"An Unbelievable Injustice": Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi sentenced to a second decade in prison in Iran
December 11, 2022 14:40 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Geneva, Dec. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the midst of increasingly violent and repressive actions by the Iranian authorities against their own citizens, two Baha’i women, Mahvash Sabet and...
Congress condemns Iran’s persecution of Baha’i minority
December 02, 2022 06:02 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Washington, D.C., Dec. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Thursday, December 1st, House Resolution 744 (H.Res.744), condemning the state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i community of Iran was passed...
End blacklisting and discrimination of Baha’is, Qatar’s Emir told, just weeks before World Cup
September 16, 2022 10:14 ET
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Baha'i National Center
New York, Sept. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Baha’i communities of nine countries yesterday delivered a letter addressed to His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of the State of...
More Baha'is arrested in Iran as month-long crackdown total hits 245
September 01, 2022 13:03 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Geneva, Sept. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fourteen Baha'is including thirteen youth were arrested yesterday in the northern Iranian city of Qaemshahr, Mazandaran province, and detained at the Sari...
Revealed: Iran’s brazen propaganda ploy to incriminate Baha’is through fake videos and hate speech
August 19, 2022 12:29 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Geneva, Aug. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Baha’i International Community has received news of a shocking and outrageous new propaganda ploy to incriminate the Baha’is in Iran through a staged...
Breaking: Iranian government intensifies Baha’i persecution with outrageous demolition of homes and land grabs
August 02, 2022 10:27 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Geneva, Aug. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a cruel escalation, and just two days after previous attacks on Baha’is across Iran, up to 200 Iranian government and local agents have sealed off the...
Baha’is accused of “colonialism” and “infiltrating kindergartens” as 52 fresh acts of persecution add to more than 100 in recent weeks
August 01, 2022 17:10 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Geneva, Aug. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence issued an appalling statement of oppressive hate propaganda against the persecuted Baha’i religious minority yesterday, 31...
Persecution of Baha’is in Iran intensifies for second month in a row
July 21, 2022 16:52 ET
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Baha'i National Center
New York, July 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than 20 Baha’is in Shiraz, Tehran, Yazd and Bojnourd, have been arrested, jailed or subjected to home searches and business closures since the...
Iranian authorities separate Baha’i parents from their children with Shiraz sentences
July 06, 2022 13:04 ET
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Baha'i National Center
New York, July 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A campaign by Iranian authorities to uproot the Baha’i community in Shiraz took a dark step forward, earlier in June, when Branch 1 of the Revolutionary...
Exposed: The Iranian leadership's plan to enrich itself by seizing Baha’i properties
February 17, 2022 13:20 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Baha’i International Community is gravely concerned that an organisation entirely controlled by Iran’s leadership—a parastatal body called the...