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Crackdown and Arrests of Bahá’ís Have Intensified

posted onFebruary 4, 2026
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The Bahá’í International Community says that the Islamic Republic, alongside its suppression of recent protests, has intensified pressure and persecution against Bahá’ís, Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, and is using state media to portray this community as responsi

Iran Confirms Killing of Children by Military Forces

posted onJanuary 31, 2026
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Iran’s parliamentary Education Commission has acknowledged that a number of students under the age of 18 were arrested during the crackdown on the January protests, while reporting that its official letter to the Law Enforcement Command regarding students who were killed or deta

Yalda Abbasi, Kurdish artist, arrested

posted onJanuary 28, 2026
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According to published reports, Yalda Abbasi, a well-known Kurdish artist and dotar player from Shirvan in North Khorasan, who resides in Germany, was arrested in Mashhad by forces of the Islamic Republic’s Intelligence Ministry after traveling to Iran to visit her family and wa