VOA - Baha'i Leaders Arrested in Iran

Voice of America put out this story on May 28, 2008, Baha’i Leaders Arrested in Iran Continue Reading…

Strength of faith battles tyranny

The St. Petersburg Times published the following article “Strength of faith battles tyranny” in which they interviewed some local Iranian Baha’is about the situation of the Baha’is in Iran. Continue Reading…

Five more Baha’is detained in Iran, report rights groups

IranVNC has posted an article concerning the arrest of five additional Baha’is in Iran. You can access the article here Continue Reading…

Iran Arrests National Baha’i Leaders in Dawn Raids

Priya Abraham, Director of Communications for the Institute on Religion and Public Policy, wrote the following piece for The Cutting Edge Iran Arrests National Baha’i Leaders in Dawn Raids. It was published on May 26, 2008. Continue Reading…

Concern mounts over the fate of Iranian Baha’i leaders

The Bahá’í International Community today expressed its deep concern for the fate of the six Baha’i leaders who were arrested on May 14, 2008. At present, the whereabouts of none of the seven are known.

It was originally understood that the six were taken to Evin prison with the seventh remaining in Mashhad since March 2008. Relatives have made repeated attempts to gain more information, but have only been met with evasion and conflicting stories from government officials.

For further details, please visit http://news.bahai.org/story/635 Continue Reading…

Iran's Abused

The following editorial was posted in today’s Wall Street Journal Europe “Iran’s Abused” Continue Reading…

Baha'i International Community rejects Iranian allegations on recent arrests

The Bahá’í International Community has rejected the Iranian government’s allegations that six Bahá’ís were arrested last week “for security reasons and not for their faith.”

“All of the allegations issued in a statement on Tuesday by the Iranian government are utterly baseless,” said Bani Dugal, the principal representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations, referring to statements made in a press conference given on May 20, 2008, in Tehran by Iranian government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham, at which he acknowledged the arrest and imprisonment of six Bahá’í leaders last week.

For further remarks by the Bahá’í International Community on this matter, please visit http://news.bahai.org/story/634 Continue Reading…