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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...
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...
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....
February 20, 2023 14:51 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

Resolution condemning Iranian persecution against Baha’is introduced in Senate

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...
December 19, 2022 15:55 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

United Nations General Assembly condemns Iran’s human rights record

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...
December 11, 2022 14:40 ET | Source: Baha'i National Center

"An Unbelievable Injustice": Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi sentenced to a second decade in prison in Iran

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...

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