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 March 31, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported that 50 Baha’is in southern Iran were barred from leaving the country. These Baha’is were arrested in 2006 for teaching classes to children on the outskirts of Shiraz and received prison sentences varying from one to four years. According to Diane Ala’i, representative of the Baha’i International [...]

On March 12, 2010, the U.S. State Department released the following statement expressing increasing concern about “Iran’s ongoing persecution of Baha’is and other religious minority communities.” In recent weeks, authorities detained at least 25 Baha’is. Reports indicate there have been more than 45 new detentions of Baha’is in the last four months alone, and currently [...]

On March 8, the RFE/RL blog “Watchdog” published a Q&A with D.C.-area Baha’i Sovaida Ma’ani Ewing about the persecution of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority. The interview specifically addresses the ongoing trial of seven Baha’i leaders, which is expected to continue in Tehran on April 10, 2010. Here’s an excerpt of the interview… RFE/RL: For the [...]

On February 15, 2010, the United States and other member-nations of the U.N. Human Rights Council expressed concern over Iran’s human rights record, particularly since the crackdown that followed the country’s disputed presidential election last June. The session was part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a relatively new procedure that seeks to review the [...]

A recent state-sponsored media campaign falsely accusing Baha’i in Iran of inciting the latest wave of protests in that country has raised grave concern about the fate of seven Baha’i leaders who are expected to go on trial next Tuesday, January 12. “Over the past several days, Iranian state-sponsored media have accused the Baha’i of [...]

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty posted an article titled “Baha’i leaders in Iran Charged with Spying for Israel”.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty posted an article titled “Iran Arrests Five Members of the Baha’i Faith” about the Baha’i arrests in Iran.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty posted a story about the confidential letter from Iran’s Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology to 81 universities instructing them to expel Baha’i students.