Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran

On February 14, 2010, English-language news outlets, including the Associated Press, Reuters and Voice of America, reported that at least five more Baha’is have been arrested in Iran. This follows the arrest of 13 Iranian Baha’is on January 3; ten of whom remain in prison. There are currently around 60 Baha’is in prison throughout Iran, according to the Baha’i World News Service.

In one of the articles, Diane Ala’i of the Baha’i International Community, told Voice of America:

Thirteen Baha’is were arrested after the Ashoura demonstration; three of them were released after 24 hours; 10 of them are still in prison.  We know that they were first moved to Evin (prison) and then they were taken to the Guajardash prison.  Then, prior to 22 Bahman, which is the 11th of February, 12 Baha’is were arrested, but the information keeps coming out of Iran in bits and pieces … and we have absolutely no news of them.

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