Persecution of Religious and Ethnic Minorities

Iranian authorities have ramped up their pressure and harassment of members of the Baha’i community, a long-persecuted religious minority, arresting...

Hanan Hashemi, a young Bahai woman in Shiraz, southwestern Iran currently detained in the Shiraz Intelligence Center, informed her family...

Iranian Baha'i woman and her two sons are in limbo after being arrested by security forces on July 13.Sholeh Shahidi...

Two Baha'i citizens living in Shiraz were arrested by security forces on Sunday, June 26, and taken to an unknown...

Samin Ehsani, a follower of the Baha'i faith and child rights activist was arrested on Wednesday and transferred to Evin...

Twenty-six Baha'is living in Shiraz have been sentenced to a total of 85 years in prison, revocation of their passports,...

A revolutionary court in the northern city of Rasht has sentenced three Christian converts to five years of prison, in...

The family of Saba Sefidi, a Baha'icitizen, has repeatedly followed up on her status. Despite their efforts, the family has...

In recent days, there have been reports of violations of the rights of religious minorities, especially Christians and Christian converts...

Intelligence agents arrested Bahai citizen Sina Shahri at his home in Tabriz, northwestern Iran. Some of his personal belongings were...