Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran

GENEVA,  December 23, 2008 (BWNS)- The Baha’i International Community today expressed grave concern over the closing by the Iranian government of Shirin Ebadi’s Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran and called for its reopening. Continue Reading »

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Agence France Presse (AFP) broke (yesterday) the news that Iranian authorities have closed down the offices of the 2003 Nobel Laureate human rights attorney Shirin Ebadi. Shirin Ebadi and her colleagues at the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran are defending the seven jailed national Baha’i leaders but have been denied access to the prisoners.

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Iran Press Watch published today the translation of an account by an Iranian Baha’i student who was expelled from university this fall. Continue Reading »

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UNITED NATIONS, 18 December 2008 (BWNS) – The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution expressing “deep concern at serious human rights violations” in Iran. Continue Reading »

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The Bahá’í representative at Harvard Chaplains gave a short talk for the Morning Prayer Service in late October, in which she was also able to address the situation of Bahá’í students in Iran. Continue Reading »

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The University of Minnesota campus newspaper published a column titled “Baha’is face discrimination in Iran”.

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Three Baha’is have been arrested in Mazandaran province, one in Ghaemshahr and two in Sari. Their homes were searched and Baha’i materials were confiscated. The arrests occurred on 18 November and 22 November. Continue Reading »

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The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has released a new report on the situation of the Baha’is in Iran. The report is titled “A Crime Against Humanity: The Islamic Republic’s Attacks on the Baha’is”. Click here to view the IHRDC’s press release.

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26 Muslim students at Goldasht College in Kelardasht, Mazandaran, refused to take their first-term final examinations in protest of the expulsion of a fellow classmate because he is a Baha’i. Continue Reading »

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