Farmers displaced and farmlands seized as Iran’s government intensifies Baha’i religious persecution

GENEVA—4 January 2024— Farmlands, rice paddies and walnut orchards belonging to Baha’i families in the village of Ahmadabad, a lush and fertile agricultural community in Mazandaran province, were forcibly seized this week by Iranian officials who claimed the lands on behalf of the Iranian government. No compensation or official documents justifying the seizures were provided […]