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Westminster debates trial of Baha’is in Iran

01:35 pm on Jul 8th 2009 OEA

Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis MP called for “transparency”, “openness” and “international best practice” in the upcoming trial of seven Iranian Bahá’í leaders, expected to take place on July 11, 2009. The Foreign Minister issued this call to action during a Westminster Hall debate held in London’s Houses of Parliament on July 8, 2009. Access the full story at Bahá’í News UK.

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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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