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Concern mounts over the fate of Iranian Baha’i leaders

11:36 am on May 27th 2008

The Bahá’í International Community today expressed its deep concern for the fate of the six Baha’i leaders who were arrested on May 14, 2008. At present, the whereabouts of none of the seven are known.

It was originally understood that the six were taken to Evin prison with the seventh remaining in Mashhad since March 2008. Relatives have made repeated attempts to gain more information, but have only been met with evasion and conflicting stories from government officials.

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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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