Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran

On January 12, 2010,  the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released a statement denouncing the trial of seven Baha’i leaders as a “sham” and stating that the trial should be “condemned in the strongest possible terms by the international community.”

We are extremely concerned about the fate of the seven Baha’is, who could face the death penalty for several of the charges leveled against them today in court,” said Leonard Leo, USCIRF chair.   “It appears that the Iranian government has already predetermined the outcome, and is once again using its courts as an instrument of religious persecution in blatant violation of international human rights law.

Read the full statement from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

Related media coverage: Washington TV

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