Religious and Ethnic Minorities

Female Dervish prisoners went on hunger strike following an onslaught and organized violence that was done by the prison’s guards...

Gonabadi Dervish women imprisoned in Qarchak Prison of Varamin were severely beaten on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, by special prison...

On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, a number of Arab residents in Kouye Alavi and Molashisheh, Ahwaz were arrested by the...

Iran officials ban Kurdish clothes and language in public places Kurdish people are banned from wearing their traditional dress in...

Seven members of Iran's Gonabadi Sufi minority, held at the Great Tehran Penitentiary are on hunger strike, protesting what they...

Dr. Nazila Nouri, a member of Gonabadi Dervish community who has been recently hospitalized in Tehran, is under pressure by...

An appeal court has upheld a total of 40 years behind bars for four Christians for “promoting Zionist Christianity” and...

On Sunday morning, May 27, 2018, Shakib Teymouri, a graduate student in mechanical engineering at Gorgan University, was expelled from...

On Friday, May 11, 2018, Mehrdad Heyrani, a Baha’i citizen residing in Tehran was arrested and transferred to an unknown...

After a few days of opening of Tehran International Book Exhibition, the number of books regarding Baha’i faith have noticeably...