Religions and sects
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Murder of Arash Kasravi, a Zoroastrian Mobed in Kerman; Kerman prosecutor claims financial disputes
The "Amrdad" website, which publishes news related to the Zoroastrian community, has reported that the lifeless body of Zoroastrian monk Arash...
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Eight-year prison sentences for four Baha'i citizens in Shiraz finalized
The Fars Provincial Court of Appeal sentenced four Baha’i citizens to a total of eight years in prison. Previously, eight…
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Keyvan Samimi sentenced to three years in prison
The Revolutionary Court of Tehran has charged Keyvan Samimi, editor-in-chief of the Iran Farda magazine and a national-religious activist, with “collective and…
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Continuing repression of religious freedoms in Iran; preventing the release of Negin Ghadmian, a imprisoned Baha'i citizen
Negin Ghadamian, a Baha'i citizen imprisoned in Iran, who was arrested in late December 2017 and sentenced to 5 years in prison…
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Continuing repression of religious freedoms in Iran; even the exile of Dervishes does not satisfy the government
Reza Yavari, a Gonabadi dervish who was recently released from prison, called the exile of Gonabadi dervishes illegal…
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تفتیش خانه سه بهایی در اصفهان
ماموران اطلاعات سپاه پس از هجوم به محل زندگی یک خانواده بهایی و تفتیش وسایل آنها، کارگاه نجاری فرزند خانواده…
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has denied unofficial religious minorities the opportunity to obtain national ID cards.
To receive a national card, unofficial religious minorities must lie or be disenfranchised. For Baha'is and other minorities...
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US criticizes violation of religious minority rights in Iran
معاون رئیس جمهور ایالات متحده روز پنجشنبه با اشاره به نقض حقوق اقلیتهای مذهبی توسط جمهوری اسلامی٬ مردم ایران را…
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