Religious and Ethnic Minorities

A Christian convert’s five-year prison sentence has reportedly been upheld by an appeals court in Tehran. Ebrahim Firouzi, 32, has...

A member of Iran’s Baha’i community was arrested on March 16th and released a day later . Kourosh Sedghi had...

Lisa Tebianian, a member of Iran’s Baha’i community, was arrested in a raid on her house. Security agents inspected and...

On Thursday two businesses owned by followers of the Baha’i faith, Farid and Farnoosh Pashayi, were shut down in Karaj,...

Keyvan Pakzadan, a member of Iran’s Baha’i community, has been arrested since June 1st, 2016, for his religious beliefs He...

Amjad Sharifi, a Kurd from Divandareh, southwest of Iran, was arrested on February 18th, by Iran’s intelligence agents, and was...

Ahmad Montazeri was summoned to the special clerical court without any official due process, and then arrested on Friday in...

Iranian authorities launched a renewed campaign of arrests targeting several Kurdish activists. A teacher, a firefighter and an ordinary man...

Farough Izadinia, a Baha'i scholar and researcher residing in Tehran, was arrested Sunday due to his religious beliefs and transferred...

Two members of Iran’s Baha’i community, Farzan Masoumi and Farhad Sabet, were arrested on Sunday in Shiraz, southwest of Iran....