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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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  • About the Persecution

    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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