
Press Release:UK joins international community in calls to stop persecution of Baha’is in Ivel, Iran
For more information, please contact Media Officer at UK Bahá’í Office of Public Affairs, Sophie Gregory sophie.gregory@bahai.org.uk. London – 16/2/21 – The Baha’is of Iran have attracted support from the UK and officials across the globe in response to Iranian authorities confiscating Baha’i owned land on religious grounds. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State Foreign Commonwealth& Development Affairs, had added his voice to the chorus of voices expressing concern at t

"An extraordinary wave of support": growing outcry for Bahá'ís in Iranian Village, Ivel
Leading Muslims, government officials, and parliamentarians around the world have joined a growing outcry for the Bahá'ís in Ivel, Iran

Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra Statement on Persecution of Bahá'ís in Ivel
I am greatly alarmed to learn about the prejudicial ruling of two courts in the Islamic Republic of Iran confiscating land belonging to the Bahá'ís in the rural village of Ivel. This unjust land seizure intended to punish Bahá'ís for their belief has caused great anguish and left dozens of families displaced and impoverished. I call upon the Islamic republic's Chief Justice, His Eminence Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi, to address this injustice. I plead with him to please return the la