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
October 22, 2024 16:42 ET
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U.S. Baha'i Office of Public Affairs
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...
Iranian President Raisi disregards human rights and calls for religious respect despite 44-year record of religious persecution and rights abuses
September 20, 2023 15:14 ET
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Baha'i National Center
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...
Yemen’s Houthi Grand Mufti targets Baha’is—UN Security Council to consider Yemen next week
June 09, 2023 13:38 ET
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Baha'i National Center
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...