Naeim Ghalili

In the end you’re dust. just dust.

[Naeim Ghalili @NaeimG]

@omid9 @potkazar Because it’s a highly corrupt government itself similar to the IRGC. It’s like saying why has the IRGC not accepted the Bahai’s as a formal religion

[Iran Press Watch @iranpresswatch]

پارسا نجفی، شهروند بهائی در اصفهان بازداشت شد

امروز شنبه ۱۶ خردادماه، پارسا نجفی، شهروند بهائی ساکن اصفهان، توسط ماموران امنیتی در محل سکونت خود بازداشت و به زندان این شهر منتقل شد. همزمان، منزل خانوادگی این شهروند مورد تفتیش قرار گرفت و شماری از لوازم شخصی او و خانواده‌اش نیز توسط ماموران ضبط شد.

بر اساس اطلاعات دریافتی هرانا، حوالی ساعت ۹:۳۰ صبح امروز، ماموران امنیتی با ورود به منزل خانوادگی آقای نجفی، وی را بازداشت کردند. بازداشت این شهروند بهائی با خشونت و رفتارهای توهین‌آمیز از سوی ماموران همراه بوده است.
یک منبع مطلع نزدیک به خانواده این شهروند بهائی ضمن تایید این موضوع به هرانا گفت: «خانواده پارسا طی یک تماس تلفنی کوتاه مطلع شده‌اند که وی پس از بازداشت به زندان اصفهان منتقل شده است. همزمان منزل خانوادگی این شهروند توسط ماموران مورد تفتیش قرار گرفته است. در جریان این بازرسی، شماری از وسایل شخصی وی و اعضای خانواده‌اش، از جمله تلفن‌های همراه، لپ‌تاپ‌های شخصی، کارت‌های بانکی، مدارک هویتی، گذرنامه، تابلوها و کتاب‌های درسی و آموزشی ضبط شده است.»
هرانا مطلع شده است که محل سکونت این شهروند بهائی پیشتر نیز در تاریخ ۲ دی ماه ۱۴۰۳، توسط ماموران امنیتی مورد تفتیش قرار گرفته بود.

تا لحظه تنظیم این گزارش از دلایل بازداشت و اتهامات مطروحه علیه آقای نجفی اطلاعی حاصل نشده است.

پارسا نجفی، شهروند بهائی ۱۹ ساله و ساکن اصفهان است.

در دهه گذشته، جامعه بهائیان در ایران بیش از هر اقلیت مذهبی دیگری هدف برخوردهای امنیتی و قضایی قرار گرفته است. بررسی گزارشات سالانه مرکز آمار، نشر و آثار مجموعه فعالان حقوق بشر در ایران، نشان می‌دهد که طی سال میلادی گذشته، به‌ طور میانگین ۶۲.۴۱٪ از گزارش‌های مربوط به اقلیت‌های مذهبی، به نقض حقوق شهروندی بهائیان اختصاص داشته است.
https://t.co/v0TKdES5g9
#بهائی #اصفهان

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

NOW IN THEATERS: Cast Aside the Clouds, from director Mary Darling and co-directors Bre Vader and Felicia Sobhani, is the first feature film to bring the story of the Bahá'ís in Iran to the big screen. But it's no tragedy and it isn't a victims' narrative. Cast Aside the Clouds is a love story, between Leyla, a young Bahá'í woman, and Sassan, a Muslim man navigating Iran's tension between prejudice and progress. And it evokes the love Bahá'ís have for Iran irrespective of 47 years of persecution under the Islamic Republic. The film is at New York's Village Cinema until 4 June, the Lumiere Cinema in Los Angeles from 4-11 June, the Wayfarer Cinema in Chicago from 18-25 June, and in Washington DC at the Angelika from 25 June to 1 July.
https://t.co/2q79Sh9TLe

[Naeim Ghalili @NaeimG]

@LindseyGrahamSC Let’s not be Naive.

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

Anisa Fanaian Re-Arrested in Semnan to Serve Prison Sentence

On 11 May 2026 Mrs. Anisa Fanaian, a Baha’i resident of Semnan, was arrested and taken to resume serving her prison sentence.

Security agents arrested Fanaian at her home in Semnan while carrying an arrest warrant for the enforcement of the remainder of her sentence.

Mrs. Fanaian had previously been released from Semnan Prison on 2 October 2025, after the Supreme Court accepted her request for judicial review and referred her case to a parallel branch for reconsideration. However, in renewed proceedings, Branch 10 of the Semnan Province Court of Appeals upheld her sentence without modification, again sentencing her to eight years in prison.

She had earlier been arrested on 11 March 2025, in one of the streets of Semnan and transferred to prison to begin serving her sentence but later released pending her appeal.

In March 2024, the Revolutionary Court of Semnan sentenced Mrs. Fanaian to a total of 16 years in prison, along with financial penalties, deprivation of social rights, and confiscation of part of her family’s property. The charges against her included “forming a group with the intention of disrupting national security,” “educational or promotional activity contrary to Islamic law,” and “propaganda against the regime.” The sentence was later reduced to eight years by Branch 7 of the Semnan Court of Appeals, with seven years enforceable under Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code.

