Iran is stepping up persecution of the Bahai, the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, in the crackdown launched ...

India's Baha'is have drawn attention to the persecution of the community in Iran, the birthplace of the faith. The community said that the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday protested what it called Qatar’s discriminatory policies against the religious minority Baha’i community. HRW deputy Middle East director at HRW Michael Page stated: ...

Olya Roohizadegan s story, like her religion, is one of love, steadfastness, peace, unity and justice. Raised in Iran, Roohizadegan was persecuted for her faith and belief in the Baha i religion. She ...

GENEVA, Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, a 90-year-old Baha’i in failing health who already served 10 years in prison for his Baha’i beliefs was arrested on 13 August in Iran ...

New York, Sept. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEW YORK—20 September 2023—The Baha’i International Community (BIC) highlighted Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s disregard for human rights in his speech ...

Paula Siegel of Philomath was among the 171 delegates who attended the 103rd national convention of the Baha'i Faith in Chicago. The annual gathering was April 29 to May 2 in the Baha'i House of ...

The leader of the small Baha’i community in Qatar was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for social media posts that allegedly “cast doubt on the foundations of the Islamic religion,” ...