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USCIRF releases two statements on Iran

01:26 pm on Sep 22nd 2008

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a statement on September 17 expressing concern over the institutionalization of a penal code in Iran that would introduce the death penalty in cases of apostasy.  Substantial mention is made about the Iranian Baha’i community in the following statement: USCIRF Concerned Over Apostasy Death Penalty Threat to Christians, Baha’is, Muslim Dissenters; Calls for Release of Prisoners

The Commission also released on September 19 a letter it had sent to a number of religious organizations protesting their initiative to invite President Ahmadinejad to take part in a dialogue on “the significance of religious contributions to peace.”  In this letter the Commission included reference to more than 20 Baha’is currently being held in prison on account of their religious beliefs: USCIRF: Don’t Legitimize Iranian President Ahmadinejad with Invitation to “Dialogue”

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    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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