#Bahai #Iran #Arrests #Imprisonments #AnisaFanaian

[Archive Of Baha’i Persecution (‌اسناد بهائی‌ستیزی) @PersecutionIran]

Iran News #Bulletin #16-2026 re the persecution and human rights abuses of the Bahá'ís in #Iran is available here: https://t.co/SJGGacxZdK

#Bahai #Bahais_of_Iran #HumanRights
#Karaj #Mashhad #Semnan #Qaemshahr #Shiraz #Najafabad

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

Thank you Elliott Abrams and @CFR_org for covering the devastating danger of expulsion facing nearly half of the #Bahai community in #Qatar: "These attacks on the small and law-abiding Baha’i community are victimizing people who have committed no crimes and seek only to live in peace and worship freely." Link to article: https://t.co/yDJ3wa4hJb
#humanrights

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

In a joint declaration, 21 (and counting) French parliamentarians have expressed their firm condemnation of the situation facing Peyvand and Borna Naimi, young Iranian Bahá'ís arbitrarily detained since January 8 and March 1, 2026, respectively.

Imprisoned in Kerman, they are enduring unbearable physical and psychological torture, including mock executions, aimed at extracting false confessions that could serve as a pretext for a death sentence. Accused without evidence of participating in protests and attacks against Revolutionary Guards, the true reason they are being targeted is their religious beliefs.

The parliamentarians note that since 1979, the Iranian government has systematically made Bahá'ís scapegoats during every political or social crisis, accusing them without proof of espionage or conspiracy.

They demand that France use all diplomatic levers to pressure the Iranian regime to end these persecutions and secure the immediate release of Peyvand and Borna Naimi, as well as all Bahá'í and prisoners of conscience in Iran.

Signatories:
Ayda Hadizadeh (Députée du Val d'Oise)
Yannick Jadot (Sénateur de Paris)
Jérémie Patrier-Leitus (Député du Calvados)
Mickaël Bouloux (Député d'Ille et Vilaine)
Pouria Amirshahi (Député de Paris)
Rodrigo Arenas (Député de Paris)
Sandra Regol (Députée du Bas-Rhin)
Sandrine Rousseau (Députée de Paris)
Marie-Noëlle Battistel (Députée de l'Isère)
Karim Benbrahim (Député de la Loire Atlantique)
Sandrine Runel (Députée du Rhône)
Alexis Corbière (Député de la Seine-Saint-Denis)
Christian Cambon (Sénateur du Val-de-Marne)
Eric Martineau (Député de la Sarthe)
Pierre Pribetich (Député de la Côte d'Or)
Léa Balage El Mariky (Députée de Paris)
Hervé Saulignac (Député de l'Ardèche)
Dorine Bregman (Députée de Paris)
Fabrice Barusseau (Député de la Charente-Maritime)
Paul Christophe (Député de la Drôme)
Fatiha Keloua Hachi (Députée de la Seine-Saint-Denis).

#BahaiRights #PeyvandNaimi #BornaNaimi #Iran #FrenchParliament

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

Riaz Behrad Arrested After Appearance at Prosecutor’s Office in Karaj

On 6 May 2026, Mr. Riaz Behrad, a Baha’i resident of Karaj, was arrested after appearing at the Karaj Prosecutor’s Office, and was subsequently transferred to an undisclosed location.

The arrest of Mr. Behrad followed a search of his home by security agents on 4 May during which authorities issued summons to the Prosecutor’s Office.

As of the time of reporting, no information has been released regarding the reasons for his arrest, his whereabouts, or the nature of any charges brought against him.

#Bahai #Iran #Arrests #Imprisonments #RiazBehrad

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

Romina Goli Arrested and Charged in Sari

On 9 May 2026 Ms. Romina Goli, a Baha’i resident of Sari, was arrested by security forces and formally charged during an interrogation session held on 10 May.

During the interrogations at the Sari Prosecutor’s Office, she was charged under Article 500 and Article 500 bis of the Islamic Penal Code with “propaganda against the regime” and “propaganda activity contrary to Islamic law.” Authorities subsequently issued a one-month detention order against her.

Ms. Goli was arrested from her home in Sari after agents approached her under the pretext of delivering a package. No arrest warrant was presented at the time. Family members twice requested that the officers present a judicial warrant — first by her parents and later by her brother when he arrived at the house — but the agents allegedly replied: “Even if we have a warrant, we will not show it to you”. They also stated that had the door not been opened, they would have entered by climbing over the wall.

During the operation, her mobile phone, her mother’s phone, a laptop, and several religious books were confiscated. Investigators also questioned family members about her online activity and social media posts. Following her arrest, she was taken to an undisclosed location.

As of the time of writing, no information has been released regarding her place of detention.

#Bahai #Iran #Arrests #Imprisonments #RominaGoli

[Iran Press Watch @iranpresswatch]

https://t.co/bZMc0VbHzY
Pejman Zare, a Bahá’í citizen residing in Shiraz, remains in detention and legal uncertainty despite 65 days having passed since his arrest. He was recently transferred to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz.

