Persecution of Religious and Ethnic Minorities

Two Iranian Baha’i women, Kimia Mostafavi and Kiana Rezvani, were sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison. According...

Dozens of Iranian Baha'i students have been banned from higher education due to their faith. The names of 22 Baha’i...

Nine Baha’is, members of a religious minority that has experienced decades of discrimination in Iran received lengthy prison sentences for...

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

The Iranian regime continues to harass Baha’is, members of a religious minority that has experienced decades of discrimination Iran. In...

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

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

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

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

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