Six Bahá’í leaders arrested in Iran; pattern matches deadly sweeps of early 1980s

15 May 2008 (BWNS)

NEW YORK – Six Bahá’í leaders in Iran were arrested and taken to the notorious Evin prison yesterday in a sweep that is ominously similar to episodes in the 1980s when scores of Iranian Bahá’í leaders were summarily rounded up and killed.

The six men and women were in their homes Wednesday morning when government intelligence agents entered and spent up to five hours searching each home, before taking them away.

The faces of the Bahá’í world

12 May 2008 (BWNS)

HAIFA, Israel – Experiencing the diversity of the human family can be humbling, as Bahá’ís attending their recent convention learned.

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