Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran

U.S. news coverage of Iran’s attack on Baha’i educators reveals stark contrast to spring graduation season As worldwide outrage gathers in response to the recent raids and sweeping arrests of Baha’i Institute for Higher Education faculty and administrators, the reaction in many U.S. news reports and blogs has been one of trying to relate to [...]

A month before the May 22 raids and mass arrests of Baha’i Institute for Higher Education* faculty and administrators, a UC Berkeley consortium had already shone a spotlight on the plight of their counterparts in Iran, who are not given the privilege to study in Iranian universities. The consortium included the UC Berkeley Baha’i Club, United4Iran, [...]

Iran’s beleaguered Baha’i community has again received the unqualified support of 16-term Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf, co-chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Following the arrests of more than a dozen faculty and administrators of a peaceful education program for Baha’i students shunned by Iranian universities, Rep. Wolf made these remarks on the House [...]