Australia’s former top lawyers and judges demand the release of the seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned in Iran.

Faezeh Hashemi, daughter of former Iranian President Rafsanjani, met Fariba Kamalabadi, a Baha’i leader on leave from prison. The meeting has stirred controversy within the Iranian government while Hashemi’s father has declared his rebuke of the action.

The U.S. requests that Iran free seven leaders of the persecuted Baha’i faith serving 20-year prison sentences. The leaders have been imprisoned for over eight years.

The U.S. condemns the arrests of the Baha’i leaders by the Iranian government, saying the arrest of the Baha’i leaders is representative of the lack of human rights given to Iran’s minorities.

Although changes have been made in the Iranian government that have promised change, Baha’is, considered “the most persecuted group in Iran,” have seen little improvement in their human rights and continue to be targeted from a young age.

This article gives a first-hand account of a Baha’i girl who was forced to leave Iran because of religious persecution and a lack of education. She reflects on what it is like to live under these conditions and what needs to change in order to achieve justice in human rights and in education in Iran.

The Baha’is in Iran have been nothing but peaceful and accepting; however, the Iranian government has treated them with extreme discrimination and injustice. Now that nuclear sanctions on Iran have been lifted, countries like Canada are taking precautions when trading with the regime.

This OPED explores the effect that lifting Iran’s nuclear sanctions will have on big western countries split between ethical economic decisions. It also examines the effect the lifting of the sanctions will have on smaller minorities in Iran like the Baha’is.

This article encourages western nations to not overlook the horrors of the human rights situation, particularly to the Baha’i community, in Iran even as nuclear sanctions have been lifted and economic opportunity unveils.

An OPED that says that as countries begin to reopen trade with Iran, they should not ignore the injustice Iran shows to minority groups like the Baha’is.

Although human rights in Iran have not improved much for Baha’is, the #notacrime campaign to draw international attention to the horrors experienced by the Baha’is in Iran is in full force. The movement has focused most recently on education in Bondi Beach, Australia.

This article explores the #NotACrime campaign: a movement of street art muralists who paint to expose Iran of its unjust human rights system. The article looks at the impact the campaign has already had and will have in improving human rights for Baha’is in Iran as it extends its roots throughout the world’s major cities.

After being held in prion for four years, Baha’i professor Mahmoud Badavam explains why he was thrown in jail and details the injustices in Iran facing Iran’s Baha'i community.