Via Human Rights Activists in Iran This article will share some background information and provide an update on the condition of the seven detained Bahá’ís tasked with coordinating the affairs of the Bahá’í Community in Iran. After the abduction and disappearance of the nine members of the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of [...]

Iran’s leaders lose no opportunity to remind the world of their painful efforts to show “respect” and “tolerance” the Baha’i community. The latest proclamation came from Najafabadi, Iran’s Prosecutor General who stated that “the Iranian government has provided the Bahai sect in Iran with all the facilities offered to other Iranian citizens” and has “always [...]

نشر موقع Iran Press Watch خبرا مفاده بأن محاكمة البهائيين السبعة المتهمين بالتجسس لصالح اسرائيل قد تم تأجيلها لمدة اسبوعين، و بأنه قد تم السماح لهم بزيارة أهلهم.

Iran Press Watch has reported that the trial of the 7 Baha’i leaders has been postponed for 2 weeks, and that they were allowed to visit their families.

Just like the twins Nancy and Raouf Hindi, Baha’i student Hussein Hosni was handed a favourable ruling on the 29th of January, 2008, allowing him to obtain identification papers with a dash listed in the mandatory “Religion” field. And similarly, the positive verdict Hosni received was soon challenged by a lawyer. But we’re pleased to [...]

قيل تسعة أشهر، سُجن بهروز توكلي مع 5 من أقرانه، و هم الآن ينتظرون محاكمتهم بتهم لاأساس لها من الصحة ألقى نعيم توكلي، ابن السيد  بهروز، هذا الخطاب (تُرجم من قبل المدونة نسرين) خلال اجتماع في تورنتو ود أن أشارككم ببعض الكلمات عن تجربتي الخاصة ومشاعري فيما يتعلق بوضع البهائيين في إيران: عن عائلتي، عن [...]

During a prayer gathering in Toronto for the arrested Baha’i leaders, Naem Tavakkoli, whose father Behrouz is amongst the 7 awaiting trial, gave a moving presentation about his father. Iran Press Watch has provided the text of his speech, quoted below. I would like to share a few words about my personal experiences and feelings [...]

Scholars have contributed greatly towards spreading false claims against the Baha’i Faith, and inciting the public against Baha’is. Randa Gamal, a Baha’i from Egypt, addressed the following letter to Muslim scholars. We translated and published it below, with her permission: If you refuse to accept my religion, then you are within your rights But don’t [...]

Human Rights Activists in Iran has posted a video of the desecration that befell the Baha’i cemetery in Semnan on the 15th of February.

Via The Huntsville Times In Shiraz, Iran, the City of Roses, Ruhi Hiebert remembers Saeid Razaie as a teenager laughing and smiling and playing his guitar. She remembers Afif Naimie, a little older and a little more serious, carefully teaching children Arabic. This week, those memories will be going through her mind as she says [...]