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125 European parliamentarians join UN experts to condemn escalating persecution of Iranian Baha’i women

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Brussels | 30 Jan 2025
One hundred and twenty-five Members of European Parliament and national parliaments across Europe...
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UN Member States raise concern about Baha'is during Iran’s Universal Periodic Review

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Geneva | 27 Jan 2025
Iran recently underwent its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR)—a UN human rights review—at the...
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Two days before the UN reviews Iran’s human rights record, the Iranian government detains 11 Baha’i women for their faith

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Geneva | 22 Jan 2025
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s latest outrage against the Baha’is of Iran occurred early this...
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UN human rights experts concertedly warn that Iranian Baha’i women face escalating and intersectional persecution

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Geneva | 20 Jan 2025
A group of 18 United Nations human rights experts issued a press release on 23 December 2024...
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BIC urges UN Member States to raise Iran’s abuse of Baha'i rights ahead of Universal Periodic Review

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Geneva | 16 Jan 2025
The Baha'i International Community calls upon all United Nations Member States to hold the Islamic...
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Mahvash Sabet is recovering from heart surgery: Iran’s government must let her do so in peace by never returning her to prison

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Geneva | 23 Dec 2024
Mahvash Sabet, a 71-year-old Iranian Baha’i prisoner of conscience jailed by the Islamic Republic...
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Rising support at UN General Assembly resolution criticizing Iran for human rights violations and persecution of Baha’is
New York | 17 Dec 2024
The United Nations General Assembly has rebuked the Islamic Republic of Iran for its human rights...
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European Parliament joins global chorus condemning Iran’s government for persecution of Baha’is and the abuse of women and other minorities
Brussels | 29 Nov 2024
An “urgency resolution” by the European Parliament “strongly condemned” the Iranian government’s “...
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11 years to deny justice: Iranian court rejects legal compensation to family of murder victim killed for his Baha’i beliefs

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Geneva | 21 Nov 2024
Eleven years ago Ataollah Rezvani, a Baha’i man in Iran, was brutally murdered in his car for being...
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United Nations resolution rebukes Iran’s government for systemic and escalating persecution of Baha’is and all Iranians—and calls for urgent change

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New York | 20 Nov 2024
A new United Nations (UN) resolution by the General Assembly’s Third Committee condemning the...
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Major new report exposes decades of violence against Iran’s Baha’is: adds to an unprecedented series of statements and findings

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New York | 11 Nov 2024
A major new report, Outsiders: Multifaceted Violence Against Baha’is in the Islamic Republic of...
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United Nations members and experts condemn persecution of Baha’is—in Iran and Yemen—at UN General Assembly
New York | 7 Nov 2024
In recent days the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s Third Committee heard several strong...
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Eighteen UN experts jointly and unitedly condemn Iran’s targeting of Baha’i women as 10 in Isfahan are sentenced to a total of 90 years in prison

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Geneva | 22 Oct 2024
A group of 18 United Nations Special Rapporteurs and UN Working Group experts have released a joint...
Statements
Statement of the Bahá’í International Community at the 57th United Nations Human Rights Council

Human Rights...

Geneva | 25 Sep 2024
Mr. President,    Yesterday, the Iranian President, Dr. Pezeshkian addressed the UN General...
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Will Promises Affect the Bitter Reality: Iran’s President Pezeshkian to address United Nations amid escalating Baha’i persecution

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New York | 23 Sep 2024
When Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian arrives at the United Nations, he will travel on the...
Publications
The Baha'i Question
19 Sep 2024
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Parliamentarians across Europe issue joint statement on the situation of Baha’i women in Iran
Brussels | 3 Jul 2024
In a significant intervention, the European Union, along with more than 50 members of parliament (...
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Members of Parliament and Senators across Europe issue a joint statement on the situation of the Baha’i women in Iran
Brussels | 27 Jun 2024
"We urgently call upon the Iranian authorities to immediately halt the persecution of Baha'is,...
Statements
Joint statement by Members of Parliament and Senators across Europe on the situation of the Baha’is in Iran
Brussels | 27 Jun 2024
In light of the alarming targeting of women in Iran, we, Members of Parliament and Senators from...
Statements
Situation of the Baha'is in Iran

Statement read at the 11th Meeting of the 56th Regular Session of Human Rights Council

Geneva | 25 Jun 2024
Madame Special Rapporteur,  Imagine living in a country where a teenager, with all the hopes and...

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