Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran

On Dec. 8, TIME magazine ranked the ongoing detention of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran ninth among the top 10 religion stories of 2009. From the article: The government of Iran has held seven leaders of the Baha’i faith — a monotheistic religion founded in 19th century Persia — in prison for more than a year [...]

On December 1, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent a resolution condemning the state-sponsored persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran, the country’s largest religious minority. Human rights violations against the Iranian Bahá’í community have increased since 2005, including the incarceration of Baha’i leaders in Evin prison eighteen months ago. S.Res.71 is a concurrent resolution to H.Res.175—the eleventh congressional [...]