Over the past month sources from Iran have reported about the arrest of four Baha’is, residents of the northern city Nour, and raids on three homes in the town. The first raid took place on the evening of November 3rd, during a gathering at the home of the Razi family to celebrate a Baha’i holiday, [...]

Below is a great op-ed that appeared in a Malaysian newspaper about the prolonged persecution of the Baha’i community in Iran. The writer, a Malaysian Baha’i, points out that the persecution of Baha’is violates Iran’s obligations under international law, and when the intentional community condemned these violations, the persecution subsided. End genocide amongst the Baha’i [...]

Fifty Baha’i families in the village of Eival could do nothing but watch their houses being demolished this week, RAHNA reported. On June 22, the Baha’is of Eival learned that non-Baha’is in their village are collecting signatures to destroy, level and clear the houses of the Baha’is living in the villages. Some of the Baha’is [...]

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 [...]

Dorsa Sobhani, a member of the 1 Million Signature Campaign, was arrested this morning in Sari, northern Iran. The 1 Million Signature Campaign aims to collect a million signatures to a petition to repeal all the discriminatory laws against women in Iran, while raising awareness about this inequality. Ms. Sobhani is a Baha’i who was [...]

The following are a photos from the Abadan and Khoramshahr cemetery. It was raided during Azar 1388 (early December 2009) and many graves and walls were destroyed. For more photos see in the Iran Press Watch post in Farsi.

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 [...]

Baha’is in Iran are still being raided and arrested by government officials. We are updating our tools to reflect that, you may use the following timeline and map in order to take note of the recent and unfortunate events. Unfortunately Dipity, the service we used to create the timeline, has been having technical glitches causing [...]

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 [...]

Human Rights Activists in Iran reports that officials from Mashhad’s Ministry of Intelligence have raided ten Baha’i homes, and confiscated personal belongings and religious texts and items. The Department of Intelligence visited the home of ten Bahais and subsequently arrested two of those visited. In an organized and systematic manner, the Iranian Security Forces, after [...]