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When faith comes under fire: How Iran’s repression of religious minorities has increased

IRAN AFFAIRS: A new report by NUFDI titled “Faith Under Siege” has documented the religious oppression, providing many examples of the individuals who have been arrested.

FOR IRAN’S Christian community, the postwar crackdown has been particularly severe, with at least 50 members detained by authorities. Here, Iranian Christians take part in the New Year prayer ceremony at a church in Tehran last January.
Members of the Baha'i faith hold flowers as they demonstrate outside a state security court during a hearing in the case of a fellow Baha'i man charged with seeking to establish a base for the community in Yemen, in the country's capital Sanaa April 3, 2016

Iranian regime weaponizes judicial systems against Baha'i minority, Human Rights Watch claims

Tehran's new Virgin Mary metro station has drawn both praise and criticism for the treatment of Christians within Iran.

Tehran opens Virgin Mary metro station amid scrutiny over Iran's Christian rights

Remi Rowhani

Qatar imprisons Baha'i leader for casting 'doubt on the foundations of the Islamic religion'


Iranian textbooks full of antisemitic, anti-American content - ADL

In the first study of its kind in the past five years, ADL examined Iranian textbooks, with a focus on documenting antisemitism, incitement to violence and the promotion of hate.

 Protesters burn the US and Israeli flags during a demonstration against the the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist, in Tehran, Iran, November 28, 2020.

Iran continues to deny Bahá'í entrance to universities

Since the Islamic Revolution, Baha'is have been typically been denied entry to Iran's top colleges due to their faith and expression of religion.

Members of the Baha'i faith hold flowers as they demonstrate outside a state security court during a hearing in the case of a fellow Baha'i man charged with seeking to establish a base for the community in Yemen, in the country's capital Sanaa April 3, 2016

Iran’s regime escalates violent persecution of Baha’is

At least 77 Baha'is face a new wave repression for their religious faith

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UN experts urge Iranian-allied Houthis to release Baha’is

The Islamic Republic of Iran engages in massive persecution of Baha’is, according to the US State Department and UN reports.

Members of the Baha'i faith hold flowers as they demonstrate outside a state security court during a hearing in the case of a fellow Baha'i man charged with seeking to establish a base for the community in Yemen, in the country's capital Sanaa April 3, 2016

Pro-Iranian regime Houthi leader releases persecuted Baha'is in Yemen

In a statement on al-Masirah TV, the Houthi leader declared the release of members of the persecuted religious minority group.

Houthi troops ride on the back of a police patrol truck after participating in a Houthi gathering in Sanaa, Yemen February 19, 2020

Iran’s regime ramps up violent persecution of Baha’i community

The Islamic Republic of Iran intensified its violent repression of Baha’is in a series of arrest actions, home raids and denial of identification cards.

A BAHA’I family in Fars province stands near where an arson attack was committed.

Grapevine: Revival in Russia

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

VIKTOR VEKSELBERG (left) alongside Anton Vaino, chief of staff of the presidential executive office of Russia.

Iran’s media spreads anti-Baha’i, anti-Israel conspiracy

FarsNews in Iran wrote an article on Monday claiming that Baha’is are spying on Iran directed from “the main center of the sect in Israel.”

The Bahai gardens, Haifa

Religious minorities forbidden from teaching in Iranian kindergartens

"It is clear that this announcement is explicitly opposed to the laws of the country," wrote a Zoroastrian member of Iran's Parliament.

Students play with Lego bricks in the Pishtaz School in Tehran October 2011

Baha’is in Iran plagued by worsening ‘systematic persecution’

Member of 300,000-strong community who fled Islamic Republic describes life under oppressive regime.

A BAHA’I family in Fars province stands near where an arson attack was committed.