Mohammad Zolfaghari

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Sep 1, 2023, 8:40 PM

Iran: Over 500 executed since January

In August 21, 2023, security forces in Iran, took the lives of 11 individuals in various prisons across the country. Among these 11 individuals whose right to life was taken away, seven of them were Baluch. Continuing this state-sponsored murder,...

Feb 23, 2023, 3:18 PM

Be the voice of Tomaj Salehi

Ye-One Rhie, a member of the German Parliament, expressed concern about Mr. Salehi's condition. Ye-One-Rhie tweeted: "Toomaj Salehi has been in solitary confinement nonstop for 116 days. His health is worrying. His injuries by torture have never been treated. It's...

Jan 7, 2023, 4:45 PM

Iranian regime hangs two detained protestors

Two detained protesters, Mohammad Mahdi Karami (22) and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini (39), arrested during the nationwide uprising, were hanged this morning, Saturday, January 7, 2023. The regime’s judiciary had charged the two with killing a member of the Basij and...

Oct 4, 2022, 12:17 AM

Iran’s supreme leader blames America and Israel for the protests in Iran

Iran's supreme leader has blamed the US and Israel for the protests sweeping the country following the death of a woman whilst in police custody. The leader of the Islamic Republic has always attributed the popular protests in Iran against...

May 11, 2022, 5:14 PM

Be Ahmadreza Djalali’s voice who will be executed in Iran soon

Source told Iran's semi-official Isna news agency that Ahmadreza Djalali, 50, could be executed by 21 May. Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer at the karolinska institute in Stockholm, was arrested in Iran in 2016 during an academic visit. He...

May 11, 2021, 6:24 PM

Five-year-old child was killed by anti-narcotic forces in Iran

A five-year-old Baluch boy was killed during a police chase in the southeastern city of Iranshahr on May 10, 2021. Narcotics forces fatally shot a 5-year-old Baluch boy identified as Meisam Narouie. A short video of his lifeless body in the...

Apr 28, 2021, 12:06 AM

The continued imprisonment of 7 Baha’is in Shiraz

Despite the passage of 10 days the following Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz are still being held in solitary confinement: Saeed Ettehad, Qassem Masoumi, Siamak Honarvar, Soroush Abadi, Sedigheh Aghdasi, Alieh Foroutan, and Behrooz Farzandi Ardakani. These citizens were arrested...

Nov 23, 2020, 11:23 PM

Iran: security forces raid homes of dozens of Baha’is

On Sunday, November 22, Security forces searched the homes of dozens of Baha’i citizens in at least six provinces, including Tehran, Alborz, Isfahan, Mashhad and Mazandaran. Between 30 to 50 Baha’i households were searched and security forces confiscated cellphones, laptops,...

Mar 20, 2019, 9:13 AM

Iranian regime executed 12 prisoners

Since the beginning of March, Iranian regime has executed more than 13 inmates in various prisons. A prisoner identified as Jalaluddin Mosala Nezhad was publicly hanged in Jahrom, south of Iran, the state-run Tasnim news agency reported on March 14. Also...

Dec 1, 2018, 11:18 PM

Monthly report about Bahais in Iran

Baha’i Mother and Daughter Begin Prison Term a Baha’i mother and daughter turned themselves in to begin serving one-year prison sentences. Mashhad resident May Kholousi, her daughter Saghi Fadaei, and their fellow Baha’is Shayan Tafazzoli and Dorri Amri were all sentenced...

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Mohammad Zolfaghari is a Baha'i News reporter and human rights defender who worked exclusively on Human Rights Violations especially religious minorities in Iran and as a documentary maker with Amnesty International. Lives in Norway.

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