Armed Houthis attack peaceful Baha’i gathering, arresting at least 17, in fresh crackdown
26 mai 2023 17h58 HE
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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...
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
15 mai 2023 11h33 HE
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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
03 avr. 2023 16h10 HE
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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...
Iran issues more jail terms against Baha'is in Iran – including a third former leader
22 févr. 2023 14h37 HE
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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
20 févr. 2023 14h51 HE
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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...
United Nations General Assembly condemns Iran’s human rights record
19 déc. 2022 15h55 HE
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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...
"An Unbelievable Injustice": Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi sentenced to a second decade in prison in Iran
11 déc. 2022 14h40 HE
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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
02 déc. 2022 06h02 HE
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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
16 sept. 2022 10h14 HE
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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
01 sept. 2022 13h03 HE
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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...