An informed source close to the family of this Bahá’í citizen confirmed the matter to HRANA, saying: “Mr. Zare was recently transferred to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz after being held for 58 days in an unknown location, during which his family had no information about his condition. So far, he has had only one visit with his family, held from behind glass. He continues to be denied access to a lawyer and has not yet been formally informed of the charges against him.”

The informed source added: “Although his family has secured bail and submitted it to the prosecutor’s office, his temporary release has not yet been approved.”
#Bahai #Shiraz

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

Members of India's legal fraternity have issued a joint statement expressing deep alarm over the escalating persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran, who are being scapegoated amid the current war.

The statement highlights the cases of Peyvand Naimi and Borna Naimi, a young father of a three-year-old child, who have allegedly endured severe torture, mock executions, electric shocks causing severe burns, prolonged solitary confinement, and detention in a section known as the "death suite."

These actions constitute grave violations of international human rights law, including the absolute prohibition of torture and the right to a fair trial.

The legal fraternity calls upon Iranian authorities to immediately end all forms of torture, ensure the safety and rights of all prisoners of conscience, and release those detained solely on account of their faith. They further urge the Government of India and people of conscience everywhere to raise their voices and demand justice.

#BahaiRights #PeyvandNaimi #BornaNaimi #Iran #HumanRights #IndiaLegalFraternity

[Naeim Ghalili @NaeimG]

@LindseyGrahamSC Why Can’t American politicians understand. There is NO negotiating with a murderous regime. They will Not capitulate. If they do the people of Iran will kill them all for what they have done for 5 decades

[Naeim Ghalili @NaeimG]

@MarcoFoster_ @BarackObama you have allowed a horrible human disease fester on this earth whose Only aim is destroy justice peace and democracy. You appeased that grotesque regime just like Chamberlain tried with Hitler. SHAME ON YOU.

[Naeim Ghalili @NaeimG]

@amyklobuchar As much as I respect you. I disagree with you about this decision of Trump. The Iranian regime is a darkness in this world and must be removed to save ALL humanity. This isn’t a Democratic or Republican thing. This is raising the hand of Justice and saving 90 million Humans.

[Naeim Ghalili @NaeimG]

@ML3democrats He has amazing clarity and one of the most straight talking politicians I’ve known. He will serve this country well.

[Naeim Ghalili @NaeimG]

@stylist_que_2 He was a weak president. A good administrator maybe. But weak as a leader.

[Naeim Ghalili @NaeimG]

@lady_valor_07 Learn Spanish

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

في مصر، لا يُعترف قانوناً إلا بعقود الزواج المُبرمة وفقاً للشعائر الإسلامية أو المسيحية. وحتى عقود الزواج البهائية المسجَّلة في بلدان أخرى — بما في ذلك، في بعض الحالات، عبر السفارات المصرية — لا يُعترف بها داخل مصر.

كما تنصّ المادة 134 من اللوائح الداخلية لمكتب الشهر العقاري، الصادرة بناءً على تعليمات وزارة الداخلية، على حظر تسجيل عقود الزواج المدني للبهائيين. ولا يُسمح في مصر بتسجيل عقود الزواج المدني المُبرمة في الخارج إلا إذا كان كلا الزوجين مُسجَّلين كمسلمين أو مسيحيين في بطاقات هويتهم. ويترتب على ذلك حرمان البهائيين من حقّ توثيق عقود الزواج المسجَّلة في الخارج، وإغلاق مسار كان بعض الأزواج قد لجأوا إليه سابقاً.

ونتيجةً لذلك، لا يمكن تسجيل عقود الزواج البهائية قانوناً، ولا يُعترف بالأسر البهائية في إطار القانون. ولا يستطيع الوالدان إثبات علاقتهما الرسمية ببعضهما البعض أو بأطفالهما، الأمر الذي تترتب عليه آثار واسعة تشمل الميراث، وحضانة الأطفال، والمعاشات، وتصاريح الإقامة، وقدرة الأمهات المصريات على نقل الجنسية إلى أبنائهن.
#حقوق_المصريين_البهائيين

[Iran Press Watch @iranpresswatch]

https://t.co/AJBHGk5dCo

Puneh Rouhizadegan, the aunt of Anqa Siavoshi, a Bahá’í citizen detained in Shiraz, has expressed concern in a video about her niece’s physical condition in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz.

In the video, she explains that she recently learned Anqa had been transferred to Adelabad Prison in Shiraz and that her physical condition is not good. Before her arrest, Anqa had been receiving medical treatment, and the sudden interruption of her medication could have serious and dangerous consequences for her. Nevertheless, she has been denied access to the medication she needs, further increasing her family’s concern.

Anqa Siavoshi, a 19-year-old Bahá’í citizen and resident of Shiraz, was arrested by Intelligence Ministry agents in Shiraz on April 7.

#Anqa_Siavoshi #Bahai #Shiraz