(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 ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it had arrested 13 adherents of the banned Baha’i faith for proselytising to children and adolescents, local media reported. A statement by the Revolutionary Guards' ...

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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Bozeman Baha'is, members of a religion based upon principles of furthering a collective humanity, ...

The Baha’i faith — a small but global religion with an interfaith credo — fits comfortably into the religious spectrum of most countries. In several Middle East nations, however, Baha’i followers face ...

Journal of Hate Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2023), pp. 80-95 (16 pages) Negotiating one’s identity is a complex process that becomes complicated when a person is ascribed an outsider status because of ...

Geneva, Feb. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This week, two Baha'i women in Iran, Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, have entered the fourth month of unjust 10-year jail terms in Evin Prison. Together ...

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 ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Five members of the outlawed Baha'i faith, which has been a target in a security crackdown sparked by post-election violence in Iran, have been arrested on unspecified charges, an ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian court has postponed the trial of seven detained Baha'i believers accused of spying for Israel and insulting sanctities, the ISNA news agency reported on Monday. The trial ...

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 ...