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Bahá’í Couple Elham Khollas and Navid Tashakkor Due in Court on 21 October 2026 It was learned on 15 October 2026 that Mrs. Elham Khollas Ardestani and her husband, Mr. Navid Tashakkor, both Bahá’ís and the parents of a 15-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son, were scheduled to appear in court on 21 October 2026 for a hearing in their case. Mr. Tashakkor had previously been arrested on charges related to the manufacture of drones and was acquitted. He was arrested again on 13 December 2025. After the couple’s laptops and mobile phones were confiscated, agents examined materials concerning the Bahá’í Faith stored on the devices, prompting an investigation into the couple’s religious beliefs. Mr. Tashakkor was released on bail of one billion tomans after several weeks in temporary detention. Mrs. Khollas was arrested on 18 August 2026 after reporting to the investigator’s office headed by Mr. Sabbagh. The charges against her included keeping an article on her laptop, studying at the Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), and having “contact with Israel.” #Bahai #Iran #Arrests #Imprisonments #ElhamKhollasArdestani #NavidTashakkor

Bahá'ís have been part of #Qatar since before the modern state was founded, But after years of discrimination, that community now faces erasure: over the past 15 years, more than 20 Bahá'í families, about 100 people, have been forced to leave. And recently, two more Bahá'ís were deported, and two others face imminent deportation. Learn more: bic.org/news/qatar-deports-f…

Behzad Yazdani Detained for More Than Six Months Without Trial It was learned on 4 October 2026 that, more than six months after his arrest, Mr. Behzad Yazdani, a Bahá’í resident of Shiraz, remained detained in Adelabad Prison without a court hearing or resolution of his case. Security agents arrested Mr. Yazdani at his home in Shiraz on 28 March 2026 and subsequently transferred him to Adelabad Prison, where he has since remained in custody. Throughout Mr. Yazdani’s detention, no court session has been held to address the charges against him. He has also been denied access to legal counsel and has not been permitted to review his case file. His family has received no clear information from judicial authorities about the status of the case, the possibility of his release on bail, or the timeline for judicial proceedings; they have been told only that the case remains under review. Further concern arose following the death of Mr. Yazdani’s mother-in-law the previous week. The relevant authorities denied a request for several hours of furlough to allow him to attend her funeral and burial ceremony. The case forms part of a broader series of actions affecting members of Mr. Yazdani’s family. His wife, Mrs. Romina Khazali, was arrested at her home in Shiraz by the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on 29 March 2026 and was released on bail on 21 June 2026. As of the time of writing, no court date had been announced, and no information had been made available about the resolution of Mr. Yazdani’s case or the possibility of his release. #Bahai #Iran #Arrests #Imprisonments #BehzadYazdani

In an interview with @IranIntl journalist Negar Mojtahedi, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani, editor and co-translator of Open Wide the Doors, discusses the memoir of Iranian poet and Bahá’í prisoner of conscience Mahvash Sabet. Nakhjavani explores Sabet’s philosophy of “constructive resilience” through her experiences in prison, where even small acts of service, compassion, and solidarity with fellow prisoners became ways of responding to injustice with purpose. Watch Part 1 of the interview. #MahvashSabet #BahaiRights #Iran #ConstructiveResilience

يستعرض حسام بهجت، المدير التنفيذي للمبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية @EIPR، أبرز التحديات التي يواجهها المواطنون البهائيون في #مصر، كما وثّقها أحدث تقارير المبادرة بعنوان: نحو الرحيل أو الفناء: جهود الدولة المصرية لمحو مواطنيها البهائيين. ويبقى السؤال المطروح: ما الحلول والخطوات الفعلية التي تقدمها السلطات المصرية لإنهاء هذه المعاناة؟ رابط التقرير: eipr.org/sites/default/files… #حقوق_المصريين_البهائيين #حقوق_الإنسان

Eighteen days after her arrest in Shiraz, there is still no information about the whereabouts or condition of 20-year-old Bahá’í Sarina Zaeri. Zaeri was arrested on 14 September 2026 after security agents raided and searched her family home. Since then, she has had no visits or telephone communication with her family. Barbod Sepehri, 21, and Arshia Jaberi, 19, were also arrested in Shiraz on the same day and transferred to undisclosed locations. iranbahaipersecution.bic.org… #Bahai #Iran #Shiraz #Arrests #Imprisonments #SarinaZaeri

Romina Goli Receives Prison Sentence and Ten-Year Deprivation of Social Rights It was learned on 23 September 2026 that Ms. Romina Goli, a Bahá’í resident of Sari, has been sentenced by Branch Two of the Revolutionary Court of Sari to a total of five years, seven months, and sixteen days of imprisonment, in addition to ten years of deprivation of social rights. According to the verdict issued and formally served on Ms. Goli, she was sentenced to five years of imprisonment and ten years of deprivation of social rights on the charge of “deviant educational or promotional activity contrary to or disruptive of the sacred law of Islam” under Article 500 bis of the Islamic Penal Code. She was also sentenced to seven months and sixteen days of imprisonment on a separate charge of “propaganda against the regime” under Article 500 of the Islamic Penal Code. Ms. Goli was arrested by security agents in Sari on 9 May 2026. At the time of her arrest, security agents raided her home and conducted a search of the residence. During the operation, a number of her personal digital devices and religious books related to the Bahá’í Faith were confiscated. On 10 May 2026, an interrogation session was held for Ms. Goli at the Prosecutor’s Office in Sari. She was subsequently released from prison after posting bail while judicial proceedings continued. As of the time of writing, no information has been made available regarding any appeal of the verdict. #Bahai #Iran #Arrests #Imprisonments #RominaGoli

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. castasidetheclouds.com