The verdict was upheld by the court of appeals conviction against seven Baha’i citizens who had previously been sentenced to a total of 21 years in prison by the Revolutionary Court in Bushehr.
Tag: Religious Minorities in Iran
Destruction of Baha’i tombs in Yazd
Ostanwire- Some reports indicate the destruction of a number of Baha’i graves in Yazd’s Golestan Javid (Baha’i cemetery). Tombstones in this cemetery have been demolished by stones and blocks in recent days
11 Baha’is were arrested in Isfahan and Omidiyeh
Soroush Azadi is the tenth Baha’i citizen who was arrested in November 2019 by security forces in Baharestan in Isfahan. He was arrested on November 30, 2019. His whereabouts is still unknown
Imprisoned Iranian Dervishes say they will continue hunger strike till death
Seventy-two imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes in Iran who are on hunger strike in protest to the restraints imposed on Nour-Ali Tabandeh, the leader of the Gonabadi Sufi order, have said that they are determined to continue their hunger strike
Three Baha’is were sentenced to 23 years imprisonment
Behnam Eskandari, Yalda Firouzian, and Ardeshir Fanaiyan, three Baha’i citizens residing in Semnan, were sentenced to 23 years in prison and live in exile. On April 30, 2019, they were arrested by the security forces and were transferred to Semnan Prison
Detained Kurdish teacher falsely accused of security charges in Iran
Kurdish language teacher Zahra Mohammadi has been in detention in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan Province, since May 23, 2019, falsely accused of “propaganda against the state,” and “acting against national security” because of alleged contacts with opposition parties
9 Christians facing prison sentences in Iran for attending church
Nine Christians in Iran have been convicted of attending church services at someone’s home. Open Doors USA reports police have raided a church in the country, where it is illegal to convert to another religion from Islam. It is also illegal to participate in a home church
Iran Christian sentenced to prison demands justice
A jailed Iranian Christian wrote an open letter from Tehran’s Evin Prison demanding to know why he had been sentenced to 10 years of prison for running “house churches”
Baha’i owned businesses in Iran shuttered by the Islamic regime
According to the Human Rights Activist’s News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on Wednesday, November 5, five businesses belonging to Baha’i citizens were shuttered and seized by security agents in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchistan province
Iran regime suspends Aryan style marriage ceremonies
The official institutions and bureaus that register marriage contracts based on ancient Aryan ceremonies and rites have been suspended, and sealed-off in Iran, the head of the Islamic Republic’s Union of Marriage and Divorce registration bureaus announced on Wednesday
Iran sentences three Baha’is to prison for their religious beliefs
The Revolutionary Court in Iran’s Semnan Province has sentenced three members of the Bahai religious minority to a total of 20 years in jail on national security charges
