'I Can't Be Your Mommy Anymore': Baha'i Woman's Letter Before 7-Year Prison Sentence iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-i… via ایران وایر.com

Entretiens : Un podcast explore les fondements spirituels de l’égalité des femmes et des hommes dlvr.it/TJY9NQ

Los bahá'ís de Irán siguen teniendo problemas para enterrar a sus muertos. Una persecución dede el nacimiento hasta la muerte por ser BAHAI . # Iran #El derecho a ser enterrado en un cementerio

In a new report based on a two-year investigation, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI) states that two and a half years after the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests began in September 2022, the Government of Iran continues to violently abuse the

If you’re in Geneva, join us for this event tomorrow at the #UnitedNations Human Rights Council! We will be joined by distinguished panelists : Mai Sato, Roya Boroumand, Azadeh Pourzand, Azadeh and Simin Fahandej. #humanrights #ourstoryisone #Iran

❤️❤️ Day 16 of the Bahá'í Fast ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá: 35 #bahai #faith #bahaifaith #bahaifriends

#ErfanEshraghi, a #Bahai resident of Golshahr, #Karaj, was released on bail of two billion tomans after a month in detention. The charges against him remain unclear. #ErfanEshraghi #Bahai #Iran #Qazvin #HumanRights #Releases

Moral and spiritual education can foster youth’s potential to contribute to social harmony, say representatives of the Bahá’í community at a conference in the UAE. Full story on: news.bahai.org/story/1787/

An appeals court has upheld the 10-year maximum prison sentence of #ShahdokhtKhanjani under Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code. The sentence was originally issued on 8 February 2024. Ms. Khanjani was convicted of “forming a group to disrupt national security” and “propaganda

Anisa Fanaian will spend 7 years in Semnan Prison for the ‘crime’ of teaching Afghan refugee children in a system that denied them their basic right to education. Now behind bars, Anisa Fanaian joins the long list of Bahá’ís in Iran who have been punished — not for crimes—but

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

On 13 May 2025, Vesal Heravi was released from Lakan Prison in Rasht after the Supreme Court accepted his request for a retrial, effectively halting the execution of his prison sentence. His case has now been sent to a parallel court for re-evaluation. Mr. Heravi was transferred

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 Gathering Raided in Yazd On the evening of Friday, May 16, 2025, 15 armed security agents raided a Bahá’í gathering in Yazd without prior notice or a warrant. They filmed and conducted body searches of everyone present, from children to elders, and confiscated all mobile

Australian Outlook, the journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, has just published an article by the Bahá’í International Community. “The Bahá’í Question,” a 1991 memorandum, called for the “progress and development” of Bahá’ís to be permanently “blocked”

Deceased Baha’i Woman with Disabilities from Bagheyn Village in Kerman Was Denied Burial in Rafsanjan Until Her Family Was Compelled to Pay Exorbitant Burial Fees It was learned on May 19 2025 that Ms. Ahdieh Shojaie, a 56-year-old woman with intellectual disabilities and a

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

#Bahai #Iran #humanrights #Bahairights #FoRB

Remy Rowhani, a respected #Bahai dignitary, remains unjustly detained in #Qatar on baseless charges. A new press release from @HRW @HRW_ar highlights ongoing, state-sponsored discrimination against the #Bahai community, and we call for Mr Rowhani’s immediate release and an end to

The latest podcast episode explores BIC Brussels Office’s insights on conditions that enable young people’s capacities for meaningful social contribution to flourish. Full story on: news.bahai.org/story/1803