Religious Minorities in Iran

Last February a story broke about Iranians demolishing homes of Baha’is with court approval. “No wrongdoing had occurred,” the court determined, because “ownership of property ...

The Baha’i International Community is gravely concerned that an organisation entirely controlled by Iran’s leadership—a parastatal body called the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO), ...

After 33 days, Baha’i citizen Saba Sefidi, a resident of Tehran, is still in detention pending legal process. On January 11, she was arrested after ...

Sorena Chatri, resident of Behbahan County, is still in detention and awaiting further legal proceedings. Late January of this year, IRGC’s intelligence agents arrested him ...

Two Christian converts, Ramin Hassan-Pour and Saeedeh Sajjad-Pour, were summoned by Branch 1 of the Executive Unit of Evin Criminal Courthouse to serve their sentences. ...

Christian Convert Sekineh Behjati was summoned to appear at Branch 1 of the Public and Revolutionary Court in Tehran within 30 days to serve her ...

Four Baha’i citizens, Natoli Derakhshan, Saba Sefidi, Pari Kargarian Marvasti and Daniel Bani-Nejad, are still in detention and awaiting further legal proceedings. On January 11, ...

A group of Iranian Christian converts acquitted of propaganda charges in November 2021 are among those being forced to attend Islamic classes.

The United Nations’ World Mother Language Day falls a little over two weeks from now on February 21. In advance of this, close to a ...