violence against Babis in early years of the Babi movement

11 February 2018

Iran Human Rights: Letter from 25 lawyers and university professors to Mohammad Javad Larijani demanding an end to the persecution of Baha’is

10 February 2018

25 prominent lawyers from around the world highlight documentary evidence of persecution of Baha’is in Iran

18 January 2018

Archives chronicle decades of Baha'i Persecution in Iran

28 December 2017

More than ten shops belonging to Baha'is seized in Tabriz

05 December 2017

Iran Human Rights campaign: Response of Mahmoud Sadeghi and Shahindokht Molaverdi to educational discrimination

04 December 2017

ILNA: Expelling students because of their religion is illegal

01 December 2017

Ayatollah Shahroudi in reply to religious question from Nima Nowkhah: Followers of religions other than Islam are allowed to engage in business

08 November 2017

HRANA: Three young Baha’is sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment

08 November 2017

Three Baha'is sentenced to 5 years in prison

07 November 2017

96 Baha’i shops in Sari remain closed after three years

25 August 2017

HRANA: Kayvan Rahimian released after five years in prison

20 August 2017

Saeed Kamali Dehghan: The architect of Azadi Tower

12 August 2017

Ayatollah Khamenei: There should be no religious or ethnic discrimination between Iranians

10 August 2017

Shutting down of a Baha’i welder's workshop

25 July 2017

Legal and religious perspectives on seizure of Baha'i properties

22 July 2017

Akhbar Rooz: Soheila Vahdati: Nights of Baha’i-killing

04 July 2017

Iran Global: Ayatollah Boroujerdi and Kashani support the murderers of Dr Berjis

01 July 2017

Faridodin Haddad-Adel against the rights of Baha’i to education

22 June 2017

Mehdi Khalaji: Baha’i question, a human question

22 June 2017

Mina Yazdani: Letters from the Baha’i community at the beginning of 1979 revolution

21 June 2017

Mohammad Heidari: Baha’is, the first victims of systematic oppression by the new government

20 June 2017

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18 June 2017

Letter of complaint by a Baha'i in Mazandaran to Hassan Rouhani

18 June 2017

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26 May 2017

Peace Mark: Ayatollah Montazeri’s perspective on Baha’is

25 May 2017

Peace Mark: History of attacks on BIHE

25 May 2017

Hassan Ferechtian: Islam and the rights of Baha’is

25 May 2017

What can Baha'is expect from Rouhani government

25 May 2017

Peace Mark: Increasing economic pressure on Baha’is of Iran

23 May 2017

Iranwire: Hardships and hopes of Kayvan Rahimian, a Baha’i teacher

22 May 2017

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14 May 2017

HRANA: Open letter of Shahin Rezaie, wife of Saied Rezaie, a political prisoner

09 May 2017

Hossein Ghazian: Baha’i Faith as the Dreyfus affair

08 May 2017

Letter of business-owners and residents of Nowshahr: Muslims must observe Islamic justice in their treatment of non-Muslims

06 May 2017

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04 May 2017

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03 May 2017

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30 April 2017

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20 April 2017

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01 April 2017

Radio Farda: The reason for the persecution of Baha’is in Iran

07 March 2017

HRANA: Court hearing on confiscated properties of Baha’is of Roshan Kouh

07 March 2017

Zamaneh Tribune: Official extortion or obstinacy of Baha'is

04 March 2017

Iranwire: Closure of 94 Baha’i shops in Sari

23 February 2017

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22 February 2017

HRANA: Request to demolish Baha’is’ houses in Roshan Kouh

21 February 2017

HRANA: Prosecutor of Mazandaran on closure of Baha’i shops

17 February 2017

Aasoo: Interview with Mahmoud Sabahi

07 February 2017

Hassan Manouchehri: Sad story of Baha’is in Iran

11 January 2017

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08 January 2017

Hrana News agency: Two letters from Azita Rafizadeh in prison to her child

07 January 2017

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02 January 2017

Baha’is are apostates according to Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa

09 December 2016

Justice for Iran: Baha’is of Golestan found not guilty of ‘links with Israel’

27 November 2016

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23 November 2016

HRANA: Mazandaran authorities silent about the closure of 102 Baha’i shops

22 November 2016

Court Ruling on Baha'i Cemetery in Qorveh: Mortuary is necessary for a cemetery

15 November 2016

BBC Persian: Closure of the shop of a Baha’i cancer patient in Sari

11 November 2016

Centre for Human Rights in Iran: Closure of Baha’i businesses in various cities of Iran

10 November 2016

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03 November 2016

HRANA: Closure of 24 Baha’i shops in Sari

28 October 2016

He was a Baha'i, we killed him in order to secure a place in heaven for our children and ancestors

26 October 2016

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20 October 2016

Demolishing graves: We don't even spare the dead

20 October 2016

Mina Yazdani: Higher education in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the question of Baha’is

16 October 2016

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03 October 2016

Aasoo website: rights of citizens in Islamic Republic

01 October 2016

Masrtha Kaviani’s note on her father’s arrest

14 September 2016

Notes by the grandson of Ezatollah Atefi about his grandfather

31 August 2016

Tavaana: Letter from Payam Vali about the closure of his shop

26 August 2016

Iran-e Emrooz: Comparing the murders of Aminol-Olama Ardabili and Ataollah Rezvani

21 August 2016

Justice for Iran: Letter by Sahba Rezvani to Iranian authorities

07 August 2016

HRANA: Letter by Kamaloddin Azmoudeh to Ayatollah Khamenei

04 August 2016

BBC Persian: From execution to imprisonment: Punishment for Bahai’s

20 July 2016

Reply by Ayatollah Khamenei's site to religious question: followers of religions other than Islam are allowed to engage in business

24 June 2016

HRANA: Conditions for opening the closed Baha’i shops

12 June 2016

Gooya News: Explanations of Ayatollah Boroujerdi following his defence of the rights of Baha’is

09 June 2016

Ayatollah Alavi Boroujerdi: Baha’is are citizens based on Islamic principles

08 June 2016

Ayatollah Alavi Boroujerdi: Baha’is should enjoy citizen rights

30 May 2016

Prisoners of Rajaei-Shahr congratulate Asghar Farhadi

30 May 2016

Amir Yahya Ayatollahi: Analysis of anti-Baha’i trends in the structure of Shia clerics

26 May 2016

Article by Mohammad Oliaee-Fard on rights of Baha’is

25 May 2016

Rahe Kargar: We condemn the persecution of Baha’is

23 May 2016

Ayatollah Moghadas: Faezeh Hashemi’s meeting with Baha’is is not a problem

23 May 2016

BBC Persian: Fereshteh Ghazi: Difficulties of being a Baha’i in Iran

21 May 2016

Zeitoon website: Statement of religious intellectuals on the rights of Baha’is

20 May 2016

Radio Farda: What is the problem of Baha’is?

20 May 2016

Campaign for the Defence of Political and Civil Prisoners: We condemn the new wave of attack on Baha’is

19 May 2016

Soroush Dabbagh: I believe in the fundamental rights of Baha’is in Iran

18 May 2016

Zeitoon website: Article by Ehsan Mehrabi about Baha’is- From Evin to Turkey

18 May 2016

Ahmad Montazeri: Faezeh Hashemi’s meeting with the Baha’i prisoner was a normal human act

17 May 2016

Zeitoon: Impures of Iran and the untimely Imam Zaman

16 May 2016

Justice for Iran: Stories of detention, torture and trial of Baha’is of Golestan province

15 May 2016

Hesar News: Letter from Afshin Baymani for the eighth anniversary of the imprisonment of Baha’i leaders

14 May 2016

Bam News Agency: Letter from Khaled Hardani for the eighth anniversary of the imprisonment of Baha’i leaders

08 May 2016

Letter from 54 economists to stop economic discrimination against Baha’is

05 May 2016

Iran Human Rights: Confiscation of a Baha’i farmer’s properties in Semnan

02 May 2016

Saham News: New wave of economic pressures against Baha’is of Bandar Abbas

24 April 2016

Akhbar-e Rooz: An analysis of the persecution of Baha’is by different governments after the revolution

21 April 2016

HRANA: Closure of 2 Baha’i businesses in Babol

20 April 2016

HRANA: Closure of 16 Baha’i businesses in Qaemshahr

15 April 2016

Aasoo: Is it ethical to trade with totalitarian Iran?

