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Dec23

Baha’is call for reopening of human rights center in Iran

GENEVA,  December 23, 2008 (BWNS)- The Baha’i International Community today expressed grave concern over the closing by the Iranian government of Shirin Ebadi’s Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran and called for its reopening.

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Jan29

Amnesty International, US State Department call for release of Baha’i prisoners in Iran

January 29, 2008 – 1:28pmGENEVA, 29 January 2008 (BWNS)–In the wake of a U.S. State Department call for Iran to release Baha’i prisoners, Amnesty International has issued an “urgent action” appeal on their behalf.

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Sep21

Iran intensifies campaign of hatred against Baha’is

New York, September 21, 2007 (BWNS)–The bulldozing of a Baha’i cemetery in Iran last week is the latest in a series of incidents in a government-led campaign of hatred against Baha’is. The destruction of the cemetery by individuals using heavy equipment occurred between September 9 and 10 near Najafabad, on the outskirts of Isfahan. What [...]

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    Some 300,000 Baha’is live throughout Iran, making the Baha’i Faith the country’s largest minority religion. The persecution of Baha'is in Iran has been taking place since the religion began there in the mid-nineteenth century. More than 200 Baha’is were killed in Iran between 1978 and 1998, the majority by execution, and thousands more were imprisoned.More
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