In another brave gesture, senior cleric calls for justice
Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani, a senior Muslim cleric in Iran, has courageously called on his nation's people to uphold a higher standard...
December 21, 2015
Human Rights of the Bahá’ís
Ongoing human rights violations in Iran spotlighted in UN vote
Last month, 20 Baha'is were arrested by the Iranian authorities, which also carried out a series of coordinated shop closures, affecting some...
December 18, 2015
UN condemns Iran for continuing human rights violations
The UN expressed "serious concern" yesterday over Iran's continuing human rights violations, affirming that increased engagement with the international...
November 20, 2015
Baha'is face new wave of arrests in Iran
The Baha'i community in Iran is facing yet another wave of arrests and shop closures. In a coordinated attack on the community by Iranian authorities...
November 19, 2015
Documentary shows trial of executed Baha'is
Previously unseen footage of the 1981 trial of members of the governing body of the Baha'i community in Iran has been broadcast for the first...
October 21, 2015
Iranian President Rouhani's speech to UN falls short on human rights
The Baha'i International Community expressed its disappointment over Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's failure to address the human rights situation...
September 29, 2015
Baha'i shopkeepers in Iran pressured against observing their religious holy days
Tens of Baha'is' shops in the cities of Rafsanjan, Kerman, Sari and Hamadan have been sealed by government authorities in an effort to pressure...
June 16, 2015
Global solidarity with seven imprisoned Iranian Baha'is
A global campaign to call attention to the long and unjust imprisonment of seven Iranian Baha'i leaders spawned a worldwide outcry this month...
May 26, 2015
European Parliamentarians call for release of Iranian Baha'i prisoners
Together with many voices from within Iran—including Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent human rights lawyer there—and from outside, five members of...
May 20, 2015
Global campaign on seventh anniversary of arrest of seven Iranian Baha'i leaders launched
The Baha'i International Community has today launched a campaign to mark the seventh anniversary of the wrongful arrest and imprisonment of the...
May 14, 2015