Geneva, Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A group of 18 United Nations Special Rapporteurs and UN Working Group experts have released a joint letter of allegations ...

One year ago last June, the Baha’i International community launched a campaign entitled Our Story Is One in recognition of four decades since the execution of 10 Baha’i women in Shiraz, Iran on June ...

Iran is escalating its repression of Baha’is, with a recent series of harsh prison sentences and asset confiscations.

Several UN special rapporteurs on Monday expressed concern over systemic targeting of Baha’i-religion women in Iran. The UN experts observed that Baha’i women have been facing arrests, summoning for ...

(Reuters) - Iran said it had arrested 13 adherents of the banned Baha’i faith accusing them of proselytising to children and adolescents, local media reported, drawing condemnation from an ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday protested what it called Qatar’s discriminatory policies against the religious minority Baha’i community. HRW deputy Middle East director at HRW Michael Page stated: ...

Olya Roohizadegan s story, like her religion, is one of love, steadfastness, peace, unity and justice. Raised in Iran, Roohizadegan was persecuted for her faith and belief in the Baha i religion. She ...

India's Baha'is have drawn attention to the persecution of the community in Iran, the birthplace of the faith. The community said that the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has ...

GENEVA, Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, a 90-year-old Baha’i in failing health who already served 10 years in prison for his Baha’i beliefs was arrested on 13 August in Iran ...

Paula Siegel of Philomath was among the 171 delegates who attended the 103rd national convention of the Baha'i Faith in Chicago. The annual gathering was April 29 to May 2 in the Baha'i House of ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Eighteen UN experts jointly and unitedly condemn Iran's targeting of Baha'i women as 10 in Isfahan are sentenced to a ...