Press releases
- Baha’is in Iran Face a New Wave of Arrests | 25 May 2018
- Member of former Yaran back in prison despite grave medical condition | 7 May 2018
- Inflammatory speech by the Houthi leader targets Baha’is in Yemen with genocidal intent | 18 April 2018
- خطاب تحریضي لزعیم الحوثیین یستھدف البھائیین الیمنیین وینذر بإبادة جماعیة | 18 April 2018
- Sixth member of the Yaran completes his imprisonment | 20 March 2018
- Jamaloddin Khanjani Completes Decade-Long Imprisonment | 19 March 2018
- Fourth member of Yaran completes his imprisonment | 16 February 2018
- Lawyers worldwide challenge denial of persecution of Baha’is in Iran | 10 February 2018
- Lawyers worldwide challenge denial of persecution of Baha’is in Iran (Persian) | 10 February 2018
- Archives chronicle decades of Baha'i Persecution in Iran | 18 January 2018
- Yemeni Baha’i receives death sentence as persecution escalates | 5 January 2018
- Yemeni Baha’i receives death sentence as persecution escalates (ARABIC) | 5 January 2018
- Behrooz Tavakkoli Completes 10 Year Prison Sentence | 5 December 2017
- UN condemns Iran’s human rights violations for 30th time | 14 November 2017
- Fariba Kamalabadi's 10-Year Prison Sentence comes to an End | 31 October 2017
- Unprecedented UN resolution demands end to harassment of Baha'is in Yemen | 3 October 2017
- قرار غير مسبوق بالأمم المتحدة يطالب بإنهاء اضطهاد البهائيين باليمن | 3 October 2017
- سازمان ملل متحد در قطعنامهای بیسابقه خواستار پایان دادن به آزار و اذیت بهائیان یمن شد | 3 October 2017
- Mahvash Sabet Concludes 10-Year Prison Sentence | 18 September 2017
- Mahvash Sabet Concludes 10-Year Prison Sentence | 18 September 2017
- Baha’i Prisoners Face Harsher Conditions | 15 September 2017
- Baha'i Prisoners Face Harsher Conditions | 16 August 2017
- Religious Discrimination Explicit in Iran’s Penal Code | 28 July 2017
- Murderers of a Baha’i Released on Bail | 13 June 2017
- Ominous wave of Yemen arrests raises alarm | 21 April 2017
- Mandate renewed for UN Iran human rights monitor | 24 March 2017
- International community expresses serious concern over human rights in Iran | 19 December 2016
- The Baha'i International Community joins others calling for the release of Narges Mohammadi | 14 December 2016
- Iran’s human rights failures draw rebuke by international community | 15 November 2016
- Forced closure of shops in Iran on an unprecedented scale | 7 November 2016
- A Baha’i is killed in Iran, a victim of religious hatred | 26 October 2016
- New report examines relentless persecution of Iranian Baha’is | 25 October 2016
- Reaction to meeting with a Baha’i exposes the truth | 19 May 2016
- UN body votes to continue monitoring human rights in Iran | 23 March 2016
- Twenty-four Baha’is sentenced to prison in Iran | 1 February 2016
- Ongoing human rights violations in Iran spotlighted in UN vote | 17 December 2015
- UN condemns Iran for continuing human rights violations | 19 November 2015
- Documentary shows trial of executed Baha'is | 22 October 2015
- Baha'i shopkeepers in Iran pressured against observing their religious holy days | 16 June 2015
- European Parliamentarians call for release of Iranian Baha'i prisoners | 20 May 2015
- Global campaign marking seventh anniversary of arrest of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders launches today | 14 May 2015
- Four released while eight remain in prison | 4 May 2015
- UN votes for continued monitoring of human rights in Iran | 27 March 2015
- Iran’s UPR response offers bleak outlook for Baha’is and human rights | 19 March 2015
- Top UN officials say human rights violations in Iran continue unabated | 13 March 2015
- Two months in the morgue: the campaign to make Iranian Baha’is invisible | 29 December 2014
- UN sends strong signal to Iran on human rights | 18 November 2014
- Iran fails to address calls for greater religious freedom | 31 October 2014
- President Rouhani's UN speech falls short on human rights and the Baha’i question | 25 September 2014
- Unfulfilled Promises report | 15 September 2014
- Three top UN human rights experts call on Iran to halt destruction of Shiraz cemetery | 4 September 2014
- Shiraz cemetery demolition continues by the Revolutionary Guards | 8 May 2014
- The destruction of historic Baha'i cemetery in Shiraz by Iranian Revolutionary Guards | 1 May 2014
- In an unprecedented symbolic act senior cleric calls for religious co-existence in Iran | 7 April 2014
- UN vote highlights human rights violations in Iran | 28 March 2014
- Concern over persecution of Iranian Baha'is at UN Human Rights Council | 18 March 2014
- Three Baha’is stabbed in Iran, apparently a religious hate crime | 7 February 2014
- UN General Assembly again expresses “deep concern” over continuing human rights violations in Iran | 18 December 2013
- Baha’i cemetery in Sanandaj, Iran, attacked and partly destroyed | 16 December 2013
- UN calls on Iran to live up to its human rights promises | 19 November 2013
- Baha'is in Iran told to leave town or face knife attacks after raids on 14 homes | 11 November 2013
- New video documents Iranian government’s sponsored violence against its own Baha’i citizens | 29 October 2013
- Despite promises, Iran continues to violate human rights, says UN report | 23 October 2013
