Jul16
Voice of America: Free Baha’i Leaders Held in Iran
On July 15, 2009, Voice of America published the following editorial calling for the release of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bi-partisan government body known as USCIRF, is calling for the release of 7 leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community who have been imprisoned for over a year. The seven – 2 women and 5 men – were reportedly due to stand trial on July 11. According to the Baha’i World News Service, their families were recently informed by authorities that the trial was delayed.
- Read the full editorial from Voice of America.
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