Five Shirazi Baha’is Sentenced to Exile in Absentia
In the absence of both the defendants and their attorneys, Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz has sentenced ...
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.
In the absence of both the defendants and their attorneys, Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz has sentenced ...
Read moreBaha'i student Romina Asgari was expelled from Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch, because of her Baha’i faith. Romina Asgari ...
Read moreA Baha'i citizen in Mashhad arrested and transferred to Mashhad Vakilabad Prison, charged with assisting two Baha'i students, including her ...
Read moreBaha'i woman, Sogol Zabihi, 21 has been banned from continuing her undergraduate degree because of her Baha’i faith. The sophomore undergraduate ...
Read moreOn Sunday morning, May 27, 2018, Shakib Teymouri, a graduate student in mechanical engineering at Gorgan University, was expelled from ...
Read moreOn Friday, May 11, 2018, Mehrdad Heyrani, a Baha’i citizen residing in Tehran was arrested and transferred to an unknown ...
Read moreAfter a few days of opening of Tehran International Book Exhibition, the number of books regarding Baha’i faith have noticeably ...
Read moreOn Monday April 30, 2018, security agents of Isfahan referred to Ms. Anisa’s residence having a writ in hand. An ...
Read moreAccording to reports, Baha'i father Nematollah Bangaleh and his daughter Nazanin, who were detained in September 2016 and then released ...
Read moreThe business of a Baha'i citizen identified as Payam Wali was closed down more than 10 years ago by government ...
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