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Trial of Baha'i educators

Condemnation spreads

As more information has emerged regarding the trial of seven Baha'i educators, the worldwide outcry at the persecution of Iranian Baha'i students...

Attacks on Baha'is continue as Iran's human rights record comes under further UN scrutiny

As a United Nations body concluded that Iran's persecution of Baha'is is clearly violating one of the world's major human rights treaties, the...

UN religious freedom expert

Iran is systematically persecuting Baha'is

Iran's persecution of Baha'is is among the most "extreme manifestations of religious intolerance and persecution" in the world today, according...

Report exposes Iran's media campaign to demonize Baha'is

In a wide-ranging media campaign that has gone largely unnoticed outside of Iran, hatred and discrimination are being systematically stirred...

Baha'i educators sentenced

Seven Baha'i educators in Iran have each received four- or five-year prison sentences, according to reports received by the Baha'i International...

UN monitor for Iran presents first findings on human rights abuses

In his first report, the newly appointed UN investigator into human rights in Iran has appealed to the Iranian government to create a culture...

UN Secretary General "deeply troubled" by developments in Iran

For the fourth consecutive year, the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has strongly criticized Iran's record on human rights, saying...

Philosophers and theologians worldwide condemn Iran's attack on Baha'i educators

More than 40 distinguished philosophers and theologians from 16 countries have joined the condemnation of Iran's policy to bar young Baha'is...

Iconic "Lotus Temple" focus of worldwide campaign

Step onto a bus in Ottawa, Canada; open a magazine in Paris, France; or look upwards at Rimini's railway station in Italy – all around the world,...

Baha'i International Community calls for release of Christian pastor facing death sentence

The Baha'i International Community has joined the call for the release of Youcef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor from Rasht, Iran. Pastor Nadarkhani,...