Australian Members of Parliament have condemned the prison sentences recently received by seven Baha’i leaders in Iran. Speaking in support of a bipartisan motion on human rights in Iran, the MPs called on the Iranian Government to halt the persecution of the Baha’i community and to end other human rights abuses. The Parliament specifically referred to discrimination against and failure to protect the rights of minorities - including the Baha’i, Sufi, Baluch, and Kurdish communities - as well as the trial and reported sentencing of the seven Baha'i leaders for insulting religious sanctities and propaganda against the Islamic Republic.