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May 17, 2018, 7:51 AM

Baha’i citizen arrested in Tehran

On Friday, May 11, 2018, Mehrdad Heyrani, a Baha’i citizen residing in Tehran was arrested and transferred to an unknown location by intelligence agents after his residence was searched and his personal belongings such as computer and religious books...

Apr 1, 2018, 1:28 PM

Iran hanged 4 juvenile last Persian year

Despite huge public and international opposition, Iran continued to juvenile executions and sentencing juveniles to death in the last Persian year. Iran is one of the few countries that continues to execute juvenile offenders in blatant violation of the absolute...

Mar 17, 2018, 11:30 PM

Jamaloddin Khanjani released after 10 years while falsely accused of spying for Israel

Jamaloddin Khanjani, one of the seven members of the former leadership group of the Baha’is in Iran, has today completed his wrongful sentence. Jamaloddin Khanjani and six other Baha’i leaders were arrested in 2008 and convicted of spying for Israel...

Mar 5, 2018, 6:13 PM

Monthly Report – A Review of the Human Rights Situation in Iran

Systematic violation of human rights continued in February with 16 executions, crackdown on religious minorities, arresting of civil activists, incessant pressure on political prisoners and flogging. On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, two women political prisoners of Evin –Atena Daemi and...

Feb 16, 2018, 11:26 PM

Saeid Rezaie released after 10 years while falsely accused of spying for Israel

Saeid Rezaie, one of the seven members of the former leadership group of the Baha’is in Iran, has today completed his wrongful sentence. Saeid Rezaie and six other Baha’i leaders were arrested in 2008 and convicted of spying for Israel...

Feb 1, 2018, 7:49 PM

Execution of a Juvenile in Iran

On Tuesday, January 30, Iranian authorities have executed a young man convicted of murder who was only 15-years-old at the time of the crime. The murder was reportedly committed seven years ago and Ali Kazemi was 22 at the time...

Jan 30, 2018, 11:22 PM

Ramin Hossein Panahi in danger of imminent execution in Iran

The Iranian intelligence agency informed the Hossein Panahi family on Thursday that their missing son was sentenced to death, and their imprisoned son was sentenced to eight-and-a-half-years, the family reported. On June 23, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of...

Jan 17, 2018, 2:46 PM

Iran: Afghan Children Recruited to Fight in Syria

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has recruited Afghan immigrant children living in Iran to fight in Syria. Since 2013, Iran has supported and trained thousands of Afghans, at least some of them undocumented immigrants, as part of the Fatemiyoun...

Nov 28, 2017, 2:11 PM

Iranian Wrestler Forced to Lose to Avoid Israeli Opponent

Freestyle Iranian wrestler Alireza Karimi-Machiani allegedly chose to lose against Russia’s Alikhan Zhabrailov at the Senior U23 World Championship in Poland on Saturday (November 25) to avoid facing Israel’s Uri Kalashnikov in the next round. Iran's government paid tribute Monday...

Oct 26, 2017, 3:18 PM

Mohammad Nazari on 89th Day of his Hunger Strike begs to be heard

Mohammad Nazari was arrested aged 23 in May 1994 by Revolutionary Guards officials in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province. He was held for over a month in solitary confinement, first by the Revolutionary Guards and then by the Ministry of...

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About Me

Mohammad Zolfaghari is a Baha'i News reporter and human rights defender who worked exclusively on Human Rights Violations especially religious minorities in Iran and as a documentary maker with Amnesty International. Lives in Norway.