An excerpt from a very thought provoking and heartfelt post: This year (2007), however the government has employed a new tactic. Most Bahá’í students have not yet received their test report cards. Not receiving their results, they are now even unaware of their scores and the fact that whether they have passed the test or [...]

The Baha’i Faith in Egypt blog reports: Egypt’s leading daily newspaper Al-Ahram published an article on 8 August 2007, in which it describes plans for the exclusive use of the new computerised national ID number/card and the total abandonment of the older paper ID documents. Thus far, Baha’is remain prevented by the government from being [...]

Interview with a Bahá’í Who Escaped From Iran: I grew up in a Bahá’í family in Iran. On my mother’s side I am the fifth generation, and my father was third, and my grandfather became a Bahá’í during the time of Bahá’u’lláh. In Iran the Bahá’í Faith was never recognized officially, so we were always [...]

Another interesting and recent podcast of a Baha’is experiences in Iran: A Baha’i from Iran who came to the United States to finish his medical schooling. After completing his schooling, he returned to Iran and worked at a Baha’i hospital called Red Lion Society. When the Khomeini regime took over, they confiscated the hospital, assassinated [...]

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 [...]

In a recent article that condemns stoning of Iranian youth, the unfortunate case of Baha’is is also noted: The Defenders of Human Rights Center also said the situation for women in Iran is “worrying,” and that members of the Bahai religious sect are being persecuted for their beliefs. We hope that the Iranian government soon [...]

Inside Bay Area has an interesting story of an Iranian forensic examiner who left Iran in 1979 when the Islamic Revolution took place, guess why? Because he practiced the Bahai Faith, he knew that he would have lost many freedoms had he stayed under the new regime, which treated followers of Bahai — an ancient [...]