The last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy was Thomas Aikenhead, an 18-year-old student at Edinburgh University who was altogether too vocal in his lack of respect for the scriptures as authoritative texts on history and morals. On the day of his hanging in 1697…

Iranian authorities imposed a ban on the country's largest newspaper for publishing a photo of a temple belonging to the outlawed Baha'i movement, only to rescind the decision less than 24 hours later.

The international law on human rights need to be realised, and realised sooner. This was the outcome of the day-long seminar held on the 'Rights of Minorities – with focus on Bahais in Iran' and organised by Justice and Peace Commission of St Pious College, on Thursday. …

A death-penalty trial of seven Baha'i prisoners accused of spying for Israel has been delayed, Iranian officials have told family members, according to the U.S. Baha'i Office of External Affairs. he trial did not begin Saturday as scheduled and no date for its resumption has been given, the Baha'i office said.

On Saturday, as his brother is scheduled to stand trial in Iran on charges that could result in the death penalty, 65-year-old Kamal Khanjani and other members of the Baha’i faith will gather for a prayer service in Missouri City.

Architect Hossein Amanat talks about the inspiration behind the Freedom Monument.

Sometimes during the past two weeks, making her rounds as a hospital resident, Dr. Saughar Samali has caught a glimpse of television news in a patient’s room or heard a bulletin on the radio in the family-practice office. Against her desire, against her better judgment, she has been plunged back into the maelstrom of Iran. …

Members of the Baha'i faith, Iran's largest religious minority, have long been discriminated against and persecuted by the Islamic Republic of Iran government. Farhad Sabetan, an official within the Baha'i faith community, offers a reaction to the recent elections.

In a report released this month, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bipartisan governmental body, described a deteriorating situation regarding religious freedom in Iran -- particularly for Baha'is, Evangelical Christians, and Sufi Muslims. …

Seven Baha'i leaders jailed in Iran face a possible new accusation that could lead to the death penalty, the religious group said Thursday, and a major human rights group has called for their release.

International pressure may have set Roxana Saberi free, but the plight of seven Iranian Baha'is, imprisoned in Tehran a year ago, has gone largely unnoticed. … Ms Saberi leaves behind her many other inmates in Tehran's notorious Evin prison whose “crimes” against the Iranian state are also open to question.

While the U.S. press celebrates getting Roxana Saberi, one of its own, out of Evin prison, most Iranians are not so lucky.

A segment on the evening news on BBC-Persian television addresses the situation of the seven Baha’i leaders in prison for a year. (Note that the newscast is in Persian.)