Reporters and Human Rights Activists in Iran (RAHNA) reported today about the desecration by an unidentified group of the Baha’i cemetery in Damavand. According to the report, an unidentified group entered the cemetery on April 24th, and using heavy machinery overturned every gravestone in the cemetery. The cemetery was completely leveled. Complaints to authorities have [...]

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 [...]

Dorsa Sobhani, a Baha’i and women’s rights activist, is banned from receiving visits from her family and lawyer, the Committee for Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) disclosed this week. The visit by Dorsa’s lawyer to the judiciary in an attempt to secure visitation rights have not produced a result. The letters Dorsa’s family has sent to [...]

An open letter by a group of Baha’i students banned from universities to Iranians Noble people of Iran, We do not see the need to tell you of our love for Iran and Iranians. Anyone who has contact with the Baha’is of Iran is without a doubt well aware of their devotion to their land [...]

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 [...]

Human Rights Watch has issued a statement about the ongoing persecution of Baha’is in Iran, following the arrest of 13 Baha’is in Iran for alleged connection the Ashoura protests (January 27, 2009). According to the Iranian regime, the Baha’is fomented protests, stored weapons and ammunition in their homes, and sent photographs of protests abroad. These [...]

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 [...]

This week, Iranian authorities rounded up five more Baha’is for alleged connections to the Ashoura protests (December 27, 2009). Some of the arrested are related to other Baha’is currently detained in Iran. According to the Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR), the names of the people arrested are Niki Khanjani, Ashkan Besari, Maria Jafari and [...]