The Indian news channel NewsX recently aired an extensive report about the Baha’is of Iran. The program discusses the trial of the Baha’i 7 (Yaran), the systematic incitement against Baha’is in children’s books , the denial of education of Baha’is, the scapegoating of Baha’is after the post-election turmoil and the history of persecution of Baha’is [...]

In the fall of 1981 I was a 21 year old college student in Canada when I received a phone call from my uncle, informing me that my parents had been arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards at their home in Tehran. My parents had been hosting a meeting of the governing body of the [...]

A group of 60 prominent academics who specialize in Middle Eastern and Iranian Studies have released a statement in which they criticize the Iranian government for its violations against the rights of the Baha’i minority, and call on it to accord Baha’is their full rights.
A Call to Stop the Persecution of Baha’is in the Islamic [...]

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 after [...]

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 prayers for [...]

We cannot even begin to imagine the pain and anguish the family of the detained 7 leaders have had to endure for the past 9 months.  Speaking to RFE/RL, Roya Kamalabadi described the conditions of her sister’s arrest and the increase in the government’s pressure against Baha’is.
RFE/RL: Have your heard from your sister since her [...]

The following article was written by Nazil Ghanea, and appeared in the Guardian’s “Comment is Free”:
Fariba is a 46-year-old psychologist and a mother of three. She graduated from high school with honours but was barred from attending university because of her religious beliefs. Her youngest daughter is 14. I know her through her son, who [...]

10 days after the initial publication of the open letter in which 42 Iranian intellectuals apologized to the Baha’i community for a century and a half of persecution, Iran Press Watch has published the final list – now including 224 signatures. The list of names is reproduced below:
1. Aban, Vahid, Human Right Supporter- Sweden
2. Abdolalian [...]

At the moment, one of the most popular stories on CNN is on none other than the public apology by Iranian intellectuals to the Baha’i minority of Iran.
A group of Iranian intellectuals released a public apology this week for what they say is a long history of the country’s mistreatment of a religious group called [...]

The Iranian regime doesn’t exactly conceal its intention to eliminate the Baha’i Faith from existence, and in recent months it has been pursuing its goal with even more vigor. The following article appeared in Macleans.ca:
Naeim Tavakkoli last saw his father Behrouz three years ago in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison. Behrouz, a leader in among the [...]