15 April 2016

Businesses belonging to Baha'is in Kerman still embargoed nearly for a year

08 April 2016

Iran Wire: From Khavaran mothers to Evin mothers; latest on Azita Rafizadeh

29 March 2016

Torture and execution of seven Baha’is in Hamadan

22 March 2016

Negah: Letter from Delaram Akbari, a Baha’i student denied access to education

22 March 2016

Iranwire: If Baha’is leave Iran, human rights issues will be resolved

19 March 2016

Economic repression of Baha'is in Iran - documentary film (English version)

19 March 2016

The economic suffocation of the Baha'is in Iran: A documentary film (Farsi version)

19 March 2016

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17 March 2016

HRANA: Behzad Zabihi was arrested four times and his workplace closed three times

08 March 2016

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31 January 2016

Iranwire: Prisoners of Evin and Rajai Shahr on living with Baha’i inmates

28 January 2016

BBC Persian: 24 Baha’is were sentenced to prison in Golestan province

26 January 2016

Letter from Mona Amri Hesari, sentenced to nine years in prison

12 January 2016

Court decision regarding the complaint of Laghaollah Baghaie

20 December 2015

Iranwire: Navid Aghdasi arrested for following up on of the murder of Ataollah Rezvani

07 December 2015

Aasoo website: Legitimacy of the trial of members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran

01 December 2015

Aasoo: Trial of members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran

29 November 2015

Aram Anahid: Baha’is between two revolutions

18 November 2015

Iranwire: Baha'is in Iran, a non-negotiable issue

17 November 2015

15 Baha'is arrested in Tehran, Isfahan and Mashhad by Hassan Rouhani's Intelligence Ministry

16 November 2015

HRANA: An eye witness account of how Navid Aghdasi was arrested

16 November 2015

Rooz Online: From murder in Paris to attacking Baha’is

16 November 2015

Widespread arrest of Baha'is and seizure of their businesses

15 November 2015

Radio Zamaneh: Detention of 16 Baha’is and closure of 15 Baha’i-owned businesses

26 October 2015

Iran Wire: I am Taraneh, and my mother is in prison

25 October 2015

Aasoo website: Shadi Sadr on the film about trial of members of National Spiritual Assembly of Iran

21 October 2015

Systematic attack on the Baha'i community was one of the tragedies of the revolution in Iran

20 October 2015

New Vision Research Institute: Confiscation of a Baha’i’s property

17 October 2015

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17 October 2015

Saham News: Heshmat Tabarzadi meets families of Baha’i prisoners

13 October 2015

Video recording from secret trial of members of the Baha'i National Assembly - held in 1981 at Evin Prison (edited and subtitled version)

08 October 2015

Roozonline: Ten-year old boy deprived of education

01 October 2015

Aasoo: Religious persecution of minorities in Muslim countries of the Middle East

24 September 2015

Abdol-Hamid Masoumi Tehrani website: Illuminating a verse of Kitab-e Aqdas

15 September 2015

HRANA: 32 Baha’i shops in Sari closed illegally for over 1700 days

14 September 2015

Saham News: Behrouz Tavakkoli and Afif Naimi returned to prison

14 September 2015

Conversation with a Baha'i student banned from education

13 September 2015

Manoto TV: Baha'is excluded again from university education

11 September 2015

Committee for the Defence of the Rights of Followers of Religions: Letter from Qavamoddein Sabetian to Iranian authorities

11 September 2015

HRANA: Mahyareh Naddaf deprived of higher education

09 September 2015

Taghato website: Baha'is continue to be excluded from University entrance exam

09 September 2015

Taghato website: Top candidate excluded from university entrance exam for being a Baha'i

09 September 2015

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02 September 2015

HRANA: Fariba Kamalabadi put in the same cell with murders in prison

02 September 2015

Saham News: A Baha’i cemetery in every province

26 August 2015

Short video from Khavaran cemetery, commemorating victims of political executions

15 August 2015

HRANA: Letter from Narges Mohammadi to imprisoned women and suffering mothers

14 August 2015

HRANA: Report about the situation of three professors of the Baha’i university

14 August 2015

HRANA: Letter from Dorsa Gholizadeh, Baha’i student, expelled from university

08 August 2015

HRANA News Agency: Anti Baha'i graffiti appearing repeatedly on the walls of a Baha'i family's home

04 August 2015

Mahvash Shahriari's poem for Narges Mohammadi

27 July 2015

Radio Zamaneh: Farhad Fahandej, Baha’i prisoner sentenced to ten years

26 July 2015

HRANA: Hate speech against Baha’is; writing death slogans on the walls of Baha’i-owned houses

15 July 2015

Taghato: Interview with representative of the Baha’i community about depriving Baha’is from education

07 July 2015

HRANA: Letter from Farah Baghi in Yazd prison

07 July 2015

Saham News: Jamaloddin Khanjani, oldest political prisoner in Iran

19 June 2015

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19 June 2015

Saham news: Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution on blocking Baha’is from progress

15 June 2015

A note by Sasan Haghiri, a Baha'i citizen in prison

11 June 2015

Euronews: Interview with Simin Fahandej and Mahnaz Parakand about civil rights of Baha’is

21 May 2015

Constitutionalist Party of Iran: Banning business activities of Baha’is is another shameless act of the Islamic Republic of Iran

20 May 2015

Dian Ala’i: Baha’is are not allowed to practice many professions because they are considered impure

19 May 2015

Saham News: Banned occupations for Baha’is

14 May 2015

Kambiz Fattahi: The cases of seven Baha’is, seven years after their controversial detention

04 May 2015

Radio Zamaneh: Baha’i prisoners in a country that has no prisoners of conscious

30 April 2015

Melliun website: Letter from Navid Haghighi to the Revolutionary Court in Yazd

30 April 2015

Ali Jannati: Let’s use ‘religious compatriots’ instead of ‘religious minorities’

22 April 2015

Roozonline: House of a Baha’i demolished

16 April 2015

Saham News: Eight Baha’i prisoners will be freed

05 April 2015

Collective letter by a group of lawyers demanding Taraneh Ghiami's right to university education

22 March 2015

HRANA: Nawruz at Rajai-Shahr prison

17 March 2015

BBC Persian: Members of a Baha’i family in Yazd were arrested

12 March 2015

Kayhan online: Faran Hesami was awarded the Raha prize

01 March 2015

Note by Farid Kashani, aged 12, commenting about his father, who is in prison

01 March 2015

Poem by 12-year-old Sami, for his mother in prison, Sousan Tebyanian

01 March 2015

Roozonline: Claim of tolerance while 100 Baha’is are in prison

25 February 2015

Jaras: Threats against Baha’is

13 February 2015

HRANA: University, the home of discrimination in Iran

10 February 2015

HRANA: Manouchehr Kholousi sentenced to six years in prison

10 February 2015

Jaras: Supreme Administrative Court bans Baha’is from access to higher education

10 February 2015

HRANA: Administrative Tribunal rules that Baha’is do not have a right to

09 February 2015

Local testimonies on accusations against Mehrdad and Bahman Haghiri

22 January 2015

Bahman Amouie: Prisoners above 60

11 January 2015

Iranwire: Mysterious death of a Baha’i in Shiraz

07 January 2015

Saham news: Discussions of Eisa Saharkhiz with Baha’i prisoners

25 December 2014

Khat-e Solh: Article by Abdolhamid Masoumi Tehrani on ‘violence and clerics’

25 December 2014

Khate Solh: Financial interests in the destruction of Baha’i cultural heritage

23 December 2014

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18 December 2014

Roozonline: Association of Combatant Clerics: Baha’is and civil rights

18 December 2014

Saham news: Yousefi Eshkevari examines Ayatollah Mousavi Boroujerdi’s comments on the rights of Baha’is

17 December 2014

Roozonline: Roofia Asdaghi: See from my perspective

15 December 2014

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08 December 2014

Iranwire: Friday Prayer Imam of Isfahan and our unforgiven silence

07 December 2014

Statement of Iranian liberal students and graduates: Stop educational apartheid against Baha’is

05 December 2014

Iran Kargar: 79 Baha’i businesses were shut down after the speech of Rafsanjan's Friday Prayer Imam

04 December 2014

Rafsanjan Prayer Leader: Baha'is are unclean and should leave the city

27 November 2014

Roozonline: Fariba Kamalabadi’s letter to her daughter, Taraneh

26 November 2014

Saham news: 1000 years of imprisonment for Baha’is

14 November 2014

Preventing Baha'is from education is not legally acceptable

09 November 2014

Refusal to burry the body of Mohanna, a 12 year old in Tabriz

06 November 2014

CSHR: Imprisonment of Sousan Tebyanian

04 November 2014

Khodnevis website: Statistics of female political prisoners in Iran

23 October 2014

Roozonline: Baha’is of Gorgan in Rajaee Shahr prison

27 September 2014

Eslah News: Letter from Zibakalam to Larijani about Baha’is’ right of education

26 September 2014

Khat-e Solh magazine: Rouhani’s government and the right to education

25 September 2014

BBC Persian website: Baha'is continue to be banned from university education

24 September 2014

Reformist MP's insulting comments about Baha'i student banned from university exam

24 September 2014

Letter by Mohammad Seifzadeh and Heshmatollah Tabarzadi about Baha'is' education rights

23 September 2014

Baha'is were told that Intelligence Ministry has not confirmed their permission to continue their education

21 September 2014

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19 September 2014

Letter by a 12-year old girl to the President of Islamic Republic about the rights of Baha'is

19 September 2014

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19 September 2014

PCED: Letter by Kaveh Keshavarz, Baha’i student deprived of education

17 September 2014

The Defenders of Human Rights Center: Mr Rouhani! Don’t let students be deprived of higher education

