Iran's Persecution of the Bahai [WSJ]

The Islamist regime wants to eliminate the peaceful community from the annals of Persia's history.

BY WAHIED WAHDAT-HAGH

For more than two years, seven Bahai leaders have been imprisoned in Iran's notorious Evin Prison in northwestern Tehran. After a series of show trials which concluded on June 14, the so-called Iranian "court" is expected to rule shortly against Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Mahvash Sabet, Behrouz Tavakkoli, and Vahid Tizfahm who stand accused of, amongst other things, "espionage for Israel, insulting religious sanctities and propaganda against the Islamic Republic." Although the charges are completely unfounded, all seven could soon face the death penalty.

Several of the advocates for the accused spoke out recently in a ...

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