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Tag : religious freedom

September 26, 2019

Baha’i Woman Blindfolded During Interrogations, Imprisoned Under “National Security” Crimes

Man Pressured to Make False Confession, Charged With National Security Crimes for Running Peaceful Baha'i Social Media Channels A Baha’i woman started serving a ...

March 15, 2019

Iran Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Prison Sentences, Lashings Against 23 Dervishes

Sentences Range from Six to 26 Years Including Lashes March 15, 2019 – The mass conviction of 23 dervishes of the Sufi Gonabadi Order ...

January 28, 2019

Sufi Prisoners Denied Medical Treatment for Painful Pellet Wounds

Prison Official: “We shot to kill you, not to treat you” Two Sufi Muslims imprisoned in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary...

January 14, 2019

Sufi Woman Jailed in Iran Sentenced to 148 Lashes For Criticizing Gharchak Prison Conditions

Elham Ahmadi, an imprisoned member of the Sufi Gonabadi Order in Iran, has been sentenced to 148 lashes for speaking ...

January 4, 2019

Baha’i Woman Sentenced to 11.9 Years in Prison, Banned From University in Iran

Yekta Fahandej Sa’di was sentenced to 11 years and nine months in prison for her Baha’i ...

January 2, 2019

Food With “Rodent Feces” Served to Political Prisoners in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary

The food served at the Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) is unsanitary and has been found to contain rodent ...

December 7, 2018

Iranian Authorities’ Refuse to Allow Christian Convert Ebrahim Firoozi to See Dying Mother

Kobra Kamrani holds a sign ...

November 26, 2018

Three Members of Persecuted Baha’i Faith Summoned to Prison in Iran While Five Others Arrested

Dorri Amri (Esmailpour), 44, began serving her one-year prison sentence in Vakilabad Prison in the Iranian city of Mashhad on November 14, ...

August 29, 2018

Four Christians in Iran Appeal Prison Sentences For Alleged Missionary Activities

Four Christians in Iran, including two converts, have appealed their prison sentences for alleged missionary activities, arguing that they’re innocent ...

August 23, 2018

Imprisoned Iranian Mystic Mohammad Ali Taheri Expects to Be Freed “This Week”

Shiite mystic Mohammad Ali Taheri, who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2011, expects to be freed on parole “soon,” according to his lawyer ...

August 20, 2018

Mass Conviction of Sufi Protesters “Unprecedented in Iran’s Judicial History”

Twenty Sufi Muslims, all members of Iran’s Gonabadi Order, have been issued heavy prison sentences by the ...

July 29, 2018

Man Convicted of National Security Crimes in Iran For Allegedly Promoting His Baha’i Faith

The Appeals Court in Iran’s Kurdistan Province has upheld a one-year prison sentence against Zabihollah Raoufi, who was accused of proselytizing his ...

July 29, 2018

Woman Expelled From Iranian University Just Before Obtaining Degree Because She’s Baha’i

A young Baha’i woman was expelled from Iran’s Islamic Azad University in the city of Isfahan one semester before completing her bachelor’s ...

July 27, 2018

Iran Affirms Right of Constitutionally Recognized Religious Minorities to Run in Local Elections

Sepanta Niknam has reclaimed his city council seat in the city of Yazd, southeastern Iran, nine months after he was suspended by ...

June 4, 2018

10 Years Later, This Baha’i Manufacturer is Still Fighting to Claim His Business in Iran

Payam Vali’s manufacturing business was shuttered ...

May 17, 2018

Sufi Bus Driver Sentenced to Death in Iran Says He Confessed to Killing Policemen While Under Torture

A Sufi bus driver who was sentenced to death in Iran for running over three policeman ...

February 26, 2018

Dozens of Gonabadi Dervishes Hospitalized in Tehran as Friday Prayer Leaders Demand Harsh Retribution

Approximately 170 members of the Sufi Gonabadi Order known in Iran as the Gonabadi Dervishes have been ...

January 29, 2018

Iranian Sunni Cleric Faces Travel Restrictions: “It All Comes Down to Intolerance”

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March 6, 2017

Iranian Catholic Converts Arrested in Northwestern Iran

Two Iranian Catholic converts have been arrested in their home by the Revolutionary Guards in West Azerbaijan Province, ...

June 8, 2016

Christian Convert Repeatedly Imprisoned for his Faith Denied Timely Adjudication

A Christian convert’s appeal against his five-year prison sentence has not been adjudicated more than a year after his third conviction on repeated charges ...

June 8, 2016

Ailing Imprisoned Christian Convert Home On Brief Leave Maintains Demand for Permanent Release

Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, a Christian convert who has been imprisoned since 2013 while suffering from several ailments, has been home with her family ...

June 2, 2016

Cartoon 146: No Friendship with Baha’is!

Faezeh Hashemi, the outspoken daughter of prominent former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has been threatened with prosecution by a high ranking Judiciary ...

February 2, 2016

Two Dozen Iranian Baha’is Sentenced to Six to Eleven Years for Practicing Their Faith

Courtesy of BBC Persian Twenty-four Baha’is from northeastern Iran have been handed down sentences that ...

November 17, 2015

Fifteen Baha’is Arrested by Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry

In a fresh crackdown on Iran’s Baha’i community, one of the most persecuted religious minorities in Iran, 15 followers of the faith were simultaneously arrested ...

July 21, 2015

Peaceful Dissent Denied in Iran by Equating Criticism of the Government with Religious Sin

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