We are please to share with our readers that a new Web site featuring photographs that help viewers experience the life of Baha’u’llah has been launched by the Baha’i International Community. Some of the photographs have not been published before, and many of them have had only limited distribution. The launch of the Web site [...]

Bravo to Sam Qandchi, the editor of Iranscope (http://www.iranscope.com) for its 6 November 2007 intelligent and well-reasoned editorial! We were deeply impressed by the humanity and spirit of unity shown by this journal: http://www.ghandchi.com/489-recognizebahais.htm This editorial puts a simple question to the former President of Iran, Khatami, who has become Iran’s spokesperson for “dialogue among [...]

Last week, on 25 October 2007, the European Parliament approved a resolution on Iran. This resolution expresses concern about the overall situation of Human Rights in Iran, referring the status of several religious and ethnic minorities. The specific situation of the Baha’is is mentioned twice. The European Parliament reminds the world that “members of the [...]

From a mailing list: The government officials in the city of Najafabad , in Isfahan have allocated a certain area on the mountains for Baha’is to bury their dead, in the middle of no where, of which Baha’is are still thankful. Very recently, as you know, this site allocated to the Baha’I people had been [...]

The following article appeared in The Weekly Standard, 27 October 2007. We highly recommend it to our readers: “Murder with Impunity” October 27, 2007 The Weekly Standard Paul Marshall The Iranian government is currently intensifying its persecution of its largest religious minority, the Baha’is. This reveals something of the government’s nature, and also sheds light [...]