Human rights

Driver killed in landslide at Chaghatay chromite mine

HRANA News Agency – Today, Monday, August 14, due to a landslide in the chromite mine in the village of “Gaft” in the city of…

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Emphasis on fines for not wearing the hijab; warning about firing employees with "un-Islamic profile photos"

Following the intensification of government pressure regarding the hijab, the Headquarters for the Promotion of Good Manners emphasized "cash fines for violators," and employees...

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Following the failure to observe the principle of separation of crimes; Nahid Shirpisheh was beaten in Karaj's Kachhui Prison

HRANA News Agency – Nahid Shirpisheh, the mother of Pouya Bakhtiari, one of the victims of the November 2019 protests, was recently accused by one of the prisoners…

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Entrance Exam 2021: Increase in the number of Baha'i students deprived of education

HRANA News Agency – The identities of three other Baha’i citizens participating in this year’s national entrance exam who were included in the results of this…

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Evin Prison: Extension of Jafar Ebrahimi's detention order

HRANA News Agency – The arrest warrant for Jafar Ebrahimi, a teacher union activist, has been extended for the second time. Despite the passage of 95…

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Pressure on Baha'is increases; one person arrested while homes of 8 other citizens searched

HRANA News Agency – On Sunday, August 29, Behnam Mumtazi, a Baha’i citizen living in Qazvin, was searched by security forces at his home…

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Siamak Honrour and Saeed Ittehad were sent to Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz to serve their sentence.

HRANA News Agency – Siamak Honrour and Saeed, the Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz, are sentenced to 31 months and 16 months in prison.

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New wave of pressure on Baha'is in Iran; homes of dozens of Baha'is searched and several arrested

In a new wave of arrests and summons of Baha'is in Iran, Islamic Republic security agents went to the homes of...

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