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Minister Cannon expresses concern over Iran’s continued detention of seven Bahá’í leaders

11:29 am on May 15th 2009

The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, made a statement on May 14, 2009, marking the anniversary of the arrest and detention last year of six Baha’i leaders in Iran, who, with another arrested two months earlier, remain in custody.

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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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