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Persecution of Religious and Ethnic Minorities
Iran Sentences Women prisoners of conscience Elham Ahmadi to 148 lashes
Iranian authorities sentenced a women of Iran's Gonabadi Dervish minority to 148 lashes for revealing the…
Nine Evangelical Christians Arrested During Christmas Week In Iran
Nine evangelical Christians have been arrested in recent days in Alborz province, neighboring the capital Tehran,…
Crackdown on Iranian Christians continues Ahead of Christmas
Nearly 100 Christians have been arrested in Iran in the past month and arrests are expected to continue over the…
Long Prison Term for Dervish Attorney in Iran
Mostafa Daneshjoo, a lawyer from Iran’s persecuted Gonabadi Dervish religious minority has been sentenced to 8…
Member of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority receives heavy prison…
Yekta Fahandej Saadi a member of Bahai community in Iran arrested was sentenced to 11 years prison.
The verdict…
Iran arrests Christians in growing crackdown on minority
A website that exclusively reflects the news concerning Iranians converted to Christianity, Mohabat News reported…
Members of persecuted Baha’i faith arrested amid surge in persecution of the…
On Wednesday, November 28, security agents arrested two Baha’is in Karaj near Tehran and took them to an unknown…
Motocross champion Shahrzad Nazifi arrested in Iran for being a Baha’i
Shahrzad Nazifi, a motocross champion, was arrested on Sunday, November 18, 2018, by security forces in Tehran and…
Christian converts arrested after their calls intercepted by Iran intelligence
Two Christian converts in Iran, have been recently arrested in the cities of Karaj and Mashhad.
Behnam Ersali…
Eight members of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority sentenced to prison
In a wave of persecution of Baha'is in Iran, eight members of Baha'i community in Isfahan, were sentenced to a…