17 September 2014

Letter from Dorsa Dehghani to Mohammad Javad Larijani about violation of her right to higher education

17 September 2014

Hojatoleslam Naser Ghavami: Baha’is should enjoy citizen rights

15 September 2014

Nourizad and Dr Mohammad Maleki met Baha’i students deprived from education

15 September 2014

Violation of rights of Baha’is mentioned in the side event of UN Human Rights Council

13 September 2014

Noura Sabet deprived of higher education

13 September 2014

Letter to Shadan Shirazi by a group of political prisoners

10 September 2014

Iran Emrooz website: supporting the education rights of Baha'i citizens

10 September 2014

Radio Zamaneh: Letter to Hasan Rouhani from 360 Baha’i students deprived from education

09 September 2014

Top scoring Baha'i student not allowed to choose a study programme

05 September 2014

Seven Baha’i prisoners of Urmia banned from family visits

05 September 2014

Aida Ghajar: Execution of the Baha’is of Hamadan; letter to Mohammad Javad Larijani

04 September 2014

IranWire interview with Fereydoun Vahman on history of Baha'i persecution in Iran

04 September 2014

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04 September 2014

Afagh Khosravizand: My imprisoned children are asked to repent from teaching, as a condition for their release

02 September 2014

Iranwire: Mohammad Taghi Fazel Maybodi: Baha’is are not "najis"

01 September 2014

Zamaneh website: Rozita Eshraghi’s article on the plight of her family

27 August 2014

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, submitted to General Assembly by Secretary-General

11 August 2014

Mashregh: Reza Pahlavi’s message of condolence on the death of Houshang Seyhoun

09 August 2014

Kayhan Newpaper: Life and activities of Houshang Seyhoun, a Baha’i architect

06 August 2014

Letter by Fariborz Baghi, convicted by revolutionary court

04 August 2014

Baha'i students banned from university education despite official promises

27 July 2014

Commander of Revolutionary Guards in Shiraz: Baha’is must be severely curbed

26 July 2014

Iranwire: Head of Revolutionary Guards in Shiraz demands strong measures against Baha’is

22 July 2014

JARAS: Economic threats, Ministry of Intelligence extremists prioritize the extermination of Baha'is

22 July 2014

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21 July 2014

Iranwire: Sarang Ettehadi: When you read this letter, I will be behind bars

17 July 2014

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14 July 2014

Shomaice Mohajer's mother: my daughter is in prison simply because she is a Baha'i

10 July 2014

Iran Human Rights: Sarang Ettehadi: while under interrogation, I was told I must leave Iran

29 June 2014

Gooya News: A forgotten page of the story of ‘Yaran’ – detention of Mahvash Sabet

22 June 2014

BBC Persian: Fatwa against the confiscation of political prisoners' assets

20 June 2014

New moves to track Baha'is in Yazd

19 June 2014

Asre Nou: Distressing graves and cemeteries

18 June 2014

Radio Farda: Inciting anti Baha'i sentiments in Yazd

18 June 2014

Iranwire: Mahmoud Abbas accused of being a Baha’i

14 June 2014

A Heart-Felt Note from a Baha’i Youth from Tabriz

14 June 2014

HRANA News Agency: Anti Baha'i material distributed in Yazd

31 May 2014

Letter by a Baha'i student to imprisoned professors of Baha'i University

29 May 2014

Jaras: Letter from Mahshan Kargar, spouse of a Baha’i prisoner, to Mohammad-Javad Larijani

28 May 2014

8 Dey News: Pro-president media mourn the death of Houshang Seyhoun

27 May 2014

JARAS: Abdolhamid Masoumi Tehrani summoned to court

24 May 2014

Nazila Ghanea in BBC website: Using religious beliefs for strengthening human rights

23 May 2014

Jaras: It is possible to overcome the hate against Baha’is

20 May 2014

HRANA: 17 Baha’is arrested in Iran

20 May 2014

Asre Nou: Decapitation of Baha’is; a historical fact

20 May 2014

HRANA: Court of Administrative Justice rejects the complaint of a Baha’i student against the Ministry of Education

20 May 2014

Human Rights Watch: Increased pressure on Baha'is

19 May 2014

HRANA: Special Court of Article 49 gets involved in the case of the Baha’is of Ivel

15 May 2014

Six years since Baha'i community leaders were sent to jail

15 May 2014

HRANA: Letter to Mohammad Javad Larijani, from 104 Baha’is, deprived of education

14 May 2014

Ayatollah Seyyed Hosein Sadr explains his reasons for asking Mulsims to treat Baha'is fairly and as fellow human beings

14 May 2014

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13 May 2014

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13 May 2014

HRANA: Letter from a Baha’i citizen to Mohammad Javad Larijani

02 May 2014

Iranwire: ‘The Islamic roots of anti-Baha’ism’ in an interview with Hasan Fereshtian

01 May 2014

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01 May 2014

Shirin Ebadi in Iran Wire: The largest religious minority completely deprived of their rights

29 April 2014

HRANA: Destruction of Shiraz Baha’i cemetery

28 April 2014

HRANA: Nasim Bagheri arrested

26 April 2014

Iran Emrooz: 65 political prisoners of Rajai Shahr prison call for prayer for Iran

23 April 2014

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21 April 2014

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11 April 2014

Radio Farda: Interview with a Baha’i who is deprived of education

10 April 2014

HRANA: Maziar Malaki was expelled from university

09 April 2014

Roozonline: Larijani: Baha’ism is manufactured by Western countries

09 April 2014

HRANA: Letter from Heshmat Tabarzadi on the Year of Human Rights and the rights of Baha’is

09 April 2014

HRANA: No news about Nika Kholousi ten days after her arrest

07 April 2014

HRANA: Ayatollah Masoumi Tehrani empathises with Baha’is

06 April 2014

Roozonline: High Council for Human Rights denies that Baha’is are banned from higher education or sent to prison

06 April 2014

Javad Larijani: Baha’is are not deprived of education because of their belief

26 March 2014

HRANA: Letter by 46 Baha’is of Ivel to judiciary authorities

18 March 2014

Report by Ahmad Shahid, UN Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights in Iran

18 March 2014

Iran Human Rights: 136 Baha’is are in prison

18 March 2014

Hojatoleslam Ayazi: Citizens rights should have nothing to do with people's beliefs

13 March 2014

Statement by human rights defenders, journalists and writers: Break the silence on discrimination against Baha’is

12 March 2014

Asre Nou: Letter from 500 Baha’is to Iranian clerics

11 March 2014

BBC Persian: 500 Baha’is write to Iran’s clerics, defending rights of Baha’is

20 February 2014

Sarang Ettehadi: How many times I will see the sunrise in prison?

12 February 2014

Rooz Online: Genocide of Baha’is and our silence

09 February 2014

CSHR: Murderers of Baha’is get away with impunity

05 February 2014

HRANA: Authorities fail to investigate the murder of Saeidollah Aghdasi

24 December 2013

Khodnevis: Is a fourth anti-Baha’is wave coming? Overview of the first three waves

17 December 2013

Khodnevis: Destruction of Baha’i cemetery

13 December 2013

Khodnevis: Has Yazd become the center of anti-Baha’ism?

26 November 2013

Roozonline: Stories of Fariba Kamalabadi’s daughter about her prison visits

25 November 2013

Gooya News: Mass killings of the 80s and the Baha’is of Iran

24 November 2013

Melliun Iran website: Murder of Ataollah Rezvani

23 November 2013

Khodnevis: A criminal analysis of the murder of Ataollah Rezvani

20 November 2013

Khodnevis: Baha’is of Semnan; a ladder for the promotion of a young judge

19 November 2013

Zamaneh Tribune: Letter by Fariba Kamalabadi from Evin prison to her grandchild

29 October 2013

Fatwa of Seyyed Ismael Sadr about Baha’is

23 October 2013

Baha’is are blamed even for rising prices of gold and foreign currency

04 October 2013

Report by Ahmad Shahid, UN Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights in Iran

04 October 2013

Report by Ahmad Shahid, UN Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights in Iran

03 October 2013

Taghato: Interview with Simin Fahandej on the murder of Ataollah Rezvani

29 September 2013

Mohsen Kadivar: Depriving Baha’i students from education is illegal

24 September 2013

BBC Persian: Baha’is and the eight-year war

23 September 2013

Universal Tolerance Organization: Dr Maleki meets Baha’i girl barred from education

22 September 2013

VOA Persian: Fatwas of Ayatollah Khamenei about Baha’is

20 September 2013

Conversation with Zeinol-Abedin Alaie about martyrdom of his brother in Iran-Iraq war

18 September 2013

Arya News: Soroush Dabbagh defends Baha’ism

16 September 2013

Mohsen Kadivar: Baha’is are not impure

15 September 2013

HRANA: Nasrin Sotoudeh demands the rights of religious minorities and Baha’is

15 September 2013

Melli Iranian news agency: Nasrin Sotoudeh’s letter to Hassan Rouhani about the rights of Baha’is

13 September 2013

Gooya News: Political prisoners in Rajaei-Shahr demand the release of ill prisoners

04 September 2013

Ayatollah Masoumi Tehrani meets with Baha’is

02 September 2013

BBC Persian: Can Islamic Jurisprudence recognise Baha’is as People of the Book?

