Introducing Mona, one of many Baha’i victims: Mona Mahmudnizhad, a young high school girl, was one of several score Baha’is, including women and teenage girls who were imprisoned in the fall of 1982 because of their Faith by the Islamic Revolutionary authorities in the Iranian city of Shiraz. The prisoners, including Mona, endured months of [...]

Baha’is in Iran continue to suffer from many human rights abuses, and the faith is apparently considered “a misleading and wayward sect” by the Iranian government. Throughout history, Iranian Baha’is have not only faced consistent and humiliating abuses, but were also denied their right to live as many of them have been executed. A ‘Minorities [...]

10 years ago, two Baha’is were killed in Iran merely because of their beliefs. They shall be remembered: Mr. Masha’llah Enayati (Masha’llah Inayati), a 63-year-old Baha’i resident of Tehran, who was well known for having constantly taught the Faith in a bold and zealous manner, died on 4 July 1997 after being severely beaten while [...]

Annual documents highlighting the situation of Iranian Baha’is – * 2004-2005 (PDF) * 2003-2004 (PDF) * 2002-2003 (PDF) * 2001-2002 (PDF) * 2000-2001 (PDF) * 1999-2000 (PDF) * 1998-1999 (PDF) * 1997-1998 (PDF) * 1996-1997 (HTML) * 1995-1996 (HTML) * 1994-1995 (HTML) * 1993-1994 (HTML) It is rather unfortunate, as noted in several of our [...]

For those interested in Afghan Baha’is, please read this interesting and informative history of the Baha’i faith in Afghanistan. It’s available in English, Farsi, and Pashto. Readers may also be interested in the following podcast, featuring Ash Hartwell describing his experiences as a Baha’i in Egypt and Afghanistan.