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Human Rights Watch – Iran: Free Bahá’í leaders

11:07 am on May 14th 2009

Human Rights Watch issued a statement today titled “Iran: Free Baha’i leaders”. The statement calls on the Iranian authorities to release the seven detained Baha’i leaders.

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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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