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August 29, 2022

Prejudiced Courts Aiding Land Grabs of Baha’i Properties in Iran

Bigoted statements against Baha’is (in this photo calling them “infidels”) have been written in graffiti on their properties in Iran. Court Rulings Based on… ...

August 22, 2022

UN Experts Alarmed by Escalating Persecution of Baha’i Faith in Iran

The UN has condemned the Iranian government’s renewed campaign of persecution against the Baha’i faith minority. Bahai‘s, including former prisoners of conscience, are being arbitrarily detained while others are seeing… ...

August 5, 2022

UN Should Condemn Renewed Crackdown on Persecuted Baha’i Faith in Iran

August 5, 2022 – Increasing arbitrary arrests of members of the persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran, and an intensifying government-sponsored campaign of destruction and confiscation of their properties should be… ...

October 14, 2021

Four Baha’is Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trying to Access Higher Education

Court Rulings Reveal Systematic Religious Discrimination The Baha’i faith community is one of the most severely persecuted religious minorities in Iran. Iran’s government is unabashed in its propagating of false… ...

October 21, 2020

More Baha’is Begin Serving Prison Sentences in Iran Simply for Their Beliefs

Farid Zirgi Moghaddam began serving his five-year sentence in the central prison in the city of Birjand, in South Khorasan province in eastern Iran, on October 19, 2020—a prison sentence… ...

September 30, 2020

A Conversation with the Director and Producers of the New Documentary, “Nasrin”

Nasrin, a new documentary scheduled for its world premiere on October 1, 2020, tells the important and fascinating story of Nasrin Sotoudeh, the imprisoned human rights lawyer who has endured… ...

January 27, 2020

Unrecognized Minorities in Iran Must Now Hide Religion to Obtain Crucial Government ID

New Rule Strengthens Long-Standing Discrimination Against Persecuted Religious Minorities, Especially Bahai’s January 27, 2020 – In a new rule that severely discriminates against all unrecognized minority religions in Iran, the… ...

December 21, 2017

Baha’is Still Misunderstood in Iran, Says Former Leader After Serving 10 Years in Prison

Baha’i leader Behrouz Tavakkoli has spoken out about the Iranian government’s “misunderstandings” about his minority faith. Tavakkoli spoke to the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on December 15,… ...

November 10, 2017

Three Baha’is Barred From University in Iran Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

Three young Iranians who complained to state officials after being denied university education for being followers of the Baha’i faith have been sentenced to five years in prison each, the… ...

October 5, 2017

Religious Freedom Advocate: “Iran’s Ruling Clerics are Followers of Machiavelli, Not the Mahdi”

Amir Soltani is the co-author of Zahra’s Paradise, a NYT bestselling graphic novel on Iran’s 2009 protests. In February 2016, a senior member of Iran’s ruling Shia… ...

September 26, 2017

Freed Iranian Baha’i Leader Mahvash Sabet Describes Unjust Trial, Prison Conditions

“We never betrayed our country and never will.” Mahvash Sabet, a leader of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i faith who was released from Evin Prison on September 18, 2017 after completing a… ...

September 25, 2017

Iranian Baha’i Students Offered University Enrollment in Exchange For Renouncing Their Faith

Two members of the persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran have been offered university enrollment in exchange for renouncing their religion, according to information received by the Center for Human Rights… ...

September 18, 2017

Baha’i Leader Released from Prison in Iran After 10 Years; Six Other Baha’i Leaders Remain Behind Bars  

Mahvash Sabet Finally Free But State-led Persecution of Baha’i Community Continues September 18, 2017—The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) welcomes the release of the Baha’i leader, Mahvash Sabet,… ...

June 8, 2017

Another Student Expelled From University in Iran For Baha’i Faith

Farzad Safaei was one semester away from a bachelor’s degree in industrial metallurgy at the Islamic Azad University when he was expelled on May 20, 2017 by the security office… ...

May 23, 2017

Baha’i Persecution Worsens Under Rouhani Government

“Banned from university, businesses sealed, cemeteries desecrated… What rights do Baha’is have as citizens?” The persecution of the Baha’i religious minority in Iran has grown worse under President Hassan Rouhani,… ...

January 26, 2017

Iranian University Conceals Evidence of Expelling Baha’i Students for Religious Beliefs

“Death to Baha’is” reads the graffiti spray painted by a vandal on the gates of a Baha’i-owned home. Fifteen Baha’i Students Expelled in December and January At least 15 Baha’i… ...

January 9, 2017

2017

Iran blocks Instagram, Telegram after protests Ghana Web, The New Times, Breaking, Re-Publish News, MWC News, TODAY.ng, Ezspk.co.uk, Njtoday.net, Rocket News, MWC News, NewsDog, Collateral-Oriano Mattei, Al Jazeera English, Re-Publish… ...

April 1, 2016

Young Woman’s Quest for Higher Education Exposes Iran’s Discrimination Against Baha’is

Rouhieh Safajoo, a student banned from Iranian universities because of her Baha’i faith and arrested for her online activism, was released on March 27, 2016 on 500 million rials (about… ...

October 4, 2013

Judge Claims Baha’i’s Death Was Suicide, Not Murder

Ataollah Rezvani, 52, was killed by a gunshot to the back of the head in his car on August 24. He was an active member of the Bandar Abbas Baha’i… ...

May 13, 2013

UN Experts Call for Immediate Release of Imprisoned Iranian Baha’i Leaders

Four United Nations Human Rights experts urged Iran to release the seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders today, according to a press release issued by the UN Office of the Baha’i International… ...

March 13, 2013

Special Rapporteur’s March 2013 report on the situation of human rights in Iran

The present report is the second to be submitted to the Human Rights Council, pursuant to Council resolution 16/9, and communicates developments in the human rights situation of the Islamic… ...

March 20, 2012

Joint Letter Urging Support for the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur in Iran

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, along with 20 global human rights organizations, signed a letter in support of the mandate extension for the Special Rapporteur on the… ...

November 2, 2011

Children of Arrested Baha’is: “We Have No Recourse”

Following the sentencing of seven Baha’is associated with the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court, their families’ only hope is that the Appeals… ...

October 13, 2011

“My Father Was Charged With Helping The Baha’i University”

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Naim Sobhani, son of Riaz Sobhani, an Iranian Baha’i imprisoned at Evin Prison for the past four months… ...

December 3, 2010

Background

After three decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s human rights record has generated notable concern amongst United Nations human rights bodies, international NGOs, foreign governments including Iran’s diplomatic partners, and… ...

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