Documents and News

Office
You may use quotes around phrases
Format: 2026
Format: 2026
News
More than 20 Baha’i homes invaded in violent raids and many arrested in Iran as crackdown intensifies

Persian translation...

Geneva | 10 Nov 2023
Armed Iranian security agents raided the homes of more than 30 Baha’is this week in the cities of...
News
Twenty-six Baha’is in Iran sentenced to 126 years in prison as 10 Baha’i women arrested in Isfahan, and 3 Baha'is in Yazd

Persian translation...

Geneva | 26 Oct 2023
In an escalating pattern of persecution against the Baha’is in Iran, 36 more incidents targeting...
News
New edition of “The Baha’i Question” addressing 44 years of persecution launched in New York
New York | 25 Oct 2023
A new edition of “The Baha’i Question: Persecution and Resilience in Iran,” has been launched by...
News
From Dublin to Shiraz—across Europe and with love

Persian translation...

Geneva | 16 Oct 2023
A major feature of the #OurStoryIsOne campaign—a global movement to commemorate the 1983 execution...
News
Decades of persecution of Baha'i educators and university students proves to be a precursor to events in present-day Iran

Persian translation...

Geneva | 12 Oct 2023
The recent dismissal of thousands of educators and students from Iranian universities and schools,...
News
Baha’i community congratulates Narges Mohammadi on the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize

Persian translation ...

New York | 6 Oct 2023
The Baha’i International Community sends its sincere and joyful congratulations today to the 2023...
Publications
The Baha'i Question: Persecution and Resilience in Iran
6 Oct 2023
PDF icon The Baha'i Question: Persecution and Resilience in Iran
News
Iranian President Raisi disregards human rights and calls for religious respect despite 44-year record of religious persecution and rights abuses

Persian...

New York | 20 Sep 2023
The Baha’i International Community (BIC) highlighted Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s disregard...
News
Unprecedented vote at US House of Representatives in support of Iranian Baha’is invigorates global support
Geneva | 15 Sep 2023
Amid a severe crackdown on the Iranian Baha’i community, the US House of Representatives has passed...
News
Iranian authorities arrest 90-year-old Baha’i and target 180 more in relentless spiral of persecution

Persian translation...

Geneva | 16 Aug 2023
Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, a 90-year-old Baha’i in failing health who already served 10 years in...
News
#OurStoryIsOne attracts unprecedented support with a global reach of hundreds of millions
Geneva | 1 Aug 2023
In an extraordinary global response, the #OurStoryIsOne campaign has, in mere weeks since its...
News
Ten Baha’i women executed in Shiraz forty years ago commemorated at the European Parliament’s Iran delegation
STRASBOURG | 13 Jul 2023
A session of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with Iran heard testimony on the...
News
BIC Brussels hosts #OurStoryIsOne commemoration to mark 40th anniversary of the execution of 10 Baha’i women in Shiraz
Brussels | 21 Jun 2023
Joining a wave of global events, the Brussels Office of the Baha’i International Community hosted a...
News
Join #OurStoryIsOne Twitter storm on 18 June: Day of execution of 10 Baha’i women in Shiraz

Persian ...

Geneva | 15 Jun 2023
Join the Baha’i International Community (BIC) in a Twitter storm on 18 June, 2023, marking the 40th...
News
#OurStoryIsOne campaign gathers momentum

Persian...

Geneva | 5 Jun 2023
The Baha’i International Community (BIC) is today launching the intensive phase of the Our Story Is...
News
Ten Baha’i women executed together 40 years ago: Global campaign honors them in support of gender equality in Iran, calling for public creative contributions

Persian translation...

Geneva | 15 May 2023
The day of 18 June 2023 will mark 40 years since the Islamic Republic of Iran hanged 10 Baha'i...
News
Baha’is forcibly buried in Khavaran cemetery in Tehran and four arrested in connection with the cemetery

Persian translation...

Geneva | 4 May 2023
The Baha’i International Community is deeply distressed that, in the midst of widespread suffering...
News
Oppressed in Life and Persecuted in Death: Baha'is Prevented from Dignified Burials in their Own Cemetery

Persian translation...

Geneva | 3 Apr 2023
A brazen and barbaric act by the Iranian authorities has emerged in recent days in Tehran.  A...
Statements
Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

UN Human Rights Council –...

Geneva | 20 Mar 2023
Mr. President,  Today, women in Iran have become a voice for justice that can no longer be silenced...
News
Members of the European Parliament express their support following the imprisonment of Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi
Brussels | 9 Mar 2023
Deeply concerned by the news of Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi’s second 10-year imprisonment,...

Pages