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October 22, 2024 16:42 ET | Source: U.S. Baha'i Office of Public Affairs

Eighteen UN experts jointly and unitedly condemn Iran’s targeting of Baha’i women as 10 in Isfahan are sentenced to a total of 90 years in prison

Geneva, Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A group of 18 United Nations Special Rapporteurs and UN Working Group experts have released a joint letter of allegations(link is external) rebuking the...
December 04, 2023 18:29 ET | Source: U.S. Baha'i Office of Public Affairs

Baha'i International Community Releases New Statement

Washington, D.C., Dec. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over recent months, the Baha'i International Community and the U.S. Baha'i Office of Public Affairs have noticed a marked increase in persecution...
September 20, 2023 15:14 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

Iranian President Raisi disregards human rights and calls for religious respect despite 44-year record of religious persecution and rights abuses

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...
September 12, 2023 19:49 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

U.S. House of Representatives Passes Resolution 492 Condemning the Persecution of Baha’is in Iran

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...
August 16, 2023 16:28 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

Iranian authorities arrest 90-year-old Baha’i and target 180 more in relentless spiral of persecution

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...
June 09, 2023 13:38 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

Yemen’s Houthi Grand Mufti targets Baha’is—UN Security Council to consider Yemen next week

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...
May 26, 2023 17:58 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

Armed Houthis attack peaceful Baha’i gathering, arresting at least 17, in fresh crackdown

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...
May 15, 2023 11:33 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

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

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....
April 03, 2023 16:10 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

Oppressed in Life and Persecuted in Death: Baha'is Prevented from Dignified Burials in their Own Cemetery

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...
February 22, 2023 14:37 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

Iran issues more jail terms against Baha'is in Iran – including a third former leader

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....

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