Religious Minorities in Iran

The Baha’i community living in Iran is experiencing a surge in persecution following the tension between the US and Iran

Behnam was a young Baha’i who, in the early 1980s, during the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq, decided to go to the front; this ...

The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has stepped up its pressure on the country’s Baha’i community by preventing members of the faith from ...

Concerns are being raised internationally about the well-being of an Iranian Christian convert who was arrested during an anti-government protest in Tehran last week.

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

A 21-year-old Christian convert in Iran known for highlighting the plight of persecuted believers and criticizing the country’s repressive government remains missing nearly three weeks ...

Shirin Ebadi protests Iran’s suppression of religious freedomsShirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner ...

Mino Riyazati, Ehteram Sheikhi, Farideh Jaberi, and Asadullah Jaberi, four Baha’i citizens residing in Bushehr, were taken into custody on Saturday, January 25, after appearing ...

The businesses of seven Baha’i citizens in Noshahr remain sealed after more than three years. On November 1 and 2 of 2016, police in the ...