Three top UN human rights experts call for a halt to Shiraz cemetery destruction
Three high-level United Nations human rights experts today called on Iran to halt the ongoing destruction of a historic Baha’i cemetery in Shiraz,...
September 4, 2014
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Increase in arrests highlights continuing persecution of Baha'is in Iran
The arrest last week of five Baha'is in Tehran signals a rising tide of detainments and imprisonments of Baha'is in Iran in recent months. Since...
August 19, 2014
Religious representatives in Netherlands respond to Iranian cleric's call for coexistence
Fourteen representatives of faith organizations gathered here on 2 July to study the statement made by Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani...
August 7, 2014
Shiraz cemetery destruction resumes
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has resumed its demolition of a historic Baha’i cemetery in Shiraz, Iran, after pausing for several months in the...
August 6, 2014
In Luxembourg, President of Chamber of Deputies expresses appreciation for work of Baha'i community
The President of Luxembourg's Chamber of Deputies has thanked the Baha'i community for its activities to build bridges between different elements...
July 20, 2014
Commemorations mark fiftieth anniversary of European Baha'i House of Worship
Prominent religious and political figures gathered here at the start of a program of festivities to mark the 50th anniversary of the first Baha'i...
July 11, 2014
Threatening anti-Baha'i posters distributed in Yazd, Iran
A highly inflammatory and threatening flier calling Baha'is "godless" was distributed in the city of Yazd, Iran, last week on the eve of an important...
June 18, 2014
On three continents prominent Muslims denounce persecution of Iran's Baha'is, call for religious coexistence
In the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, prominent Muslims have spoken out recently against the persecution of the Baha'is in Iran, denouncing...
June 17, 2014
On the eve of the World Cup, the Universal House of Justice responds to Brazilian President's invitation
In response to an invitation by the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, the Universal House of Justice has released a message to the people...
June 12, 2014
In the Arab world, a new discourse on religious coexistence takes root
Throughout the Arab world, a new discussion on how to live peacefully side by side with the followers of all religions has begun to take shape....
June 4, 2014