Members of persecuted Baha’i faith arrested amid surge in persecution of the minority
On Wednesday, November 28, security agents arrested two Baha’is in Karaj near Tehran and took them to an unknown location. ...
Read moreIranian Baha’is are deprived of freedom of religion as stated in Article 18 of the Core International Human Rights Treaties.
“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance.”
Unofficial sources say that there are more than 300,000 people following the Baha’i Faith in Iran. However, the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran only recognizes Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism and does not recognize Bahaism.
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, Baha’is have been systematically persecuted as a matter of government policy. During the first decade of this persecution, more than 200 of Iranian Baha’is were killed or executed. Hundreds more were tortured or imprisoned, and tens of thousands lost jobs, access to education, and other rights – all solely because of their religious belief.
The persecution of Baha’is is still ongoing with dozens of Bahais languishing in prisons throughout Iran.
On Wednesday, November 28, security agents arrested two Baha’is in Karaj near Tehran and took them to an unknown location. ...
Read moreShahrzad Nazifi, a motocross champion, was arrested on Sunday, November 18, 2018, by security forces in Tehran and taken to ...
Read moreSix businesses in Khorramshahr owned by members of the Baha’i faith have been indefinitely shut down by the authorities after ...
Read moreBaha'i woman Negin Ghadamian is being denied access to required dental treatment outside Evin Prison, where she is serving a ...
Read moreIranian Baha’i Zabihollah Raoufi, 69 began his prison sentence in Sanandaj Prison on October 31. The Appeals Court in Iran’s ...
Read morePersecution of Baha’is continues in Iran, 20 Baha'is arrested in two weeks Iranian security forces have arrested Hooman Khoshnam, a ...
Read moreIranian security forces on Sunday, September 23, arrested seven followers of the Baha’i faith in Isfahan, central Iran. There is ...
Read moreSix Baha'i community members arrested in Shiraz Six members of Iran's Baha'i community were arrested by the Intelligence Ministry agents ...
Read moreShaghayegh Zabihi, an architecture student, was denied her associate degree and the right to continue her studies. Regime authorities have ...
Read moreAt least 47 students have been deprived from pursuing higher education due to their Baha’i conviction. They had participated in ...
Read moreABOUT US
Iran Human Rights Monitor website is dedicated to support the Iranian people’s struggle for human rights and amplifies their voices on the international stage. Its purpose is to cover executions, arbitrary arrests, torture and amputation, prison’s conditions, women, social, ethnic and religious minorities oppression news in Iran and fill the gaps in information and knowledge caused by lack of access and freedom to Iran. The information provided by Iran Human Rights Monitor are in collaboration with the NCRI (National Council of Resistance of Iran)
© 2021 Iran Human Rights Monitor - All rights reserved.
© 2021 Iran HRM