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Jul01

Gordon Brown questioned about fate of seven Baha’i leaders

Following a speech given by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the Commons on July 1, 2009, Liberal Democrat Lembit Opik of Montgomeryshire asked the prime minister about seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders who face trial in Iran on July 11, 2009. You can read an excerpt from his response below, or access the full article [...]

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Feb19

Channel 4 news in the UK Interview with Shrin Ebadi

The UK’s Channel 4 News interviewed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi on February 18, about the harassment she suffers in Iran partly because of her defense of the seven Baha’i leaders currently in jail and facing trial in Tehran.

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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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