Second Case of Bahá’í Subjected to Mock Executions and Torture in Iran Raises Alarm Over Escalating Persecution
Mumbai / P R NEWS MEDIA NETWORK Disturbing new reports have emerged of the brutal torture of Mr. Borna Naimi, a 29-year-old Bahá’í and father of a three-year-old, who has endured at least two mock executions, electric shocks causing severe burns, and sustained physical and psychological abuse since his arrest in Kerman on 1 March. His case, along with that of his cousin Peyvand Naimi, signals a deeply troubling escalation in the persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran—the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority. In the initial days of detention, Borna was subjected to repeated beatings, with blows to his ribs, chest, back, and sides. He was also moved between undisclosed locations and threatened relentlessly—particularly with harm to his wife and young daughter, including warnings that his child would be placed in a state orphanage if he refused to comply. Under extreme duress, Borna was forced to sign a pre-written false confession implicating himself and Peyvand i...