31 August 2013

HRANA: Statement of prisoners of conscience in Rajaie Shahr condemning the killing of Ataollah Rezvani

28 August 2013

BBC Persian: Mehdi Khalaji on the rights of Baha’is

27 August 2013

Rooz Online: Interview With Ataollah Rezvani’s family

24 August 2013

“Democracy and Human Rights for Iran” website: Life and death of Ataollah Rezvani

21 August 2013

BBC Persian: Anti-Baha’ism; before and after the coup

19 August 2013

Kayvan Rahimian: I was astonished by Nourizad meeting with my family

02 August 2013

Radio Farda website: Ayatollah Khamenei’s anti Baha’i decrees strongly criticised by Commission on Religious Freedom

01 August 2013

HRANA: Letter from Kamran Rahimian in Rajaee Shahr prison

01 August 2013

Alborz News website: Heshmat Tabarzadi on his friendship with Baha’i inmates in prison

31 July 2013

Radio Farda: New Fatwas of Ayatollah Khamenei about Baha’is

31 July 2013

Gooya news: Closure of Baha’i schools

27 July 2013

Reza Allamehzadeh: My three Baha’i fellow citizens

25 July 2013

Melliun: 155 civil activists praised Mohammad Nourizad for apologising to Baha’is

24 July 2013

Rah-e Digar: Letter from Kamran Rahimian to Mohammad Nourizad

23 July 2013

Roozonline: One kiss, one history

15 July 2013

BBC Persian: Multiplicity of accounts of the Babi movement

06 June 2013

HRANA: Letter from Kamran Rahimian to his wife, Faran Hesami

03 June 2013

Andishe Ayande website: Religious minorities deprived of education

17 May 2013

HRANA: Second anniversary of the detention of the BIHE (Baha’i University) professors

13 May 2013

Website of Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran: UN representatives ask Iran to release Baha’i leaders

17 April 2013

Fereshteh Ghazi: The world of a three-year old toddler; visiting parents in Evin and Rajai Shahr

27 March 2013

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08 January 2013

Shab-e Roshan weblog: Vahid Tizfahm’s letter from Rajaee Shahr prison

29 November 2012

Truth and Reconciliation: Conversation between a Baha'i and a former member of the Hojjatieh Society

11 November 2012

Radio Farda: Arrest of Baha’is doubled in the last two years

13 September 2012

Report by Ahmad Shahid, UN Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights in Iran

09 September 2012

Kayvan Rahimian: I am complaining about history

01 September 2012

Interview with Najma Rahmani

17 July 2012

Roozonline: Aim of government is to eliminate the Baha’i community

26 June 2012

Fasr News Agency: Shargh newspaper praises a Baha’i

19 June 2012

Roozonline: Interview with the families of Mona Mahmoudnejad and Mahshid Niroumand

31 May 2012

Amnesty International: Statements of human rights organizations on the right to education

24 March 2012

Gooya News: Critic review of documentary film by Reza Allameh-zadeh in support of Baha’is

12 March 2012

HRANA: Review of the article by Seyed Kazem Mousavi, MP for Ardabil on the history of Ivel

07 March 2012

Radio Zamaneh: Iranian Taboo, a tale of Baha’i sufferings

06 March 2012

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran

01 March 2012

HRANA: Natoli Derakhshan released on bail

28 February 2012

Ehteram-e Azadi website: Letter from the 9-year old child of Sousan Tebyanian

09 February 2012

Seyyed Kian Hashemi expelled from university

18 January 2012

Roozonline: Pressure on Baha’is of Sanandaj

26 December 2011

Iran Global website: Play games with the rights of Baha’is

21 December 2011

Mahnaz Parakand’s letter to Ahmad Shahid

16 November 2011

Radio Farda: 46 German professors condemn persecution of Baha’is in Iran

26 October 2011

Radio Zamaneh: Trial of the trial of the Bab

10 October 2011

Youth for Human Rights in Iran: Ninth letter of Torreh Taghizadeh to Minister of Intelligence

28 September 2011

RAHANA: Eighth letter from Enayatollah Sanaei to the Head of Judiciary

27 September 2011

BBC Persian: Two Nobel Peace Prize winners call for Baha’i rights to be respected

26 September 2011

Committee of Human Rights Reporters: Letter from Sama Nourani to Mohammad Javad Larijani

23 September 2011

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, submitted to General Assembly by Secretary-General

28 August 2011

Vajiheh Nasheri arrested in Sari

27 August 2011

Mohsen Kadivar: About treatment of Baha’is

30 June 2011

AAED: Response to article claiming that “All Who Attend the University Entrance Examination Will Be Admitted”

21 June 2011

Rooz Online: Arrest of Baha’is continue

10 June 2011

The Guardian: Nine British professors support the right to education of Iranian Baha’is

05 June 2011

Radio Zamaneh: Baha’i Institute for Higher Education declared illegal

30 May 2011

More than 1000 activist demand Baha’is to return to universities

19 May 2011

BBC: Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi transferred from Qarchak to Evin

13 May 2011

Kayhan newspaper: Mahmoud Abbas is a Baha’i

06 May 2011

Vajihollah Mirzagolpour transferred to the prison for inmates on death row

05 May 2011

Vajihollah Mirzagolpour humiliated during interrogation

05 May 2011

HRANA: Humiliating a 71 year-old Baha’i in Sari

04 May 2011

HRANA: Letter from Vajihollah Mirzagolpour’s wife, a 71 year-old Baha’i prisoner

May 2011

Letter by the wife of a 71-year old prisoner

17 April 2011

Committee of Human Rights Reporters: Fifth Letter from Enayatollah Sanaie to the Head of Judiciary

02 April 2011

International protests to prison sentences for 7 Baha’is

05 March 2011

Pezhvak-e Iran: Baha’i burial prevented in Mashhad

03 March 2011

HRANA: Arrest of Saman Ostovar, a Baha’i from Kerman

22 February 2011

Khabarnavard: Letter from Sahar Todiee, about detention of her husband, Behzad Zabihi

15 February 2011

Khabarnavard: First Letter from Enayatollah Sanaeie to the Head of Judiciary

15 February 2011

Khabarnavard: Second Letter from Enayatollah Sanaie to the Head of Judiciary

05 February 2011

JARAS: Stop educational discrimination against Baha’is

03 January 2011

Farid Rowhani in his defence statement: Can you see any sign of Islamic kindness and justice in what's happened to me?

30 December 2010

HRANA: Second letter of appeal from the father of Omid Ghanbari, one of the Baha’i detainees in Sari

30 December 2010

HRANA: Timeline of events in Ivel during Fall 2010

22 December 2010

Video report of arson in Baha'i businesses in Kerman

21 December 2010

Rooz Online: Baha’i leaders in danger of execution; Hojjattieh leaders' close friendship with Khamenei

18 December 2010

HRANA: Letter from Ghanbar-Ali Ghanbari, father of a Baha’i prisoner in Sari

13 December 2010

Radio Zamaneh: On Ayataollah Montazeri’s Fatwa

11 November 2010

HRANA: Agricultural lands belonging to Baha’is of Ivel will be given to the Office of Supreme Leader

22 October 2010

Iran Press Watch: Timeline of the destruction of Baha’i houses in Ivel

14 October 2010

HRANA: Who is behind the destruction of Baha’i houses in Ivel?

12 October 2010

Gooya News: Shahrvand magazine in Canada threatened for publishing Baha’i content

19 September 2010

HRANA: The story of Ivel in the last 27 years

09 September 2010

HRANA: Iranian physicians in Austria demand the release of all Iranian political prisoners especially Baha’i leaders in Iran

16 August 2010

HRANA: Convicting Baha’i leaders is a violation of human dignity

08 August 2010

Abdul Qadir Balouch supports Baha’is

08 August 2010

HRANA: Letter from the wife of Ghavamoddin Sabetian, a Baha’i prisoner in Sari

05 August 2010

HRANA: Letter by Houshang Fanaian to Ayatollah Khamenei

29 July 2010

HRANA: Letter from Baha’i women of Ivel

11 July 2010

Iranian Website: My story with Baha’is

10 July 2010

Roozonline: Article of Leyla Chamankhah on trial of Yaran

09 July 2010

The Guardian: Attack on Iran's Baha'i is a human rights outrage

08 July 2010

Rooz Online: Being a Baha’i is a crime in Iran

05 July 2010

HRANA: Letter from a Baha’i resident of Ivel describing the plight of Bahai's in his village

05 July 2010

The Baha’is of Ivel: Undaunted spirit

04 July 2010

HRANA: Latest on the destruction of Baha’i houses in Ivel

28 June 2010

Homes demolished in campaign to drive Baha’is out of Iranian village

28 June 2010

Radio Farda: Destruction of 50 Baha’i houses in Ivel

27 June 2010

DW Persian: What is behind the destruction of houses of Bahais in Ivel?