- President Rouhani's UN speech and the question of human rights in Iran | 24 September 2013
- Murderers of Iranian Baha’i must be brought to justice, says Baha’i International Community | 29 August 2013
- Iranian Baha’is face “widespread and entrenched” discrimination says UN Committee | 23 May 2013
- Five Years Too Many | 5 May 2013
- Increasing violence against Iranian Baha'is engineered by government | 6 March 2013
- UN decries Iran’s "serious ongoing and recurring" human rights violations | 20 December 2012
- UN vote registers “deep concern” over Iran human rights violations | 27 November 2012
- Persecution intensifies as former Baha'i leaders mark anniversary behind bars | 14 May 2012
- Grave concern for safety of Iran's imprisoned Baha'i leaders | 15 February 2011
- Arsonists threaten reprisals if Baha'is befriend Muslims | 16 January 2011
- Iran's human rights record condemned by United Nations | 21 December 2010
- Baha'i International Community to Head of Iran's Judiciary | 7 December 2010
- UN Secretary General voices concern over human rights abuses in Iran | 18 October 2010
- Trial of seven Baha'is delayed, no new date set | 18 October 2010
- Prison sentences for Iran's Baha'i leaders reportedly reduced to 10 years | 16 September 2010
- Harsh sentences are a judgment against an entire religious community | 15 August 2010
- Reports say Iran’s seven Baha’i leaders “sentenced” | 8 August 2010
- Calls for Action as Iranian Baha'i Leader enter Third Year | 13 May 2010
- Iran: End Persecution of Baha’is | 23 February 2010
- Nations rally to defend human rights in Iran | 16 February 2010
- Baha'is condemn lack of due process at trial in Iran | 31 January 2010
- Statement of the Baha'i International Community in response to the trial of 16 individuals on 30 January 2010 | 30 January 2010
- World reacts to the trial of the seven Baha'i leaders | 13 January 2010
- Trial of seven Baha'i leaders under way in Tehran | 12 January 2010
- Baha'i International Community categorically rejects allegations that recently arrested Baha'is had weapons in their homes | 9 January 2010
- Trial of seven Baha'i leaders in Iran looms | 5 January 2010
- UN resolution on Iran sends powerful message on human rights | 20 November 2009
- Trial of seven imprisoned Bahá’ís in Iran scheduled for 18 October | 16 October 2009
- Secretary general of UN releases report criticizing human rights abuses in Iran | 15 October 2009
- Trial of seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders postponed | 17 August 2009
- Due process ignored as trial date is set for Iranian Baha'i prisoners | 12 August 2009
- Trial for Bahá’í leaders reportedly delayed | 13 July 2009
- Iranian Baha'is leaders’ may face new accusation on anniversary of imprisonment | 12 May 2009
- Egyptian court removes final barrier to identity cards for Baha'is | 16 March 2009
- Baha'i International Community sends open letter to Iran’s chief prosecutor | 5 March 2009
- European Union expresses "deep concern" over seven Bahá’ís prisoners | 18 February 2009
- Baha'i International Community response to open letter from Iranians apologizing for persecution | 15 February 2009
- Baha'i International Community response to open letter from Iranians apologizing for persecution/Persian | 15 February 2009
- Release of seven imprisoned Baha'is demanded | 12 February 2009
- BIC deplores destruction of Khavaran cemetery | 30 January 2009
- Six Bahá'ís arrested in Iran; one worked for Shirin Ebadi’s rights organizations | 15 January 2009
- Baha'is call for the reopening of human rights center in Iran | 23 December 2008
- UN General Assembly expresses “deep concern” about human rights in Iran | 18 December 2008
- UN rejection of Iranian “no-action motion” is a victory for international human rights, says Baha'i International Community | 21 November 2008
- Iranian government report confirms innocence of Shiraz Baha'is | 24 October 2008
- Baha'is imprisoned in Yemen may face deportation to Iran | 27 August 2008
- Iran Intensifies Disinformation and Attacks on Baha'is | 12 August 2008
- Baha'is reject allegations of subversive activity in Iran | 3 August 2008
- Nobel Laureates call for release of Iranian Bahá’í prisoners | 30 June 2008
- Seven jailed Iranian Bahá’ís make brief contact with families | 19 June 2008
- Iranian Baha'i leaders being held incommunicado; growing concern for their fate | 27 May 2008
- BIC rejects Iranian allegations on recent arrests | 21 May 2008
- Six Baha'i leaders arrested in Iran; pattern matches deadly sweeps of early 1980s | 15 May 2008
- U.N. Committee Approves Resolution Expressing Concern over Human Rights Violations in Iran | 20 November 2007
- Iranian government campaign against Baha'i’s shows new facets | 21 September 2007
- Baha'i schoolchildren in Iran increasingly harassed and abused by school authorities | 5 April 2007
- Iranian Baha'is face continuing discrimination in higher education | 28 February 2007
- Baha'i girls to bring a message of equality -- and hope -- to United Nations meeting on women | 22 February 2007
- United Nations expresses “serious concern” over human rights in Iran, including the situation of Baha'i’s | 22 November 2006
- Iran steps up secret monitoring of Baha'is | 2 November 2006