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Aug29

Iran Accused Of Expelling Baha’i Students

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty posted a story about the confidential letter from Iran’s Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology to 81 universities instructing them to expel Baha’i students.

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Aug27

Secret memo confirms policy to expel Baha’is from Iranian universities

A copy of a 2006 confidential memo (with English translation) written by Iranian officials confirms that expulsion of Baha’i students from Iranian universities is official government policy, something Iranian authorities have repeatedly denied in recent years.

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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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