Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran

Today, April 8, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty published a commentary by Abbas Djavadi about the trial of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran, which is scheduled to resume this Saturday, April 10. From the article… All seven have been trying to inspire and help the Iranian Baha’i community of some 300,000 people since most of that [...]

On October 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 407-2, a resolution condemning the government of Iran for “state-sponsored persecution of its Bahá’í minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.” H.Res.175 is the eleventh congressional resolution since 1982 to address the religious oppression of the Bahá’ís [...]

The external affairs office of the Baha’is of the U.S. is happy to announce the winner of its video contest about the plight of Baha’is in Iran. The overall winner of the contest is the video “Murder with Impunity” submitted by Bobby Aazami. The panel judging the contest felt that this submission provided a very [...]

Because of the escalation in the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran in recent months and the circumstances surrounding the possible trial of the seven Bahá’í national leaders in Iran, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the U.S has decided to expand the scope of the video contest it launched late last fall [...]

World Focus, PBS’s nightly international news program, aired a live online radio program on Tuesday, March 17, that explored the Baha’i Faith and modern Iran. The program covered the background and history of the persecution of the Baha’i community in Iran with a particular focus on the arrest and forthcoming trial of the seven national [...]

The Grieboski Report aired an interview today between Joseph Grieboski, President of the Institute for Religion and Public Policy and Kit Bigelow, director of external affairs of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the U.S:

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.

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the U.S. has extended the deadline for the video contest about the denial of education to Baha’i students in Iran to March 21, 2009. This is a video contest to raise awareness about the plight of Baha’is in Iran trying to gain access to higher education. The [...]

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the U.S.  just launched a video contest to raise awareness about the plight of Baha’is in Iran who are trying to gain access to higher education. The contest is open to everyone. Please visit:  http://www.youtube.com/group/bahaistudentsiran

The New York Times published an article by Laurie Goodstein about the president of Iran’s meeting with Christian leaders from the United States and Canada. The Baha’is were asked to comment about this event, and the following reference was included in the article: “But even the Bahais, a minority religious group that has suffered persecution [...]

Kit Bigelow, director of external affairs for the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the U.S. was a guest on the Interfaith Alliance’s “State of Belief” radio show. Ms. Bigelow commented on the current persecution of the Baha’is in Iran. You can read more about the program here