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Persecution of Religious and Ethnic Minorities
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…
Baha’i Businesses Shuttered in Ongoing Persecution Campaign
Six businesses in Khorramshahr owned by members of the Baha’i faith have been indefinitely shut down by the…
Imprisoned Baha’i woman Negin Ghadamian denied medical care
Baha'i woman Negin Ghadamian is being denied access to required dental treatment outside Evin Prison, where she is…
Iranian Baha’i man taken to jail for allegedly promoting his faith
Iranian Baha’i Zabihollah Raoufi, 69 began his prison sentence in Sanandaj Prison on October 31.
The Appeals Court…