26 June 2010

HRANA: Video report of the destruction of fifty Baha’i houses in Ivel

15 June 2010

DW: Trial of Yaran ends

13 June 2010

HRA: Baha’i leaders arrested to be used for bargaining with the West

13 June 2010

Radio Zamaneh: Islamic Republic’s policy of denying Baha’is access to higher education

09 April 2010

Gooya news: Pressure on Iqan Shahidi and Sama Nourani for false confession on TV

20 March 2010

Open letter to people of Iran by a group of Baha'i students banned from university

23 February 2010

Human Rights Watch: Stop persecuting Baha’is

12 February 2010

FIDH: Stop persecution of Baha’is

09 February 2010

Le Monde: Professors of Le Monde university write in support of Baha’is

February 2010

Nature of the Persecution against the Bahá'ís in Iran - Background document by Baha'i International Community

31 January 2010

Human Right reporters: Baha’is, from forced confession to sham trials

14 January 2010

Gooya news: Trial of seven Baha’is, sign of religious violence

12 January 2010

Mohsen Kadivar: Ayatollah Montazeri on the rights of citizenship of Baha’is

11 January 2010

Iran-e Emrooz: Why are Baha’is persecuted?

07 January 2010

Center for Human Rights in Iran: Concern about execution of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran

23 December 2009

Samiollah Ashenaei expelled from university

23 December 2009

Cemetery of the Baha’is of Abadan destroyed

23 December 2009

Zabihollah Raoufi exiled to Tuyserkan

23 December 2009

Sholeh Taef arrested in Semnan

18 December 2009

United Nations condemns Iran for violation of human rights

17 December 2009

Peyman Kashfi released in Tehran

16 December 2009

Date set for trial of seven Baha’i leaders

14 December 2009

Statement of Senator Mobina Jaffer in support of Baha’is

08 December 2009

Sirous Gholam-Rezaie expelled from university

08 December 2009

Noushin Ghanavatian sentenced to eight-years imprisonment

01 December 2009

Two Baha’is beaten up and arrested, and their houses searched

20 November 2009

Rosa Ghanavatian expelled from university in Khoramshahr

11 November 2009

Khosrow Dehghani’s house searched

30 October 2009

Committee of Human Rights Reporters: Documentary Report on the destruction of the Baha'i graves in Vila Shahr and Najafabad

27 October 2009

Peyman Kashfi arrested in Tehran

18 October 2009

Seven leaders of Baha'i community have been in prison for over 18 months without trial

18 October 2009

Trial of the leaders of the Baha’i community postponed

15 October 2009

Ban Ki-moon: UN High Commissioner on Human Rights expresses concerns about the situation of the seven leaders of the Baha’i community

13 October 2009

Azizollah Sobhi buried without informing his family

12 October 2009

Committee of Human Rights Reporters: Threats against Baha’i students in the new academic year

06 October 2009

A group of Muslims defend Baha’is in cyberspace

02 October 2009

Difficulties of a Baha’i student enrolling at school

02 October 2009

Bashir Tashakkor banned from enrollment in university

02 October 2009

Attack on Baha’i cemetery in Najafabad

30 September 2009

Shohreh Aghdashloo and Azar Nafisi demand persecution of Baha’is to stop

10 September 2009

Threatening letters against Baha'is circulated in Vilashahr

10 September 2009

Payam Shir-Mohammadi arrested in Tehran

10 September 2009

Trial of a Baha’i couple in Ahvaz

05 September 2009

A Baha’i citizen’s letter to the Head of Judiciary

30 August 2009

According to Ayatollah Montazeri the terms Mohareb (wagers of war) and Mofsed (corrupters) do not apply to Baha'is, although they are apostates inasmuch as they do not accept the finality of the Prophet of Islam

26 August 2009

New information on detention of Sohrab Laghaei

16 August 2009

Tavaana website: Abbas Milani on the history of Baha’i persecution in Iran

10 August 2009

Interview with Vahed Kholousi

23 July 2009

Badiollah Abol-Fazli released from prison in Sari

16 July 2009

Iran Emrooz website: Letter by Soheila Vahdati to Mostafa Tajzadeh’s wife

13 July 2009

Trial of leaders of the Baha’i community postponed

12 July 2009

Trial of the leaders of the Baha’i community postponed

11 July 2009

US Commission for Religious Freedom asks for release of seven leaders of the Baha’i community

08 July 2009

Roxana Saberi on Baha'is imprisoned in Iran

06 July 2009

Akhbar-e Rooz: Seven Baha’i leaders at risk of execution

25 June 2009

Anti-Baha’i books for children

25 June 2009

New information on the detention of Moshfegh Samandari

24 June 2009

Tentative trial date for the seven leaders of the Baha’i community

18 June 2009

Detention of Moshfegh Samandari

18 June 2009

Latest on the arrest of Shahram Hasim

12 June 2009

Fatwa of Ayatollah Sanei about occupation of Baha’i cemeteries

09 June 2009

Ataollah Mohajerani: Arrested Baha’is are associated with Israel

04 June 2009

Shahram Hasim arrested

04 June 2009

Baha’is of Villashahr threatened

04 June 2009

Latest on the arrest of Shahram Chinian

30 May 2009

HRA: National conference in Kermanshah on the right to education

28 May 2009

Statement of Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan to the national conference for the right to education in Kermanshah

27 May 2009

Peyk-e Iran: Baha’i cemetery in Mazandaran auctioned

26 May 2009

First national forum on the right to education

26 May 2009

Shahram Hasim disappeared

26 May 2009

Radio Zamaneh: A legal view on detention and interrogation of seven Baha’is

26 May 2009

Detention of Moshfegh Samandari

24 May 2009

Committee of Human Rights Defenders: Report on persecution of Baha’is

23 May 2009

Ayatollah Montazeri: Life and property of non-Muslims should be respected

23 May 2009

Fatwa of Ayatollah Montazeri about Baha’i cemeteries

20 May 2009

Behnam Motearefi arrested in Semnan

20 May 2009

Imprisoned Baha’i leaders visited by their families

20 May 2009

Baha’is summoned to court in Isfahan

20 May 2009

Sahba Rezvani sentenced to three-year imprisonment in Semnan

12 May 2009

Michel Esmailpour released on bail

05 May 2009

Two Baha’is summoned to Ministry of Intelligence

28 April 2009

Siamak Ebrahiminia’s store sealed

28 April 2009

Imprisoned Baha’i leaders visited by their families

17 April 2009

Iran Global: Letter from Arman Rad, a Baha’i student denied access to education

08 April 2009

HRA: Letter from Minou Shahriari, a Baha’i student denied access to education

08 April 2009

Ali Ehsani arrested in Semnan

07 April 2009

Behnam Rowhanifar’s house searched

25 March 2009

Negah: On Shahroud events

23 March 2009

Persecution of Baha’i students in schools

23 March 2009

Three Baha’i prisoners released on bail in Semnan

23 March 2009

Imprisoned Baha’i leaders visited by their families in prison

18 March 2009

Pouya Tebyanian arrested in Semnan

18 March 2009

Six Baha’i prisoners released on bail in Tehran

18 March 2009

Open letter of the student of Tabriz University in defence of Baha’i students

18 March 2009

New information about the trial of seven Baha’i leaders

18 March 2009

Three Baha’i students expelled from University in Tabriz

12 March 2009

HRA: Letter from Borhan Rasti, a Baha’i student denied access to education

11 March 2009

Five Baha’is released on bail

11 March 2009

Statement from academics to stop persecution of Baha’is

10 March 2009

Torreh Taghizadeh released on bail in Tehran

10 March 2009

Houses of three Baha’is searched in Tonekabon

10 March 2009

Foad Agah sentenced to four-year imprisonment in Isfahan

10 March 2009

Latest about six Baha’i prisoners in Tehran

10 March 2009

Persecution of the family of Behfar Khanjani in Semnan

10 March 2009

Badiollah Abol-Fazli sentenced to two-year imprisonment in Sari

10 March 2009

Rostam Behifar and Peyman Rouhi arrested in Yazd

01 March 2009

General Prosecutor: Leaders of the Baha’i community of Iran accepted their accusations

01 March 2009

Seven Baha’i leaders allowed to visit their families in prison

27 February 2009

Baha’is accused of murder in Abarghou

19 February 2009

Baha’i cemetery in Semnan destroyed

18 February 2009

EU expresses strong concern about the plight of seven Baha’i leaders

18 February 2009

Response from a group of Baha’is in Iran to the open letter of Iranian intellectuals

17 February 2009

Support by Writers and Journalists of Kurdistan for Baha’is in response to false allegations and hate material published against the Baha'i community

