A trial in Tehran: Their only 'crime' – their faith

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Of the hundreds of political prisoners in Iranian jails, there is one group, probably the only one, who have been tried and imprisoned not for attending demonstrations and not for writing and speaking publicly against the government, but simply for being members of a persecuted faith: the Baha'is. On April 10, seven prominent members of Iran's Baha'i community are going to face their third court hearing in Tehran since they were arrested two years ago.

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