2006 May | Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran

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May31

Terry Mattingly from Scripps Howard News Service wrote the following article about the situation of the Baha’is in Iran.

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About the Persecution

Some 300,000 Baha’is live throughout Iran, making the Baha’i Faith the country’s largest minority religion. The persecution of Baha'is in Iran has been taking place since the religion began there in the mid-nineteenth century. More than 200 Baha’is were killed in Iran between 1978 and 1998, the majority by execution, and thousands more were imprisoned.More
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