17 February 2009

Iran-e Emrooz: Anti-Baha’ism in Iran

17 February 2009

Asr-e Nou website: Baha’is of Iran is in danger

16 February 2009

Negin Rezaie and Shabnam Ghazaie arrested and subsequently released in Tehran

16 February 2009

10000 copies of anti-Baha’i publication circulated in Kerman and Rafsanjan

16 February 2009

HRA: Three years and eight months jail for a Baha’i from Semnan

16 February 2009

Masoud Ataeian released from Qaemshahr prison

16 February 2009

Sahba Rezvani sentenced to imprisonment in Semnan

16 February 2009

Mohammad-Reza Kandi released on bail in Sari

16 February 2009

Fathollah Khateb Javan and Azizollah Pourhamzeh acquitted in Hamadan

16 February 2009

General Prosecutor orders strict measures against the Baha’i administration

16 February 2009

Latest on Kamran Aghdasi, Baha’i prisoner in Hamadan

16 February 2009

Nasrin Rahimi and Mehrazgiz Hoseini sentenced to one-year imprisonment in Hamadan

15 February 2009

The Baha’i International Community's response to the open letter from the Iranian intellectuals

14 February 2009

A letter to the Baha’i community of Iran: “We Are Ashamed”

12 February 2009

Baha’i International Community demands the release of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran

11 February 2009

75 non-Baha’i students protest to the expulsion of Mahnoush Dehghan from university

11 February 2009

Latest on Farhang Samadani and Elham Rowhani, Baha’i prisoners in Yazd

09 February 2009

Seven Baha’i leaders met their families in prison

09 February 2009

Jinous Sobhani met her family in prison

09 February 2009

Latest on Nima Haghar, Baha’i prisoner in Tehran

09 February 2009

Ali Ahmadi released from prison

03 February 2009

Four Baha’is released on bail in Qaemshahr

01 February 2009

Masoud Ataeian met his family in Qaemshahr prison

01 February 2009

Latest on five Baha’i prisoners in Tehran

01 February 2009

Four Baha’i students banned from studying

01 February 2009

Feizollah Rowshan imprisoned in Sari

30 January 2009

Baha’i International Community condemns the destruction of Khavaran cemetery

28 January 2009

Radio Zamaneh: Six Baha’is arrested in Iran

27 January 2009

Sima Eshraghi and Jalayer Vahdat arrested in Mashhad

26 January 2009

Neda Keshavarz and Faria Tebyanian expelled from university

26 January 2009

Latest on arrested Baha’is in Kish

26 January 2009

Shahbazi: Publishing the names of Baha’is of Shiraz is encouraging systematic violence

26 January 2009

Badiollah Abol-Fazli’s appeal refused

26 January 2009

Persecution of Baha’i students at schools

18 January 2009

Radio Zamaneh: Warning on destruction of Khavaran cemetery

15 January 2009

Abdolfattah Soltani: Increased pressure on Baha’is under Ahmadinejad

15 January 2009

Dom Jonbanak website: Mistreatment of the Baha’is of Qaemshahr

14 January 2009

Four Baha’is arrested in Qaemshahr

14 January 2009

9 Baha’i students expelled from university

14 January 2009

Baha’i prisoners punished for not participating in a Muslim religious ceremony

12 January 2009

Manouchehr Jamali: Baha’is of Qaemshahr arrested

11 January 2009

Latest on the seven Baha’i leaders in prison

07 January 2009

Radio Zamaneh: Article by Serajuddin Mirdamadi about the rights of Baha’is

12 December 2008

Human Rights in Iran: Free arrested Baha’is in Mazandaran

12 December 2008

Negah: Review of ‘Haghayegh Goftani’

28 November 2008

Radio Zamaneh: Interview with Fazel Meybodi about the rights of Baha’is

24 November 2008

HRA: Confiscation of an art work made by a Baha’i

24 November 2008

Soheila Motallebi arrested in Sari

10 November 2008

Radio Zamaneh: Interview with Mohammad Owliyaiefard about Baha’is’ right of education

29 October 2008

HRANA: Ministry of intelligence wants Baha'is to stop using their cemetery in Darzikola

23 October 2008

HRANA: Leaked document from the Office of Supreme Leader shows three Baha’i prisoners are innocent

07 October 2008

Asre no website: Petition against Baha’is in Qom

06 October 2008

Sokhansara: Ayatollah Montazeri's admirable defence of Baha’is

06 October 2008

Hashem Aghajary: No religion has given license to suppress opinion

03 October 2008

Iran-e Emrooz: Trial and imprisonment of Baha’is

01 October 2008

Radio Farda: Fazel Meybodi: Renewed discussions on Baha’ism

28 September 2008

Ehsan Yarshater: Baha’is spread literature and culture of Iran

21 September 2008

Foundation for Iranian Studies: Islamism and anti-Baha’i discourse in Iran

15 September 2008

HRA: Letter from Parham Aghdasi, a Baha’i student deprived of access to education

13 September 2008

Diane Alaei: Shirin Ebadi is not a Baha’i

13 September 2008

Asre No newspaper: Shirin Ebadi is not a Baha’i

11 September 2008

Khosrow Shemirani: I am a Baha’i

15 August 2008

Ali Keshtgar: We are all Iranian Baha’is

15 July 2008

Examples of persecution of Baha’is

22 June 2008

Radio Zamaneh: On Ayatollah Montazeri’s fatwa

17 June 2008

Statement by the Socialist Organisation of Iran to honour the Baha'is executed in Shiraz

15 June 2008

Gooya News: Ayatollah Montazeri's response to religious question about Baha’is

04 June 2008

The Washington Institute: Iran’s attitude toward Baha’is is the criteria for evaluation of human rights in Iran

24 May 2008

BBC Persian: Ayatollah Montazeri and Baha’is

14 May 2008

Ayatollah Montazeri’s decree, declaring that Iranian Baha'is have citizens' rights

24 February 2008

Radio Farda: Legalization of mistreatment of religious minorities

29 January 2008

BBC: Comments of Judiciary spokesman on conviction of several Baha’is in Shiraz

29 January 2008

Radio Farda: The context and reasons of mistreatment of Baha’is

29 January 2008

Roozonline: Life has become more difficult for Baha’is in Iran

25 January 2008

BBC Persian: Baha’i social activists prosecuted in Shiraz

23 January 2008

Iran Emrooz: Increased pressure on Baha’is of Shiraz

13 January 2008

Essay by Dr Bahram Choubine about the suppression of Baha'is

06 November 2007

Sam Ghandchi: Would Mohammad Khatami do anything for recognition of Baha’is as an official religious minority?

21 September 2007

New wave of systematic measures against Baha’is

19 September 2007

Human Right Watch: Let Baha’is have access to higher education

18 September 2007

Iranian website: Javad Larijan’s comments on Baha’is criticized in Iranian website

27 August 2007

Confidential government document about banning Baha’i students from

31 July 2007

Baha’i students banned from universities

07 June 2007

Attacks against Baha’is continue

01 June 2007

Brief record of recent attacks on Baha’is

20 May 2007

Panjere newspaper: 20 Baha’is expelled from university

07 March 2007

Confidential government document about expulsion of Baha’is from universities

07 November 2006

Organization of Iranian Socialists: We condemn the persecution of Baha’is

02 July 2006

Assets of 640 Baha’is confiscated

21 June 2006

Gooya news: Absence of Baha’is in interfaith seminar in Iran

29 May 2006

HRA: We condemn persecution of religious minorities

29 May 2006

Statement by political prisoners in Rajaei-Shahr in support of 54 Baha’is detained in Shiraz

27 May 2006

Latest on 54 Baha’is arrested in Shiraz

26 May 2006

Noghte Nazar: Confrontation of Asma Jahangir and Khamenei

24 May 2006

54 Baha’is arrested in Shiraz

15 April 2006

India Times newspaper: Baha’i community of India expresses grave concern about the persecution of Iranian Baha’is

12 April 2006

Baha’is identified by security forces

27 March 2006

Times Online: Baha'is face yet more persecution in Iran

24 March 2006

Gooya News: Interview with Diane Ala'i about the UN Commission on Human Rights

22 March 2006

Negah website: Abarghou incident

20 March 2006

UN Special Rapporteur concerned about treatment of Baha'is in Iran

27 January 2006

More Baha’is arrested in different cities

25 January 2006

Negah website: Charges related to the incident in Abarghou

20 December 2005

Radio Farda: Interview with Baha’i spokesperson about the suspicious death of a Baha’i in Yazd

25 October 2005

Talk by Dian Alai at McGill University

07 October 2005

عدم حق تحصیل بهائیان در ایران

26 August 2005

Nimrouz: History and teachings of Baha’ism

16 January 2002

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

10 August 2001

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, submitted to General Assembly by Secretary-General

01 June 2001

International Iran Times: A US organisation report on persecution of Baha’is in Iran

16 January 2001

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

19 October 2000

No one is allowed to harass Baha’is

08 September 2000

Interim report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

18 January 2000

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

21 September 1999

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, submitted to General Assembly by Secretary-General

17 September 1999

Iran Times newspaper: US State Department's annual report accused Iran of violating rights of Baha'is

28 December 1998

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

23 September 1998

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, submitted to General Assembly by Secretary-General

