We are pleased to announce the re-release of our May 2009 “Preliminary Assessment: The Threat of Genocide to the Baha’is of Iran,” which has now been redesigned in a new format. This document provides excellent background information to the new 2010 “Supplementary Report:...
The Iranian human rights organization RAHANA has provided a summary of anti-Baha’i rights violations in the first week of November. Four events in this excerpt highlight the ongoing judicial harassment and imprisonment of Baha’is for charges related to their beliefs: November 1 Baha’i...
The Sentinel Project is proud to announce the release of a new report on our Iranian Baha’i situation-of-concern. Unfortunately, this “Supplementary Report: The Threat of Genocide to the Baha’is of Iran” does not contain good news, as it demonstrates that the high level of...
Our research team has been working hard on a supplement to the Baha’i threat assessment of 15 May 2009. This new report will cover the key developments in the Iran SOC since that time and will be released tomorrow.
The International Federation for Human Rights has released a report outlining Iranian government discrimination towards ethnic and religious minorities, including Baha’is. Read the report here.
Iran Press Watch has conveyed a report from an Iranian opposition website that Jinous Sobhani, a Baha’i and former aide to Shirin Ebadi, has been sentenced to two years in prison by an Iranian court. Sobhani was once the secretary of the Human Rights Defenders Centre, which is headed by...
In a surprising development, reports out of Iran indicate that the harsh sentences handed down to seven Baha’i leaders last month have been reduced. Though the reason for this move is not yet known, lawyers representing the seven were informed two days ago that the twenty-year sentences...
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination released a statement today urging Iran to counter the discrimination that its minorities face everyday. While the Committee focuses on racial and ethnic prejudices, the statement also mentioned the difficulties faced by members of the...
The top seven leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community are now reported to have been sentenced to 20 years in prison. They were arrested in May 2008 and held without charge for 18 months before being charged with such crimes as “propaganda against the state” and “spreading...
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