Persecution of Religious and Ethnic Minorities

Security officials from Iran’s Intelligence Ministry raided the homes of eight Iranians converts to Christianity on July 1, in the southern city...

The Revolutionary Court in Bushehr, southern Iran, has sentenced seven members of the Baha’i religious minority to a total of 21 years...

After four months of detention, a family from Iran's Ahwazi Arab ethnic minority have been held in limbo. Hattab...

The Iranian Judiciary sentenced 23 members of Iran’s Gonabadi Dervish minority to hefty prison terms and lashes. The...

At least eight Christian converts were reportedly arrested in one month in Iran six of whom have been detained in the northern...

Iranian Intelligence agents on January 20, arrested Baha’i woman, Atoosa Ahmad-Aei, in her home in Tehran. The Intelligence Ministry...

During the past weeks, Iranian authorities have impressively intensified their crackdown on Baha'is by shutting down Baha’i owned businesses, expelling them from universities and...

Iranian authorities sentenced a women of Iran's Gonabadi Dervish minority to 148 lashes for revealing the catastrophic situation of Qarchak prison, where...

Nine evangelical Christians have been arrested in recent days in Alborz province, neighboring the capital Tehran, the state-run Tasnim, a news agency...

Nearly 100 Christians have been arrested in Iran in the past month and arrests are expected to continue over the Christmas holiday....