The Indian news channel NewsX recently aired an extensive report about the Baha’is of Iran. The program discusses the trial of the Baha’i 7 (Yaran), the systematic incitement against Baha’is in children’s books , the denial of education of Baha’is, the scapegoating of Baha’is after the post-election turmoil and the history of persecution of Baha’is [...]

The following announcement was published recently by Gooya News, an opposition website, and translated by Iran Press Watch.
Announcement from: the implementation committee of the revolutionary work force organization of Iran (Rah-e kargar).
The court hearing of the Yaran, who are taking care of the affairs of the Baha’i community in the absence of the dismantled [...]

The Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) and Fararu.com, a Farsi-language news site, reported about the first hearing in the trial of the seven Baha’i leaders. The first hearing of the trial, which violates the basic principles of a legal due process, was held in the 28th branch of the revolutionary court today.
For the first time, [...]

The semi-official Fars News Agency quoted today the Tehran persecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi as saying that the trial of the recently detained Baha’is of Tehran “will be this week in a revolutionary court in Tehran”. He repeated the absurd charges that the Baha’is were behind the mass protests on Ashura (December 27), and that in [...]

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 and [...]

The following roundup, based on translations from Iran Press Watch and reports from the Committee of Human Rights Reporter, the Human Rights Activists News Agency, Human Rights Activists in Iran, the Baha’i World News Service and Iran Human Rights Voice show the extent of ongoing persecution in Iran. It includes harassment, death threats and arsons [...]

This July, a Baha’i citizen of Kazakhstan was arrested by authorities in Uzbekistan for spreading the teachings of the Faith. He was sentenced to 15 days in prison followed by an expulsion from the country without a right to return. A recent news article published in gorizont.uz, which is sponsored by National security service of [...]

The Bahá’í World News Service reports that at least 33 Baha’is are imprisoned in jails all across Iran and more than 200 cases of Baha’is are still active.
The persecution of Baha’is in Iran continues unabated. Human Right Activists in Iran (HRAI) have recently reported about the arrest and disappearance of Sohrab Leghaii, a Baha’i citizen [...]

The trial of the seven Baha’i leaders in Iran set for August 18 was postponed to October 18, 2009. This marks yet another delay in the trial date for the group, which has been held without formal charges and access to legal counsel in the notorious Evin prison and denied the right to be released [...]

Exactly one year ago, on the 14th of May, 2008, seven innocent members of the Baha’i Faith were arrested in Iran. Many people around the world spent months wondering why they were imprisoned and possibly tortured. The government had given them no fair trial, and launched no public statements with solid evidence of any “crime.” [...]