White House spokesperson condemns Iran Bahá’í arrests

Last Saturday (14 June) White House spokesman, Gordon Jondroe, who is travelling with President Bush in Europe condemned the arrest of the Bahá’í leadership in Iran, according to this story on the IranVNC site.

In a statement, Jondroe described Tehran’s record on human rights as “shameful” and called for the immediate release of six detained Baha’i community leaders:

The Iranian regime’s human rights record is shameful. A month ago today, the regime arrested six Bahai leaders solely on the grounds of their religion.

They should be released immediately. Iran should uphold the basic human right to practice religion and should end its persecution of the Bahai community.

Quite right! The arrest and continued detention of these dedicated Bahá’ís purely on grounds of being Bahá’ís is utterly disgraceful.

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