In a disturbing turn of events, Iran’s Prosecutor General Qorban-Ali Dorri-Najafabadi was quote on state TV declaring that Baha’is have “irrefutable” links with Israel. “There is irrefutable evidence that adherents of the Bahai sect are in close contact with the enemies of the Iranian nation and have strong links to the Zionist regime,” Dorri-Najafabadi explained [...]

HRA Iran reports that on the 4th of February, Saman Sabeti – an active Baha’i in Qaemshahr who was in charge of community affairs – was arrested by officials at the Ministry of Intelligence. The Ministry of Intelligence summoned and subsequently held a Bahá’í who was in charge of Bahá’í community affairs in the city [...]

This is a translation of a report that was published by Human Rights Activists in Iran Attacks with Molotov cocktails, burning properties and publishing names and information about the Baha’i are samples of the tough reception of this religious community in Iran. On 13 Bahman (1st February), 3:00 AM, unknown people attacked the apartments of [...]

Almost 30 years ago, Manousheed Bagha’s mother was executed for the sole purpose of being an adherent of the Baha’i Faith. Upon hearing that the cemetery of Khavaran, where her mother was buried, faces the threat of destruction, she wrote the following heartfelt letter (via HRA Iran) to her countrymen. With sadness, dismay, a heavy [...]

This article originally appeared in  “Columbia Missourian” Sahba Jalali, a Columbia optometrist, was only 12 when his house in Iran was burned down because his family practiced the Baha’i faith. It was 1978, and the revolution was under way. The Baha’i faith was founded in Iran in the 19th century by Bahá’u’lláh. Baha’is believe in [...]

In an unprecedented move, Iranian intellectuals, writers and activists have signed an open letter in which they apologize for the century and a half of silence on the persecution of Iranian Baha’is. In the name of goodness and beauty, and in the name of humanity and liberty! As Iranian human beings, we are ashamed for [...]

HRA Iran reports that yet another member of Tehran’s Baha’i community has been arrested. The Ministry of Intelligence had previously summoned Namya Haghar, a Baha’i from Tehran, to arrive at the Vali-Asr Square office on February 1, 2009, for questioning.  Shortly after arriving at this location, Mr. Haghar was arrested to transferred to an undisclosed [...]

Aziz Samandari was amongst the 6 Baha’is who were arrested in mid-January in Tehran following raids by security officials. His cousin, Caroline Samandari, published the following article on IndianExpress.com: Two weeks have passed since I heard the alarming news: Aziz Samandari, my cousin in Tehran, was arrested in a pre-dawn raid by Iranian intelligence officials. [...]

For five years, Raouf Hinidi has fought before Egypt’s courts for the right to issue his teenaged twins Nancy and Imad birth certificates. In a few hours, Egypt’s Supreme Court would issue a final verdict on this ongoing case. Dr. Raouf kindly consented to a brief interview, the translation of which is below: It would [...]

In 3 days, Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court is set to deliver its final ruling on whether Egypt’s Baha’is can obtain official documents with the mandatory religion field left blank. For the third (and hopefully last!) time, a worldwide prayer chain in solidarity with the Baha’is of Egypt has been organized for the 1st of February. [...]