Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran

On October 22, the Committee of Human Rights Reporters published an interview with Iranian human rights attorney, Abdolfattah Soltani, who along with Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, is one of the lead attorneys defending the seven Baha’is currently awaiting trial in Tehran. Read the original interview (in Farsi) from the Committee of Human Rights Reporters Read [...]

On June 23, 2009, Human Rights Activists in Iran issued an “alarming update” on the status of seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison. You can access an English translation at Iran Press Watch.

On June 9, 2009, Iran Press Watch published English translations of several updates on the situation of the Baha’is in Iran. The updates were originally published in Farsi by the Baha’i World News Service.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty published a report titled “Seven Baha’i Leaders at Risk of Execution” in Farsi on May 12, 2009. Iran Press Watch has posted a English translation of the report.

On Saturday, March 7, 2009, several Persian online journals carried this report about the expulsion of Miss Minoo Shahriari on the grounds that she was a Baha’i.

Ayandeh Rouchan news agency, the mouthpiece of the religious establishment in Qom, Iran, reported on Sunday, March 8, 2009,  that Iran’s Parliament had finally passed the administration’s budget request for the next fiscal year by a vote of 148 Members of Parliament out of a total of 237. According to the same report, on the [...]

Iran’s Attorney General, Ayatollah Qorban-Ali Dorri-Najafabadi, wrote a letter to the country’s Minister of Intelligence, Muhseni-Azheh’i.  The letter is undated, but since it was published online on 19 February 2009, it appears that it was dispatched around mid-February.  The letter includes various instructions regarding the government’s treatment of the Baha’i community. Below is a translation [...]

Iran’s official news organ, Iranian Students News Agency (ISNR), reported the following today: “The file of the seven accused Baha’is will go to court soon. The Deputy Public Prosecutor of Tehran commented about the illegal administration of the Baha’i sect that has been engaged in illegal activities. He stated, “The charges against these individuals are [...]

Iran Press Watch has posted a Radio Farda story reporting on Iran’s Prosecutor General’s statements about the imprisoned Baha’i leaders. Qorban-Ali Dorri-Najafabadi made these statements on Friday, February 27, 2009.

Ms. Kit Bigelow, the Director of External Affairs of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States was interviewed by Radio Farda’s reporter, Newsha Boghrati. Iran Press Watch has published an English translation of this interview.

Iran Press Watch posted a compelling interview with an Iranian Baha’i student who has been denied access to university education in Iran.