03 August 1998

The Utkal Age newspaper: Rouhollah Rowhani executed in Mashhad

31 July 1998

Iran Times report of Rouhollah Rowhani's execution in Mashhad

28 January 1998

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

15 October 1997

Interim report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

11 February 1997

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

01 February 1997

Society for Defence of Prisoners of Conscience in Iran demand the release of Zabihollah Maharami and Mousa Talebi

27 November 1996

Interim report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

11 October 1996

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

21 March 1996

Report by Maurice Copithorne, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

09 February 1996

Addendum to Report by Abdelfattah Amor, UN Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights in Iran

20 October 1995

Interim Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

16 January 1995

Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

04 November 1994

Addendum to Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

14 October 1994

Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

26 September 1994

Baha'i prisoners of war released from Iraq can receive government benefit

02 February 1994

Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

28 January 1994

Shahrvand: Complaint about publishing material about Baha’i in Shahrvand magazine in Canada

21 January 1994

Shahrvand newspaper: Seeking forgiveness from Baha’is - part 2

07 January 1994

Shahrvand newspaper: Mousavi Ardebili encourages killing Baha’is

07 January 1994

Shahrvand newspaper: Seeking forgiveness from Baha’is

17 November 1993

Addendum to Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

08 November 1993

Interim Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

August 1993

Iranian secret policy memo to persecute Baha'is exposed

10 July 1993

Baha'i graves destroyed in Iran

10 July 1993

Pacific Daily News: secret document outlining Iran's official policy to eliminate Baha'is

10 July 1993

Trinidad Express: Violence against dead Baha'is in Iran

09 July 1993

Samoa Observer newspaper: Iran’s efforts to eliminate Baha’ism

09 July 1993

Baha'i bodies are exhumed by Tehran

05 February 1993

Final Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

28 January 1993

Final report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

24 February 1992

Salam newspaper: Galindo Pohl defends rights of Baha’is

02 January 1992

Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

29 May 1991

Salam newspaper: New US resolution in support of the rights of Baha’is

05 April 1991

Iran Times newspaper: UN Special Rapporteur for Iran reports on his meeting with Baha'is

13 February 1991

Final Report to the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Iran, 1991

11 March 1990

Tehran Times report on Galindo Pohl’s visit to Tehran

12 February 1990

Final Report to the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Iran, 1990

02 November 1989

Interim Report by Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, Special Representative of the UN Commission on situation of human rights in Iran

26 January 1989

Report on human rights situation in Iran by the Special Representative of the Commission on Human Rights, Reynaldo-Galindo Pohl

25 January 1988

Final Report to the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Iran, January 1988

06 November 1987

Persecution of Baha'is included in UN Secretary General's report on human rights in Iran

13 October 1987

Daily newspaper: Two more Baha’is executed

12 October 1987

The interim report to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the situation of Human Rights in Iran, 1987

28 January 1987

Final Report to the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Iran, January 1987

26 January 1986

Representatives of Iran refuse to respond to questions about Baha’is

17 January 1986

Iran Times newspaper: Violation of human rights - execution of Baha'is and Mojahedin

18 March 1985

Iran va Jahan: Thousands of Baha’is have been arrested, executed, or expelled from work or university

12 February 1985

Request to review the Qesas (Retribution) law for non-Muslim citizens

22 June 1984

Iran Times reports US Senate has condemned persecution of Baha'i community in Iran

01 June 1984

Protesting Iran's extermination of Baha'is

08 May 1984

The Baltimore Sun: Ayatollah Khomeini waging a systematic, brutal holy war against Iran’s Baha’is

06 May 1984

Los Angeles Time newspaper: Execution of 170 Baha’is in Iran

17 February 1984

Iran International Times newspaper: Statement by US State Department about violation of the rights of Baha’is

07 October 1983

Iran Times newspaper: Murdering Baha’is, revival of medieval punishments

18 September 1983

Iran News reports activities of all Baha'i institutions banned in Iran

15 September 1983

The Guardian newspaper: Iran ban on Baha’is

18 July 1983

Iran va Jahan newspaper reports on persecution of Baha'is

21 June 1983

Sixteen Baha’is hanged in Iran

06 June 1983

Iran va Jahan newspaper critical of President Reagan’s exhortation on Baha’is

30 May 1983

Nejat-e Iran newspaper on President Reagan's letter to Iranian government asking them not to execute Baha'is

29 May 1983

New York Times: Khomeini attacks Reagan for supporting Baha’is

29 May 1983

Pittsburgh Post: Reagan’s plea to stop execution of Baha’is rejected

24 May 1983

The Japan Times: Reagan calls on world leaders to stop execution of Baha’is

23 May 1983

Reagan urges halt to Baha'i killings

22 May 1983

Detroit Free Press: Reagan asks Iran to spare Baha'is

20 May 1983

Iran Times: Two Baha’is executed in Iran

28 April 1983

International Herald Tribune: Executions and ostracism of Baha'i resumed in Iran

14 February 1983

Herald Tribune article in defence of Baha'is translated and published by "Iran o Jahan newspaper

24 May 1982

Canberra Times: Iran executes Baha’is

05 April 1982

Evening Post-Echo newspaper: Report on the execution of Baha’is in Iran

26 March 1982

Leeds Student: Genocide, the threat facing Baha'is in Iran

21 March 1982

Sunday Times: Only one of the Iranian Baha’i leaders is still alive

20 March 1982

Guardian newspaper: Persecution of Baha’is is intensifying

20 February 1982

Saturday Star newspaper: Let's have no tie with Iran that kills Baha'is

13 February 1982

Pardis newspaper: Activities of Baha’is around the world to support rights of the Baha’is in Iran

23 January 1982

World Student Times: Persecution of Baha’is in Iran

20 January 1982

Payam-e Azadi newspaper report in support of Baha'is

14 January 1982

New York Times: 2,500 people in Los Angeles mourn death of 15 Bahais

12 January 1982

Wall Street Journal: Eight more Baha’is executed in Iran

31 December 1981

The Montreal Gazette newspaper: Eight leaders of Baha’i community of Iran executed

25 December 1981

Iran Times newspaper quoting Minister of labour: Bahai's dismissed from their jobs can't return to work

08 December 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: Ayatollah Khomeini’s order, banning arbitrary arrests

18 November 1981

Sydney Morning Herald: Iranian Baha'is under campaign of hate

01 October 1981

Daily Miror newspaper: Anti-Baha’ism in Iran comparable to anti-Semitism in Germany

27 September 1981

Sunday Independent: Baha'is in the same peril as the Jews in Nazi Germany

12 September 1981

Business Licence granted to Rahmatollah Hakiman

03 July 1981

International Iran Times newspaper: Amnesty international highlights execution of ten Baha’is

27 June 1981

Iran’s largest religious minority, the Baha’is, consistently denied fair trials

26 May 1981

Baha'is victims of the Ayatollah's drive

15 May 1981

Iran Times: A Baha’i goes on trial in the Revolutionary Court

01 April 1981

The Canberra Times newspaper: Execution of Baha'is deplored by Senate

27 November 1980

Mansour Mehrabi does not promote the Baha’i faith

30 October 1980

Mehdi Bazargan (Prime Minister): Strangulation has never succeeded in overcoming opponents and their influence

24 September 1980

Canberra Times: Baha'is facing execution

13 September 1980

Australia Weekend newspaper: Baha’i community of United Kingdom express concerns about the execution of Baha’is

14 June 1980

Officer in charge of purging staff accused of being a Baha’i

27 May 1980

Several former colleagues of Yousef Sobhani at Pepsi Cola company testify he is innocent

27 May 1980

40 colleagues of Yousef Sobhani at Pepsi Company testify that he is innocent and has not committed murder

23 February 1980

Police request Military Coordinating Committee to investigate looting of Javad Mazloum's shop

13 February 1980

Demolishing the Baha’i cemetery of Miandoab does not conform with Sharia principles

February 1980

Iran Times reprint from Washington Post: No flexibility about religious minorities in Iran, except Sunni Muslims

16 October 1979

Proposal to divide the two public baths in Hasanabad Bagherof village between Baha'i and Muslim residents according to their numbers

22 September 1979

Baha’is should be allowed to live in peace in Jousheghan

18 September 1979

Order by Islamic Revolution Central Committee to stop arbitrary harassments

16 September 1979

Revolutionary Guards Corps in Kashan warn residents of Vadeghan not to harass Baha'is

01 August 1979

Order by Islamic Revolution Central Committee to stop arbitrary attacks and arrests

16 July 1979

Ayatollah Khomeini's office tells Birjand revolutionary committee to investigate complaints in accordance with Islamic Sharia

29 May 1979

Iranian Society for Defending Freedom of Religion: Propagation of any religion must be free

26 May 1979

Islamic Revolutionary Committee: Non-Muslims should also be safe under the protection of Islam

10 May 1979

Ayatollah Taleghani: Candidate’s religion should not be a determining factor in the election of councils

01 May 1979

Order to attend to the complaints of Messrs. Yazdani and Saadat

19 April 1979

Response to complaint by Bahai’s of Noferest village about violence against them and their properties

15 April 1979

Ayatollah Khomeini’s office: All are equal in the eyes of the law

12 April 1979

Ayandegan newspaper: Three Baha’i employees expelled

19 March 1979

Complaint by Mirza Riazati and Hamid Shakibaie and other farmers in the village of Kasher to be investigated

10 March 1979

No one has the right to violate Mashallah Rahmani's safety, property and good name

03 March 1979

Ayatollah Ezeddin Hosseini: Baha’i’s rights should be respected

27 February 1979

instructions by Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani to officials in Ferdows to stop attacks on Baha'is

27 February 1979

Ayatollah Mahallati orders that Mohammad Reza Nikoui and his family should be protected

24 February 1979

No one should arbitrarily harass Javad Mazloum-Jahromi

20 February 1979

Hire Shahnaz Ashnaie!

