Personal diary of John Barnabas (aka Barney) Leith
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Earlier today the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) announced that the 7 members of the national Baha’i leadership group in Iran have been charged with “espionage for Israel, insulting religious sanctities and propaganda against the Islamic Republic”. Tehran’s deputy prosecutor, Hassan Haddad, says the case will be sent to the revolutionary court next week.
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These pictures from Iranian media sources apparently showing people after Friday prayers in Tehran signing the anti-Bahá’í petition I wrote about in this post.
Now, I cannot read Persian, so I have to rely on those who kindly pointed me in the direction of these photos. It’s impossible for me to say whether the petition is [...]
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The six of the seven members of the Friends in Iran, the informal group that coordinates Bahá’í activities in Iran in the absence of the formal Bahá’í administration, were all arrested in the early hours of this morning (14 May).
The Universal House of Justice, the world governing council of the Bahá’í Faith, has just sent [...]
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