The Iranian authorities’ persecution of the Baha’i minority since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 constitutes a crime against humanity, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday. The New York ...

Women from Iran's Baha'i community face intersectional persecution as both women and as Baha'is. "We express serious concern at what appears to be an increase in systematic targeting of Iranian women ...

The Baha’í immigrants’ narratives and experiences reaffirm and complicate our understandings of how religious, national, and cultural identities are negotiated. Akhavi, S. (1980). Religion and ...

The report also found that Iranian authorities are carrying out the crime against humanity of persecution against Baha'is in Iran, the largest non-Muslim religious minority. Iranian authorities ...

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GENEVA—7 May 2025—The Baha’i International Community (BIC) is alarmed by the recent arrest and detention of Mr. Remy Rowhani, a senior Baha'i dignitary and respected Qatari citizen, in Doha on 28 ...

As the United States and other countries focus on the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear ambitions, it is easy to ignore the fact that Iran is also one of the world's worst human rights violators.

Simply put, the Bahá’í Faith began on May 23, 1844, when a young Muslim scholar on a quest to find the Promised One ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Representatives of Baha’i, Iran’s largest religious minority, say it is the target of targeted discrimination. Mohammadi is the fifth laureate in the more than 120-year history of the Nobel ...