Iran arrests 10 Bahai women in crackdown on minority community

Shafaq News/ The Baha'i International Community, which represents the interests of this minority worldwide, announced that Iranian authorities arrested 10 women from the religion in a series of "horrific" home raids. The organization explained in a statement that "security forces carried out the arrests without legal orders or prior notice, as the elements infiltrated the women's homes by climbing walls, or by pretending to be utility workers, w…

Iran arrests 10 Bahai women in crackdown on minority community

Iranian authorities arrest 10 women from the Bahai community, accuse them of participating in activities deemed "deviant" under Islamic law.

Iran arrests 10 Bahai women in 'shocking' raids: group

Iranian authorities on Wednesday arrested 10 women members of the Bahai community, a representative group said, warning of escalating repression against one of the country's biggest non-Muslim religious minorities. "Security forces arrested ten Bahai women, without arrest warrants or prior notification, in a series of shocking home raids," the Bahai International Community (BIC), which represents at the United Nations the interests of faith memb…

Iranian authorities have arrested 10 Baha’i women in a series of “horrific” home raids, the Baha’i International Community, which represents the minority worldwide, said Wednesday. The group said in a statement that security forces carried out the arrests without warrants or prior notice, and that officers entered the women’s homes by climbing over walls or […]

Iran arrests 10 women from the Baha'i religious minority

Iran has escalated repression against Baha'i women, arresting 10 without warrants. The Baha'i International Community calls this part of a systematic campaign against the country's largest non-Muslim religious minority.

Iranian authorities today arrested ten Baha'i women, a group representing the Baha'i community announced, denouncing an escalation in the repression of the country's largest non-Muslim religious minority. According to the International Baha'i Community (CIB), which represents at the United Nations the interests of the members of this religious minority worldwide, the security forces, “without any arrest warrant or prior notification”, “forcibly …