Extremist Image Masks Iranians’ Many Faiths: Some Religious Minorities See Increase in Harassment

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04:46 pm on Jun 18th 2006 Admin

The Washington Post just published the following article that includes information about the problems faced by 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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