Armed Houthis attack peaceful Baha’i gathering, arresting at least 17, in fresh crackdown
May 26, 2023 17:58 ET
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Baha'i National Center
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...
Media Advisory: Canadian and Global Rallies Unite Against Executions in Iran
May 18, 2023 09:41 ET
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PS752 Justice
TORONTO, May 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims (the Association) will be joining and supporting groups across the globe that are organizing events to...
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
May 15, 2023 11:33 ET
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Baha'i National Center
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....
Oppressed in Life and Persecuted in Death: Baha'is Prevented from Dignified Burials in their Own Cemetery
April 03, 2023 16:10 ET
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Baha'i National Center
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...
IranWire Publishes Special Report on ‘Blinding as a Weapon of Suppression’ in Iran
March 14, 2023 08:09 ET
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IranWire
LONDON, March 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IranWire, a news website run by professional Iranian journalists in the diaspora and citizen journalists inside Iran, today released a special report...
Iran issues more jail terms against Baha'is in Iran – including a third former leader
February 22, 2023 14:37 ET
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Baha'i National Center
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....
Resolution condemning Iranian persecution against Baha’is introduced in Senate
February 20, 2023 14:51 ET
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Baha'i National Center
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...
Honouring the Memories of Victims on the Third Anniversary of Flight PS752 Downing
January 08, 2023 16:15 ET
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PS752 Justice
TORONTO, Jan. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today marks three years since Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Association of...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Third Anniversary Commemoration of the Downing of Flight PS752
January 05, 2023 07:45 ET
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PS752 Justice
TORONTO, Jan. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- When:Sunday, January 8, 2023, from 11:00am-6:30pm ESTReception and art gallery viewing: 11:00am-1:50pmCeremony: 2:00pm-4:00pmCandlelight vigil public...
United Nations General Assembly condemns Iran’s human rights record
December 19, 2022 15:55 ET
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Baha'i National Center
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...