The third anniversary of the arrest of seven leaders of the Baha’i faith came amid news of three new arrests of Baha’i citizens and the expulsion of two Bahai’i students from Qeshm University. In light of these events, recent statements about the situation of Baha’is in Iran made by various groups and organizations all over [...]

RAHANA, a human rights organization in Iran, reported today that the Tehran Court of Appeals commuted the prison sentence of the seven Baha’i leaders from 20 years each to ten. While this is a positive development, the Baha’i leaders committed no crime and shouldn’t serve any time in prison. On August 8th, the sentence of [...]

After prolonged detention and a show trial, the seven unofficial leaders of the Baha’i community in Iran were sentenced to 20 years in prison each, according to reports by human rights activists in Iran. After being held for almost two years in the notorious Evin Prison without any charges brought against them or permission to [...]

According to reports by the Baha’i community and human rights activists in Iran, the seven Baha’i leaders refused to participate in the third hearing of their trial on April 13. At the beginning of the third session of the trial, which was supposed to be open, the families of the Baha’is on trial were barred [...]

Below is a powerful article posted on Iranian.com that talks about the persecution of Baha’is in Iran as a strategy of the Iranian regime to pit one group against the other. The writer contends the accusation leveled against the Baha’i community in Iran in general and the trumped-up charges against the Yaran 7 in particular [...]

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 [...]

A couple of young Baha’is from Los Angeles recently created this video which includes a reading of Haleh Rouhi’s letter from prison. Rouhi was arrested in May 2006 in Shiraz along with other 53 Baha’is and charged with offenses relating to state security. These young people, along with Iranian Muslims, were engaged in a teaching [...]

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 [...]

This July, a Baha’i citizen of Kazakhstan was arrested by authorities in Uzbekistan for spreading the teachings of the Faith. He was sentenced to 15 days in prison followed by an expulsion from the country without a right to return. A recent news article published in gorizont.uz, which is sponsored by National security service of [...]

The American Public Radio International (PRI) recently reported about the Baha’i community in Egypt, following the implementation of the court ruling that allowed Baha’is to leave the religious affiliation field in their IDs blank. PRI interviewed several members of the community, including Dr. Raouf Hindi, the Baha’i whose battle in court to allow his daughters [...]