19 February 1979

Hosein Allah-Karam has the right to be a Baha'i and should not be harassed

09 February 1979

Tehran Mosavvar newspaper: Cultural Revolution and the case of Baha’is

23 January 1979

Ettelaat newspaper: Ayatollah Khomeini advises that Baha’is should not be harassed

12 January 1979

Message from Ayatollah Bahaeddin Mahallati to people in Shiraz, asking them to stop violence against non-Muslims, and looting and destruction of their properties

18 December 1978

Ayatollah Bahaoddin Mahallati: Muslims have no bad intention against religious minorities

15 December 1978

Ayatollah Bahaeddin Mahallati says attack on non-Muslims is prohibited even if they are Baha'is

13 November 1974

Arak newspaper: Hossein Shah-Zeidi explains his visit to Baha’i temple in the USA

14 January 1959

Sahar newspaper: Response to article on patriotism of Baha’is

12 November 1957

Ettehad-e Melli newspaper: Funeral ceremony of Shoghi Effendi

31 August 1957

Donya: Visiting Baha’i temple in Ashgabat

10 September 1956

Sepid-o Siah newspaper: Article in The Times of London about persecution of Baha’is in Iran

29 July 1956

Sepid va Siah newspaper: UN Secretary General has asked Iranian government not to allow pressure on Baha’is

20 April 1956

Khousheh newspaper: Falsafi’s sermons against Baha’is no longer broadcast on radio

16 April 1956

Ajang newspaper: Tahirih, the pride of women in the East

06 December 1955

Sahar newspaper: Strategy for fighting Baha’ism

20 September 1955

Sahar newspaper’s response to accusations that it supports Baha’is

12 September 1955

Ajang newspaper: Analysis of government’s measures on Baha’is

12 September 1955

Zelzeleh newspaper: Falsafi’s sermons against Baha’is no longer broadcast on radio

11 September 1955

Ettelaat newspaper: Falsafi’s sermons against Baha’is no longer broadcast on radio

06 September 1955

Ettehad-e Melli newspaper: Preventing attacks on Baha’is in Muharram

06 September 1955

Karzar newspaper: Falsafi’s sermons against Baha’is no longer broadcast on radio

04 September 1955

Farman newspaper: Egyptian press reports on religious gatherings in Iran during Muharram

04 September 1955

Farman newspaper: Efforts to stop attacks on Baha’is in Muharram

03 September 1955

Khandaniha: Foreign press are still interested in Baha’is in Iran

19 August 1955

Tehran Mosavar: A foreign country has asked Iran to grant official recognition to Baha’is

16 August 1955

Baha’i girl talks to the editor of Sahar newspaper about killing of seven Baha’is in her family

18 July 1955

Ajang newspaper: Baha’is and non-Baha’is equally suffer in Iran

09 July 1955

Nabard-e Mellat newspaper: Preventing an anti-Baha’i speech in Mashhad

03 July 1955

Ettehad-e Mellal newspaper: Muslim Indian Minister expresses regret about situation of Baha’is in Iran

03 July 1955

Ettehad-e Mellal newspaper: Tension between Ayatollah Borujerdi and governmental authorities

29 June 1955

Tehran Post newspaper: Sahar newspaper closed

28 June 1955

Khandaniha newspaper: Pressure by Baha’is of the world to end persecution of Baha’is in Iran

28 June 1955

Karzar newspaper: Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, encourages Iran to treat Baha’i equally

27 June 1955

Asia newspaper: Tensions between Shias and Baha’is are damaging Iran’s interests

25 June 1955

Khandaniha newspaper: Nehru asks the Iranian government to respect the rights of Baha’is

22 June 1955

Nehru’s Request from the Iranian government

14 June 1955

Sahar newspaper: Government is monitoring religious activities

11 June 1955

Recent events in Iran as seen from Haifa and Chicago

01 June 1955

Farman newspaper: Sahar newspaper closed

31 May 1955

Sahar newspaper: Banning publication of Baha’i books

17 May 1955

Sahar newspaper: Wrong time for fighting Baha’ism

16 May 1955

Parcham-e Khavarmianeh newspaper: Baha’is may be attacked after Falsafi’s sermons

12 May 1955

Post Tehran newspaper: Report on Baha’i activities against national economy denied

11 May 1955

Post-e Tehran newspaper: The government is fighting Baha’is through legal means

10 May 1955

Showra newspaper: Damghan residents meet to expel Baha’is from the city

09 May 1955

Aftab Shargh newspaper: Baha’i center occupied by the military

02 November 1951

Report to Ayatollah Kashani about attack on Baha'is and murder and bloodshed in Najafabad

12 December 1950

Arson attack on Abdol-Rahim Vahedi’s house

16 November 1950

Complaint against Chief of Police in Boroujen

08 November 1950

Houses and shops set on fire in Boroujen

17 September 1950

Jahan-e Ma newspaper: Murderers of Dr. Berjis on trial

15 March 1950

Telegram of Interior Minister to Prime Minister about the transfer of the murderers of Dr. Berjis to Tehran

06 March 1950

Persecuting the murderers of Dr. Berjis

26 February 1950

Ferdowsi: Investigate the assassination of Dr Berjis

25 February 1950

Murderers of Dr. Berjis transferred to Tehran

08 February 1950

Telegram of Head of the Police to Prime Minister about the murder of Dr. Berjis

02 October 1947

Baha'i doctors referenced in commentary in "Parcham-e Eslam" newspaper

12 June 1947

Muslim worker attests to honesty of the Baha'i head of Shahi factories

19 May 1947

Request for the transfer of a Baha'i from Shazand factory

27 April 1947

Shahzand sugar workers attest that their boss does not teach faith in factory

18 October 1946

"Our Iran" newspaper: New book about the chief of Baha'i faith

21 January 1945

Report of religious agitation against Baha'is in Abadeh

04 December 1944

Police apprehend the person who was about to set fire to the home of Foroutan

04 October 1944

Prime Minster says protesting against brutal murder of a Baha'i and demanding investigation does not mean favouring Baha'is

17 August 1944

Neday-e Edalat newspaper: Killing of four Baha’is in Shahroud

10 February 1943

Violence against Bahai's in Zabol

01 February 1942

Interrogation should be fair and unbiased

07 December 1937

Letter from governor of Azerbaijan to Interior Minister about expulsion of Baha’is of Seisan

26 September 1937

Five Baha’is exiled from Seisan

19 January 1930

Letter from Ministry of Education about the good character of Ali-Mohammad Nabili

06 January 1930

Letter from Kashan Education Department: Vahdat-e Bashar school does not promote the Baha’i Faith

28 August 1929

Request of Ali-Mohammad Nabili, Principal of Vahdat-e Bashar school for establishing secondary education program

28 October 1921

Ministry of Interior asks Ministry of Education to monitor Vahdat-e Bashar school

24 October 1921

Letter from Chief Minister to Minister of Education about opening of Vahdat-e Bashar school

23 October 1921

Letter from Chief Minister to Ministry of Education about opening of Vahdat-e Bashar school

17 October 1921

Telegram to Ministry of Interior about opening of Vahdat-e Bashar school

24 September 1921

Rumors about religious publicity in ‘Vahdat-e Bashar’ school are untrue

15 April 1920

Bayan-e Haghighat newspaper: 12 Baha’is killed in Jahrom

Kamal Yazdanpanah’s services in prison

Khousheh newspaper comment, criticising Muslims who ill-treat Baha’is

Ruling by sharia judge that Baha'is living in villages in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad should be allowed to get food items with their valid coupons

Letter by a group of eminent international human rights defenders to Mohammad Javad Larijani

Sahar newspaper: People’s Party believes in freedom of religion

Letter from governor of Mazandaran about Kafshgar Kola school

Baha’is not to be expelled from work because of their belief

Part of a book on persecution of Baha'is during the Pahlavi era

Sahar newspaper: Taghizadeh’s speech indicate Senate’s unhappiness of religious extremism

Ayatollah Bayat Zanjani says Baha'is are entitled to have citizen rights

Letter of support by a group of shop owners in Koshtargah neighbourhood in Kerman asking for the ban on Nima Rajabzadeh's shop to be lifted

Islamic Revolutionary Council does not object to installation of windows at Badiollah Moghaddam’s residence.

The Guardian newspaper: UN condemns killing of Baha’is in Iran

Curriculum of Kafshgar Kola school

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