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2008 U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

12:02 pm on Feb 26th 2009

The U.S. Department of State released its country reports on Human Rights Practices for 2008, on February 25, 2009. The section on Iran contains several references to the difficulties experienced by the Baha’i community 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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