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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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Like many young people the world over, Shohreh Rowhani grew up with high hopes of a good university education. But now she has run up against...

As a number of Baha'i educators appear in court in Iran, two Nobel Peace Prize winners have sharply criticized the Iranian government, comparing...