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AP: Iran bans paper for running photo of Baha'i temple
The Associated Press reported today that authorities have ordered Iran’s largest-circulation newspaper, Hamshahri, to close after it published an advertisement containing a photograph of a Baha’i temple. The AP wire story provided an overview of the ongoing persecution of Baha’is in Iran, including mention of the seven Baha’i leaders who have yet to face trial [...]
AP: Iran bans paper for running photo of Baha'i temple
The Associated Press reported today that authorities have ordered Iran’s largest-circulation newspaper, Hamshahri, to close after it published an advertisement containing a photograph of a Baha’i temple. The AP wire story provided an overview of the ongoing persecution of Baha’is in Iran, including mention of the seven Baha’i leaders who have yet to face trial [...]
U.N. approves resolution condemning human rights violations in Iran
Today, the U.N. General Assembly issued a strong condemnation of human rights violations in Iran, including violations against Baha’is. The resolution, which was approved in the Third Committee of the U.N. General assembly by a vote of 74-48, expressed “deep concern at serious ongoing and recurring human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran” [...]
A study course on the Scientific and Spiritual Dimensions of Climate Change has just been made available online by the International Environment Forum (IEF), a Baha’i-inspired organization addressing environment and sustainable development.
Guam Senate passes resolution on Baha'is in Iran
The Pacific News Center today reported that the Guam Senate has passed resolution 148, urging the U.S. government to “push for Iran to release members of the friends of Iran and to cease persecuting the Baha’i community of Iran.”
I never dreamed, when I first encountered the Baha’i Faith as a young adult, that one day I would write a book about its Founder, Baha’u'llah, whose birthday Baha’is around the world celebrate November 12.
Rebecca Bonner, 9, has memorized enough Baha’i prayers to earn herself a shiny, golden badge that features the globe and has the words, “Unity of Mankind” resting proudly on the North Pole.
In August more than one thousand attendees celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Green Lake Baha’i Conference in Wisconsin
Rep. Mark Kirk includes Baha'is in call for human rights in Iran
U.S. Representative Mark Kirk mentioned the Baha’is of Iran during remarks at the U.S. Institute of Peace on November 4. After reading the names of 10 Iranian Baha’is currently imprisoned for their beliefs, Rep. Kirk said, I say their names out loud today because no matter how hard the Iranian regime tries to silence these [...]