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Iranian Baha’is sentenced to prison were helping underprivileged youth

05:36 pm on Feb 6th 2008

GENEVA
February 6, 2008 (BWNS)

Accusations by the Iranian government that 54 Baha’is were engaged in anti-regime “propaganda” when they were arrested almost two years ago are patently false, the Baha’i International Community reported today.

The story also provides a link to further background information about the social service projects that were initiated by the Baha’i community of Shiraz.

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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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