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New crackdown highlights campaign to block progress of Iranian Baha'is
26 January 2012NEW YORK – The Iranian government's systematic strategy to drive Baha'is to economic ruin shows no sign of abating.
According to reports received by the Baha'i International Community, a renewed campaign is under way in Kerman, the major city in south central Iran. ...
Romanian personalities demand human rights for Iran's Baha'is
25 January 2012BUCHAREST, Romania — Almost 70 prominent Romanians are calling upon the government of Iran to grant Baha'is their fundamental human rights.
Sixty-eight celebrated figures – from the worlds of academia, arts, banking, business, media and medicine – have signed a petition, appealing to the Iranian authorities to cease its systematic campaign of persecution of the Baha'is, "who seek only their rights under the Universal Declaration of...
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