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 [...]

Yesterday, Iran announced that it will be trying 7 leaders of the Baha’i community, 6 of whom were arrested in May last year, under charges of “espionage for Israel”. The arrested 7 are in fact members of “the Friends”, an informal society that oversaw the needs of the Baha’i community in Iran. The group is [...]

Via Times Colonist Iran pledged Wednesday to try seven leaders of the banned Baha’i faith on charges of spying for Israel, insulting Islam and spreading propaganda against the state, the ISNA news agency reported. The Canadian-based son of one of the group — which was arrested last year — Wednesday night dismissed the accusations as [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

From Religious Intelligence: The Anglican Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham has raised the plight of seven leaders of the Baha’i community imprisoned and threatened with execution in Iran. The British Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch-Brown described the situation as “an extraordinary attack on freedom of religion” in Iran. Bishop George Cassidy asked at question time [...]

Human Rights Activists in Iran has posted pictures of the complete destruction that has befallen the Baha’i cemetery in Qaemshahr. The first attack against the cemetery occurred on the 23rd of October, where almost 80% of the graves were destroyed by bulldozers, and less than 2 weeks later, a second attack was carried out. In [...]

Human Rights Activists in Iran has released a report detailing the abuses carried out against Iran’s Baha’i minority in the year 2008. The report is categorized by cities. Given the increasingly difficult situation of Baha’is in Iran, and an increase in the number of arrests, searches and destruction of Baha’i cemeteries, and also the fact [...]

View Larger Map Observers of the situation in Iran have noted an increase in the intensity of persecution against the Baha’i minority of Iran in recent months. The above map depicts known reports of arrests and raids since October 2008 that have come to our attention. Arrests are denoted with a red placemark, while raids [...]