Baha'i communities across the United States and the globe are demonstrating their concern and support for seven Iranian Baha’i leaders who are scheduled to appear before an Islamic Republic Revolutionary Court on February 7, 2010.

Iranian authorities have notified the lawyers of seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders that the next session of their trial will be held on February 7, 2010, the Baha'i International Community announced today.

The following is an update from the Baha’i World News Service regarding the trial of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran, which is now underway.

A recent state-sponsored media campaign falsely accusing Baha'is in Iran of inciting the latest wave of protests in that country has raised grave concern about the fate of seven Baha'i leaders who are expected to go on trial next Tuesday, January 12.

On December 1, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent a resolution condemning the state-sponsored persecution of Baha'is in Iran, the country's largest religious minority.

The following 75 Representatives have cosponsored H.Res.175. To learn whether your U.S. Representative voted for H.Res.175, which passed on October 22, 2009, please visit: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll808.xml.  For more information about this resolution, please visit http://iran.bahai.us/hres175-on-the-bahai-in-iran/.

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 407-2, a resolution condemning the government of Iran for “state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.”

The trial of seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned in Iran has been postponed until October 18, 2009, the Baha’i International Community learned today.

On August 15, Mr. Hassan Haddad of Tehran’s prosecutor office confirmed that the trial of seven Baha’i leaders falsely accused of “espionage for Israel, insulting religious sanctities and propaganda against the Islamic Republic,” will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009.

Following last week’s show trial of post-election protesters in Iran, seven Baha’i leaders face yet another failure of legal due process as they prepare to stand trial Aug. 18, 2009, on a series of false charges stemming from their membership with the Baha’i Faith.