Iran: Persecution of religious minorities
International Liberty Association: In May 2021, the persecution of Iran’s religious minorities continued; Members of religious minorities were sentenced to long prison terms on trumped-up charges and in some cases were summoned and detained. Iran has particularly stepped-up pressure on the Baha’i community in Iran, making many... Read More
Appeals Court Uphold 12 Years in Prison Sentences four Iranian Baha’is
International Liberty Association: A Court of Appeals upheld the verdict of 12 years in prison, for four Iranian Baha’is solely for being members of their religious community. The Branch 36 of the Tehran Provincial Court of Appeals upheld the convictions of the Baha’i citizens Mona Mehrabi, Elham Karampisheh, Afsaneh Yadegar... Read More
Iran: Another Two Bahais Detained in Southwestern Iran
International Liberty Association: Two Iranian Baha’is, Vahid Dana and Saeed Abedi, were detained in their homes in Shiraz south-western Iran.Intelligence agents searched their homes and confiscated some of their personal belongings including their cell phones, computers, holy books and Baha’i photos. The two Baha’i men are... Read More
Iran: Security forces raid homes of 13 Baha’i citizens in central Iran
International Liberty Association: The state security forces raided the homes of 13 Baha’i citizens today in the Baharestan city in central Iran’s Isfahan Province. Security forces arrested at least eight Baha’i citizens. They were identified as Sara Shakib, Firouzeh Rastinejad, Sanaz Rasteh, Azita Rezvani, Mojgan Pourshafi,... Read More
Iran executes ethnic Baluchi who was tortured into confessing
ILA: Javid Dehghan International Liberty Association: Iranian authorities on Saturday hanged Javid Dehghan, a member of Iran’s Baluchi ethnic minority, despite a plea by the United Nations to halt his execution.The Iranian judiciary’s official website reported that Javid Dehghan, 31, was hanged in the central prison of Zahedan for... Read More
Iran: Christian woman denied jobs
International Liberty Association: A Christian woman has been deprived from getting employed for converting from Islam to Christianity, by the Iranian Intelligence services.A former prisoner of conscience, Mary Mohammadi (Fatemeh) wrote in a post that nearly one year since she was released from Qarchak Prison in Varamin, she has been... Read More
Iran: Three Sunni Prisoners secretly executed
International Liberty Association: According to the reports from Iran, three Sunni prisoners, Hamid Rastbala, Kabir Sa’adat Jahani and Mohammad Ali Arayesh, were executed on Thursday, 31 December 2020, in Vakilabad Prison of Mashhad. These three Sunni prisoners were transferred to an unknown location on Wednesday, 31 December 2020,... Read More
Iran: Five Baha’i women Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
Iran: Bahai' women International Liberty Association: Acording to the reports from Mashad, north-east Iran, Five Baha’i women were sentenced to a total of five years imprisonment.The 3re Branch of the Revision Court of Khorasan Razavi Province upheld a total of five years imprisonment sentence for five Baha’i women living in Mashhad,... Read More
A toddler with heart disease is separated from her Christian parents
International Liberty Association: A court issued an inhuman ruling to separate a 2-year-old toddler from her Christian parents in Iran, despite her “strong emotional bonds” The little girl was subsequently separated from her parents and handed over to the Welfare Organization.The 2-year-old toddler called Lydia was born Muslim but... Read More
Rameel Bet Tamarz, an Assyrian citizen, was released from Evin prison
International Liberty Association: According to Christian News Agency, reports from Iran indicate that Ramael Beth Tammarz, son of Pastor Victor Bet Tamraz, has been released from prison on Wednesday, February 27. It was going to release “Ramil Beth Tammarz”, the Assyrian Christian, on March 22, but he was released about eight days... Read More
Iranian Christians Persecuted for Practicing Their Religion
International Liberty Association: According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, Iran has nearly 300,000 Christians, including adherents of apostolic Churches—Latin Catholic, Armenian and Assyrian/Chaldean—and newer Protestant and evangelical churches. The Catholic hierarchy consists of one Latin... Read More
Gonabadi Dervish Leader Passes Away, in a Hospital in Tehran
Nour Ali Tabandeh-ILA International Liberty Association: The leader of Gonabadi dervishes, passed away in a hospital in Tehran, on 24 December 2019. The 92-year-old Noor-Ali Tabandeh, also known as Majzoub Ali Shah, was a France educated lawyer and the spiritual leader of Gonabadi dervishes. He was also an outspoken critic of Velayat-e... Read More
Iran: Authority Refuses Youcef Nadarkhani’s Children’s school diplomas
International Liberty Association: Well known Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, who had been sentenced to death for “apostasy”, but due to international attention and solidariry campaign to defend him, he was acquitted of apostasy in 2012, is concerned about the future sons Daniel, 17, and Yoel ,15, who are unable to receive high school... Read More
Iran: Ahwazi Arab men ‘Tortured to Confess’
Iranian authorities executed two Ahwazi Arab minority members, following months of torture during which both were forced to make false confessions, in the Fajr prison, in the city of Dezful, on Sunday, 4 July, 2019. According to the state-owned news agency, IRNA, these men were convicted of “enmity against God” (moharebeh) in... Read More