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EU Presidency issues statement on religious freedom in Iran

10:27 am on May 26th 2009

On May 25, 2009 the presidency of the European Union issued a statement expressing its deep concern about the increasing violation of religious freedom in Iran. The statement reiterates the EU’s concern about seven Iranian Baha’is who were arrested in early 2008.

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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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