Press releases

2013

  • Five Years Too Many
  • Increasing violence against Iranian Baha'is engineered by

2012

  • UN decries Iran’s "serious ongoing and recurring"
  • UN vote registers “deep concern” over Iran human rights
  • Persecution intensifies as former Baha'i leaders mark

2011

  • Grave concern for safety of Iran's imprisoned Baha'i
  • Arsonists threaten reprisals if Baha'is befriend Muslims

2010

  • Iran's human rights record condemned by United Nations
  • Baha'i International Community sends open letter to Head of
  • UN Secretary General voices concern over human rights abuses in
  • Trial of seven Baha'is delayed, no new date set
  • Prison sentences for Iran's Baha'i leaders reportedly
  • Harsh sentences are a judgment against an entire religious
  • Reports say Iran’s seven Baha’i leaders “sentenced”
  • Calls for Action as Iranian Baha'i Leader enter Third Year
  • Iran: End Persecution of Baha’is
  • Nations rally to defend human rights in Iran
  • Baha'is condemn lack of due process at trial in Iran
  • Statement of the Baha'i International Community in response
  • World reacts to the trial of the seven Baha'i leaders
  • Trial of seven Baha'i leaders under way in Tehran
  • Baha'i International Community categorically rejects
  • Trial of seven Baha'i leaders in Iran looms

2009

  • UN resolution on Iran sends powerful message on human rights
  • Trial of seven imprisoned Bahá’ís in Iran scheduled for 18
  • Secretary general of UN releases report criticizing human rights
  • Trial of seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders postponed
  • Due process ignored as trial date is set for Iranian Baha'i
  • Trial for Bahá’í leaders reportedly delayed
  • Iranian Baha'is leaders’ may face new accusation on
  • Egyptian court removes final barrier to identity cards for Baha
  • Baha'i International Community sends open letter to Iran’s
  • European Union expresses "deep concern" over seven
  • Baha'i International Community response to open letter from
  • Baha'i International Community response to open letter from
  • Release of seven imprisoned Baha'is demanded
  • BIC deplores destruction of Khavaran cemetery
  • Six Bahá'ís arrested in Iran; one worked for Shirin Ebadi’s

2008

  • Baha'is call for the reopening of human rights center in
  • UN General Assembly expresses “deep concern” about human rights
  • UN rejection of Iranian “no-action motion” is a victory for
  • Iranian government report confirms innocence of Shiraz Baha
  • Baha'is imprisoned in Yemen may face deportation to Iran
  • Iran Intensifies Disinformation and Attacks on Baha'is
  • Baha'is reject allegations of subversive activity in Iran
  • Nobel Laureates call for release of Iranian Bahá’í prisoners
  • Seven jailed Iranian Bahá’ís make brief contact with families
  • Iranian Baha'i leaders being held incommunicado; growing
  • BIC rejects Iranian allegations on recent arrests
  • Six Baha'i leaders arrested in Iran; pattern matches deadly

2007

  • U.N. Committee Approves Resolution Expressing Concern over Human
  • Iranian government campaign against Baha'i’s shows new
  • Baha'i schoolchildren in Iran increasingly harassed and
  • Iranian Baha'is face continuing discrimination in higher
  • Baha'i girls to bring a message of equality -- and hope --

2006

  • United Nations expresses “serious concern” over human rights in
  • Iran steps up secret monitoring of Baha'is