GlobeNewswire: Baha'i National Center Contains the last 10 of 53 releaseshttp://www.globenewswire.com/External?Length=42024-03-29T04:58:44ZGlobeNewswirehttp://www.globenewswire.com/External?Length=4newsdesk@globenewswire.com (NewsDesk)https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/09/20/2746827/0/en/Iranian-President-Raisi-disregards-human-rights-and-calls-for-religious-respect-despite-44-year-record-of-religious-persecution-and-rights-abuses.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=38670Iranian President Raisi disregards human rights and calls for religious respect despite 44-year record of religious persecution and rights abuses2023-09-20T19:14:28Z<![CDATA[New York, Sept. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEW YORK—20 September 2023—The Baha’i International Community (BIC) highlighted Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s disregard for human rights in his speech to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, on 19 September, even as the world remembers the Iranian government’s treatment of women and minorities as well as its yearlong crackdown against Iran’s Baha’i community.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/09/12/2742139/0/en/U-S-House-of-Representatives-Passes-Resolution-492-Condemning-the-Persecution-of-Baha-is-in-Iran.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=38670U.S. House of Representatives Passes Resolution 492 Condemning the Persecution of Baha’is in Iran2023-09-12T23:49:13Z<![CDATA[Washington, DC, Sept. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On September 12, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Resolution 492, “Condemning the Government of Iran’s state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.”]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/08/16/2726810/0/en/Iranian-authorities-arrest-90-year-old-Baha-i-and-target-180-more-in-relentless-spiral-of-persecution.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=38670Iranian authorities arrest 90-year-old Baha’i and target 180 more in relentless spiral of persecution2023-08-16T20:28:09Z<![CDATA[GENEVA, Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, a 90-year-old Baha’i in failing health who already served 10 years in prison for his Baha’i beliefs was arrested on 13 August in Iran, in a new wave of repression targeting the Baha’is in the country that has seen over 180 incidents of persecution against the community in recent weeks.]]>Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, a 90-year-old Baha’i in failing health who already served 10 years in prison for his Baha’i beliefs, was arrested along with his daughter Maria on 13 August in IranMr. Jamaloddin Khanjani and daughter Mariahttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/06/09/2685748/0/en/Yemen-s-Houthi-Grand-Mufti-targets-Baha-is-UN-Security-Council-to-consider-Yemen-next-week.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=38670Yemen’s Houthi Grand Mufti targets Baha’is—UN Security Council to consider Yemen next week2023-06-09T17:38:38Z<![CDATA[New York, June 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A bloodcurdling sermon filled with disinformation and hate against Yemen’s Baha’i community was delivered at Friday prayers on 2 June, in the capital Sanaa, by the Houthi’s Grand Mufti Shams al-Din Sharaf al-Din. The sermon, which lasted for more than an hour and which focused in large part on castigating the Baha’is, was also published on the internet.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/05/26/2677405/0/en/Armed-Houthis-attack-peaceful-Baha-i-gathering-arresting-at-least-17-in-fresh-crackdown.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=38670Armed Houthis attack peaceful Baha’i gathering, arresting at least 17, in fresh crackdown2023-05-26T21:58:26Z<![CDATA[New York, May 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Houthi gunmen have staged a violent raid on a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sanaa, Yemen, on 25 May, detaining and forcibly disappearing at least 17 people, including five women. The raid leaves the Yemeni Baha’is reeling from the latest blow to a severely persecuted religious community in that country. The Baha’i International Community (BIC) calls for the immediate release of those detained.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/05/15/2669088/0/en/Ten-Baha-i-women-executed-together-40-years-ago-Global-campaign-honors-them-in-support-of-gender-equality-in-Iran-calling-for-public-creative-contributions.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=38670Ten Baha’i women executed together 40 years ago: Global campaign honors them in support of gender equality in Iran, calling for public creative contributions2023-05-15T15:33:14Z<![CDATA[Geneva, May 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The day of 18 June 2023 will mark 40 years since the Islamic Republic of Iran hanged 10 Baha'i women in a single night in a square in the city of Shiraz. Their crime was refusing to renounce their beliefs in a faith that promotes the principles of gender equality—absent and criminalized in Iran—as well as unity, justice and truthfulness.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/04/03/2640155/0/en/Oppressed-in-Life-and-Persecuted-in-Death-Baha-is-Prevented-from-Dignified-Burials-in-their-Own-Cemetery.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=38670Oppressed in Life and Persecuted in Death: Baha'is Prevented from Dignified Burials in their Own Cemetery2023-04-03T20:10:50Z<![CDATA[Geneva, April 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A brazen and barbaric act by the Iranian authorities has emerged in recent days in Tehran. A deceased Baha'i was buried on 30 March at Khavaran cemetery near Tehran by an agent of the Ministry of Intelligence without notifying the family of the deceased and violating Baha'i burial practices.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/02/22/2613668/0/en/Iran-issues-more-jail-terms-against-Baha-is-in-Iran-including-a-third-former-leader.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=38670Iran issues more jail terms against Baha'is in Iran – including a third former leader2023-02-22T19:37:45Z<![CDATA[Geneva, Feb. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This week, two Baha'i women in Iran, Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, have entered the fourth month of unjust 10-year jail terms in Evin Prison. Together with five others, they were members of an informal leadership group of the Baha'i community in Iran until 2008, when the group was disbanded, all seven were arrested, and imprisoned for 10 years.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/02/20/2611630/0/en/Resolution-condemning-Iranian-persecution-against-Baha-is-introduced-in-Senate.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=38670Resolution condemning Iranian persecution against Baha’is introduced in Senate2023-02-20T19:51:18Z<![CDATA[Washington, D.C., Feb. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Senate Resolution 74 (S.Res.74), condemning the recent surge in state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i community of Iran, was introduced on February 16th in the United States Senate. It reflects a serious rise in a range of human rights abuses against the Baha'is over the last half of 2022, much of which occurred within the broader context of the government's massive crackdown on protesters and the wider society.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/12/19/2576637/0/en/United-Nations-General-Assembly-condemns-Iran-s-human-rights-record.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=38670United Nations General Assembly condemns Iran’s human rights record2022-12-19T20:55:57Z<![CDATA[New York, Dec. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A resolution calling on the Iranian government to end its discrimination of minorities in Iran, including of the Baha’i community, Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, has been approved by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The resolution was first passed by the General Assembly’s Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Issues, also known as the Third Committee, in November.]]>