Innigen Dank an Helmut Brandstätter MdEP für das wertvolle Gespräch im Europäischen Parlament gemeinsam mit Vertreter:innen des Baha’i International Community Brussels Office über die bedrückende Menschenrechtssituation der #Bahai, besonders im #Iran. Danke für die unerschütterliche Solidarität mit #MahvashSabet #ForB

Innigen Dank an EU-Abgeordneten #GüntherSidl für den wertvollen Austausch im Europäischen Parlament gemeinsam mit Vertreterinnen des Baha’i International Community Brussels Office über die Menschenrechtslage der #Bahai sowie über faire und nachhaltige Landwirtschaft! Ihr Engagement ist von großem Wert! #ForB

The recent sanctions by the EU Council on courts, judges, and prisons in Iran spotlight the machinery behind the systematic persecution of the Bahá’ís in Iran. Rachel Bayani, Representative of Baha’i International Community Brussels Office, has commented on the Council’s decision which highlights the

The year so far at the Bahá'í International Community Brussels Office 🇪🇺 How did we engage with pressing European and global challenges this quarter? Our work includes: #SocialCohesion, #Racism, #Youth, #FoodSystems, #AfricaEurope, #HumanRights The newsletter 🔗

Years stolen, families scarred. These aren’t statistics but (grand)mothers, fathers, sisters, wifes, husbands, brothers, friends, neighbors... Imprisoned in #Iran for being #Bahai. Released on exorbitant bail with homes & life savings on the line. And still, they remain resilient

The Bahá'í International Community is alarmed by the recent arrest and detention of Mr. Remy Rowhani, a senior #Bahai dignitary and respected Qatari citizen, in Doha on 28 April. The continued targeting of Mr. Rowhani marks a disturbing escalation of the systemic, state-sponsored discrimination that

On Thursday, 1 May 2025, four Baha'i-owned businesses in Urmia were sealed by Authorities. This action followed the decision by these Baha’is to close their businesses in observance of a religious holy day. The sealed businesses include Faraez Rezaie's clothing store, Enayat

On 10 May 2025, Mrs. Paridokht Shojaie Baghini, a resident of Kerman, was returned to Kerman Prison following a temporary furlough granted in late February. She began serving her sentence on 31 December 2024, after the Kerman Court of Appeals sentenced her to two years and one

Thank you Parlament Österreich MP Gudrun Kugler for the invitation to yesterday’s inspiring Austrian Parliamentary #PrayerBreakfast with its diverse representatives. Deeply grateful for your continued solidarity with #Bahai in #Iran, who face ongoing state persecution like #MahvashSabet #FoRB

Thank you @HRW @HRW_ar for covering this essential story of discrimination against the #Bahai community in #Qatar. One prominent Baha’i dignitary, Remy Rowhani, has been detained on baseless charges and must be released, and the Qatari authorities must lift their discrimination

Baha’i Cemetery in Rafsanjan Targeted by Authorities The Rafsanjan Bahá’í cemetery has been under official attack by local authorities, who claim that the spacing between existing graves is too wide and are now forcing Bahá’ís to bury their loved ones in the limited gaps between

This week, we are delighted to welcome colleagues from our national offices in Bahá'ís de France, Bahá'í Deutschland, Comunità bahá'í d'Italia, Bahá'ís of Luxembourg, Bahá'í-gemeenschap NL, Bahá'ís de España, and UK Bahá'í OPA. Together, we are meeting with a diverse range of actors to explore policies related to social cohesion,

Yesterday, the Baha’i International Community’s Brussels Office, together with several of its national European offices, met with the EU Anti-Muslim Hatred Coordinator, the European Parliament’s Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup Secretariat, Eurocities and Equinet. We

What principles should guide the EU Affordable Housing Plan? And how can we ensure that efforts to address the housing crisis help strengthen, rather than fragment, communities? These were among the questions explored during last week’s roundtable discussion hosted by our

On 28 May 2025, Mrs. Roya Sabet, a resident of the United Arab Emirates, was sentenced by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz to 25 years in prison. She had been arrested on 15 February 2024 while visiting Shiraz to care for her elderly parents and spent nearly five

On May 22, 2025, in a coordinated crackdown, security forces raided the homes of 12 Bahá’ís in Yazd in a single evening. The residences of six Bahá’í women — Nadereh Sabet, Mehrnaz Mazidi, Jinous Zakeri, Fariba Mirzaie, Farhadokht Bayani, and Marjan Akhzar — and six Bahá’í men —

On May 26, 2025, it was confirmed that Maryam Zabihi, a Bahá’í from Qaemshahr, was sentenced to prison for opening her home to a small study group of Bahá’í youth barred from formal education in Iran. Bahá’ís in Iran have long been denied university access due to their faith. In

Authorities in Shiraz have summoned and interrogated many Baha’i shopkeepers, initiating judicial proceedings against them and charging them with “propaganda against the regime” resulting from their closure of businesses during Baha’i holy days in April, a move authorities claim

We are grateful to King’s Counsels Baroness HelenaKennedy of The Shaws and Steven Powles for their statement in support of Mr Remy Rowhani, a Qatari Baha’i dignitary who was arrested in April on baseless charges. He will face trial on 18 June. Justice demands the charges against

Bahá’í Woman Held in Secret Detention for Over Two Weeks Mrs. Sheida Rowhani, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, has been detained by security agencies for 16 days without any information being provided to her family on her whereabouts, raising serious concerns for her welfare.