In an interview with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Hessam Mishaghi, spokesperson for the Right to Education Committee, most of whose members are in prison right now, spoke of barriers for education for Bahais and students who are active in civil and political activities at universities. He explained in this interview that contrary [...]

The following exceptional article by Steven was posted on MideastYouth and we thought the readers of BahaiRights would be interested in it.
The Baha’is: A Tiny Weird Group in Your Backyard
The Bahá’ís have been in the news out of Iran and neighboring regions.
I could go on about the governmental angle but my real focus is the [...]

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 [...]

Reports from human rights organizations and the Baha’i International Community show that over the last month, violations of the rights of Baha’is in Iran unfortunately persisted.
Several homes of Baha’is were searched across Iran. On September 27, the house of Sohail Rouhani was searched in Yazd by security forces. They confiscated his computer, cell phone and [...]

The Observer-Dispatch in Utica, NY carried a story today about a Baha’i family that immigrated to the United States. The family of four lived in Isfahan until five years ago, where the father of the family, Rouhollah Madhi (52), ran a car shop. After the Islamic Revolution he was denied the right to study at a [...]

Earlier this week Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) published a letter by Mona Rezai, a 20-year-old Baha’i student. Last year, she passed the National Entrance Examinations of Universities and started studying at the Mashhad Sajad University. After completing two semesters, Rezai was summoned to the Department of Student Affairs at the university and questioned [...]

The following roundup, based on translations from Iran Press Watch and reports from the Committee of Human Rights Reporter, the Human Rights Activists News Agency, Human Rights Activists in Iran, the Baha’i World News Service and Iran Human Rights Voice show the extent of ongoing persecution in Iran. It includes harassment, death threats and arsons [...]

The Committee on the Right to Education for the Baha’is, founded by the legendary Human Rights Activists in Iran, held 2 simultaneous forums in Tehran and Shiraz. Below is their report:
This unprecedented forum was held today in Tehran. The pictures of student prisoners on display punctuated the importance of this meeting.
The meeting was [...]

The Committee on Denial of Access to Higher Education to Baha’is, a subset of Human Rights Activists in Iran, has published it’s annual report on the violations on the rights of Baha’i students. They explain that their report is not comprehensive due to the absence of free press, and the administrative limitations faced by HRA [...]

One of the policies employed by the Iranian government to suffocate the Baha’i minority has been the dismissal of both students and educators from educational institutions.
The most recent case involves the expulsion of 3 medical students from the University of Sahand Tabriz. Via Human Rights Activists in Iran:

Three medical students from the University of Sahand [...]