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Baha’i World Center celebrates the festival of Ayyam-i-Ha

The Ayyam-i-Ha festival is celebrated in the days before the Baha’i Fast and is dedicated to community service, hospitality, and generosity.

Guests enter the Baha’i Shrine and Gardens in Bahji, in the northern Israeli port city of Acre, February 26, 2026
A woman holds a placard during a demonstration in solidarity with protestors living in Iran, in Israel's central city of Holon on January 24, 2026.

UN experts demand answers as Iran continues to cloud the truth on violent protest crackdown

FOR IRAN’S Christian community, the postwar crackdown has been particularly severe, with at least 50 members detained by authorities. Here, Iranian Christians take part in the New Year prayer ceremony at a church in Tehran last January.

When faith comes under fire: How Iran’s repression of religious minorities has increased

Members of the Baha'i faith hold flowers as they demonstrate outside a state security court during a hearing in the case of a fellow Baha'i man charged with seeking to establish a base for the community in Yemen, in the country's capital Sanaa April 3, 2016

Iranian regime weaponizes judicial systems against Baha'i minority, Human Rights Watch claims


Iran, Kurdish regions prepare for Nowruz festival

As it occurs around the same time as Passover the seven symbolic items of the Haftseen table, which include an apple, garlic, wheat and other things, can draw comparisons to the Passover plate.

People wear a protective face masks, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they walk at the Grand bazar, ahead of the Iranian New Year Nowruz, March 20, in Tehran, Iran March 19, 2020

Interfaith prayer service at Western Wall for end of coronavirus

The initiative started in Spain, where believers from the various religions conveyed prayers for the clergy to place in the Western Wall.


Iranian textbooks full of antisemitic, anti-American content - ADL

In the first study of its kind in the past five years, ADL examined Iranian textbooks, with a focus on documenting antisemitism, incitement to violence and the promotion of hate.

 Protesters burn the US and Israeli flags during a demonstration against the the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist, in Tehran, Iran, November 28, 2020.

Iran continues to deny Bahá'í entrance to universities

Since the Islamic Revolution, Baha'is have been typically been denied entry to Iran's top colleges due to their faith and expression of religion.

Members of the Baha'i faith hold flowers as they demonstrate outside a state security court during a hearing in the case of a fellow Baha'i man charged with seeking to establish a base for the community in Yemen, in the country's capital Sanaa April 3, 2016

Iran’s regime escalates violent persecution of Baha’is

At least 77 Baha'is face a new wave repression for their religious faith

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UN experts urge Iranian-allied Houthis to release Baha’is

The Islamic Republic of Iran engages in massive persecution of Baha’is, according to the US State Department and UN reports.

Members of the Baha'i faith hold flowers as they demonstrate outside a state security court during a hearing in the case of a fellow Baha'i man charged with seeking to establish a base for the community in Yemen, in the country's capital Sanaa April 3, 2016

Pro-Iranian regime Houthi leader releases persecuted Baha'is in Yemen

In a statement on al-Masirah TV, the Houthi leader declared the release of members of the persecuted religious minority group.

Houthi troops ride on the back of a police patrol truck after participating in a Houthi gathering in Sanaa, Yemen February 19, 2020

Iran’s regime ramps up violent persecution of Baha’i community

The Islamic Republic of Iran intensified its violent repression of Baha’is in a series of arrest actions, home raids and denial of identification cards.

A BAHA’I family in Fars province stands near where an arson attack was committed.

Grapevine: Revival in Russia

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

VIKTOR VEKSELBERG (left) alongside Anton Vaino, chief of staff of the presidential executive office of Russia.

Iran’s media spreads anti-Baha’i, anti-Israel conspiracy

FarsNews in Iran wrote an article on Monday claiming that Baha’is are spying on Iran directed from “the main center of the sect in Israel.”

The Bahai gardens, Haifa