Iran: Arrests, Harassment of Baha´is
(WorldNews Iran)

Expand Members of the Baha`i religion demonstrate in Rio de Janeiro`s Copacabana beach on June 19, 2011 asking Iranian authorities to release seven Baha`i prisoners accused of spying for Israel and sentenced to 20 years in jail. © 2011 Ana Carolina Fernandes/AFP/Getty Images (Beirut) - Iranian intelligence officials have increased the arrests of the country´s Baha´i religious minority over the past two months, with no clear charges, Human Rights Watch said today. In August and September 2018, authorities arrested more than 20 Baha´i citizens, as well as a city council member who a colleague said offered support for those arrested. Those arrested included 12 people in the city of Shiraz, 4 of...