The United States House of Representatives has introduced a resolution, H.Res.175, on the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran. The resolution was sponsored by Representatives Mark Kirk, James McGovern, Brad Sherman, Dan Burton, Bill Foster,&hellip
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Swift International Reaction to Pending Trial
NEW YORK, 15 February (BWNS) – International reaction to news that Iran may soon put on trial seven Baha’i leaders for espionage and other charges came swiftly last week as governments, parliamentary leaders and human&hellip
U.S. State Department condemns charges
Following is a press release statement by Robert Wood, Acting Department Spokesman: The United States condemns the Iranian government’s decision to level baseless charges of espionage against seven leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community: Mrs.&hellip
UN Secretary-General Concerned Over Threats Against Shirin Ebadi
The following report was posted on UN News Service: 3 January 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his great concern over reports that Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin&hellip
US Department of State on UN General Assembly calls on Iran to meet Human Rights obligations
The following is the text of the Press Statement published by Sean McCormack, Spokesman for the US Department of State in Washington, DC, and dated December 19, 2008: The United States welcomes UN General Assembly&hellip
Report of the UN Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Iran
On October 1, the UN Secretary-General issued a report on the situation of human and civil rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The report’s summary stated: The present report, submitted in accordance with General&hellip
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