UN votes to continue special investigation of human rights violations in Iran
The UN Human Rights Council’s overwhelming vote today to extend the mandate of its special investigator on Iran shows that the international...
March 27, 2014
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Concern over persecution of Iranian Baha'is at UN Human Rights Council
Overall, human rights in Iran have not improved substantially since the election of President Hassan Rouhani last year, despite his promises...
March 18, 2014
House of Worship newsreel highlights recent developments
The latest in a series of video newsreels showing the progress of the construction of the Baha'i House of Worship in Santiago has been released...
March 14, 2014
Prime Minister of Samoa pays tribute to Baha’i community on 60th anniversary
The Prime Minister of Samoa has expressed his gratitude to the country's Baha'i community for its long service to the development of Samoan society....
March 9, 2014
"To Serve Humanity" – youth discuss contributing to the betterment of society in a series of short films
A series of short films, collectively entitled To Serve Humanity, has been released on the World Wide Web today – exactly one year after the...
February 8, 2014
Three Baha'is stabbed in Iran, apparently a religious hate crime
In an apparent hate crime, three Baha'is were stabbed in their home in Birjand, Iran, by an unidentified intruder on Monday 3 February, the Baha'i...
February 7, 2014
UN General Assembly again expresses "deep concern" over continuing human rights violations in Iran
The United Nations General Assembly today expressed "deep concern at serious ongoing and recurring human rights violations" in Iran, showing...
December 18, 2013
Baha'i cemetery in Sanandaj, Iran, attacked and partly destroyed
Among the many acts of persecution to which the Baha'is in Iran are being subjected, one of the most heartless is the wanton desecration of their...
December 16, 2013
Seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders send letter to President Rouhani
The seven imprisoned Iranian Baha'i leaders have written a letter to President Hassan Rouhani, commenting on his proposed "Charter of Citizen's...
December 16, 2013
In Santiago, work commences on House of Worship's superstructure
Significant progress is being made in the construction of the Baha'i House of Worship here, the final one to be erected to serve an entire continent....
November 27, 2013