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Images from mobile phone footage taken in Ivel showing fiercely burning fires and several Baha’i properties reduced to rubble Homes belonging to some 50 Baha’i families in the Iranian village of Ivel in Mazandaran were torched last Thursday, 22 June, a report from the Baha’i World News Service confirms. Villagers – incited by elements inimical [...]

The Baha’i World News Service reports that the ongoing trial of the seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned for more than two years in Iran appears to have concluded after three days of successive court hearings. The seven appeared in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran on the morning of Saturday, 12 June and returned [...]

Following a meeting on 10 June with representatives of the UK Baha’i community’s national governing council, the National Spiritual Assembly, Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt MP has expressed his concerns about the violations of the human rights the Baha’is in Iran. “I am extremely concerned by the impending trial of the seven spiritual leaders of [...]

Iran’s imprisoned leaders, l to r: Behrooz Tavakkoli, Fariba Kamalabadi, Vahid Tizfahm, Mahvash Sabet, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Saeid Rezaie, Afif Naeimi The seven Baha’i leaders in Iran, imprisoned for more than two years, face their fourth court appearance on 12 June, the Baha’i World News Service has reported. The trial of the seven began on 12 [...]

Supporters of the United4Iran campaign on 14 May outlined the cramped dimensions of the cells of the seven Baha’i leaders in Tehran’s Evin prison. This photograph is from Liechtenstein. The Baha’i International Community will be amongst a range of organisations cosponsoring the 12 June Global Day of Action demanding an end to human rights abuses [...]

President McAleese, left, talks to two members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the Republic of Ireland, Mr Brendan McNamara and Mrs Alison Wortley Mary McAleese, President of the Republic of Ireland, has praised the universality of of the Baha’i teachings and the contributions of the Baha’i community make to life in [...]

Top l to r: Behrouz Tavakkoli, Fariba Kamalabadi, Vahid Tizfahm, Mahvash Sabet Bottom l to r: Jamaloddin Khanjani, Saeid Rezaie, Afif Naemi On 14 May the seven members of Iran’s Bahá’í leadership group will begin their third year in prison. The prisoners are Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Afif Naeimi, Mr. Saeid Rezaie, [...]

The concerns of Baha’is in the UK about the fate of the leaders of the Baha’i community in Iran deepened today as more details emerged about yesterday’s trial hearing in Tehran. The Baha’i International Community has reported that the families of the Baha’i leaders were not allowed into the court. It quickly became clear that [...]

The Baha’i World News Service has reported that the seven imprisoned Iranian Baha’i leaders faced a third court session in their ongoing trial in Tehran today. No details of the closed hearing are available. “We know that a session did take place, but we do not have any specific information from reliable sources,” said Diane [...]

The third court session for seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned in Iran is scheduled for 10 April. According to Diane Ala’i, representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations in Geneva, the court date was confirmed to in writing to lawyers in Iran. The seven defendants have been imprisoned since 2008. It was only [...]