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Iran sentences Baha’is for teaching children

The Agence France-Presse reported today that Iran's judiciary has announced sentences for 54 members of the Baha'i Faith who were arrested in May 2006 in Shiraz while taking part in a project to educate underprivileged children.
 
According to AFP, judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi told reporters that, "three Bahais have been sentenced to four years in prison for propaganda against the regime."  Jamshidi said the other 51 Baha'is received suspended one-year jail terms conditioned on their attending courses held by state Islamic Propaganda Organisation.
 
Related media coverage:


Iran jails Bahai 'propagandists', BBC News, January 29, 2008

Iran Executes Bribery Convict, The New York Times, January 29, 2008

Tehran confirms arrest of members of Bahai religion, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, January 29, 2008

Iran Sentences Baha'is to Prison, Associated Press, January 30, 2008

For Baha’is, court victory in Egypt, ongoing persecution in Iran, Leadership Council for Human Rights, January 30, 2008

Persecution of Iranian Baha'is, Voice of America - USA, February 5, 2008
In Iran, fifty-four members of the Baha’i religious community have been convicted of the so-called crime of spreading anti-regime propaganda.


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