Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran

Hollywood star Rainn Wilson and actress/activist Shiva Rose hosted an audience of 1,300 at the Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks, CA, in mid-September for an evening dedicated to human rights in Iran. The program combined arts, panel discussions and a keynote address by Iranian-born journalist and film-maker Maziar Bahari who recently published a book about his incarceration in Iran in 2009. [...]

The release of an open letter from two Nobel Peace Prize winners regarding the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education coincided with the first round of trials for imprisoned staff members of the beleaugured Institute. Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta called for an end to education discrimination in Iran in a [...]

“We are deeply concerned at the detention of Mr. Soltani,” said Diane Ala’i, the Baha’i International Community’s representative to the United Nations in Geneva. “What precisely are the motives of the Iranian authorities for this arrest, just before his clients are expected to face trial?”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has named Iran among eight “Countries of Particular Concern” in relation to its repression of religious minorities. At the launch of the State Department’s Annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom, Secretary Clinton highlighted those countries whose governments engage in – or tolerate – “particularly [...]

Arrest, imprisonment and trumped up charges for one man in Iran hits close to home for another man in the U.S. After the Iranian government took Mahmoud Badavam into custody for teaching young Baha’is barred from university, Anthony Vance, Director of the Office of External Affairs for the Baha’is of the U.S.,  reflected on the [...]

Event details Where: Freedom House, 4th Floor, 1301 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C. When: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011 10 a.m. All media, organizations and public welcome. Delegation to visit Washington to speak out about resilience of Baha’i students and educators in Iran Washington, D.C. — With looming court dates for 8 Baha’i educators charged with conspiracy [...]