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Featured in: Our Story Is One: The Persecution of Baha'is in Iran

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Our Story Is One: The Persecution of Baha’is in Iran

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June 18, 2023 will mark 40 years since 10 Baha’i women were hanged in Shiraz. Their only ‘crime’ was their refusal to renounce their beliefs in a faith that promotes the principles of gender equality, unity, justice, and truthfulness. This collection highlights Baha’i Blog content relating to the ongoing persecution of Baha’is in Iran.

Not Another Year: #ReleaseBahai7now – A Short Film by the Australian Baha’is

May 13, 2017, in Videos > Documentary, by

The Australian Baha’i Community has released this short video, called Not Another Year, to raise awareness of the nine year anniversary of the unjust imprisonment of the seven Baha’i leaders in Iran.

For more information about the “Not Another Year” campaign and how you can support it, visit the Baha’i International Community’s website. You can use the hashtag #‎ReleaseBahai7Now‬ for the campaign, and “Like” the campaign Facebook page here. 

For more videos produced by the Australian Baha’is, check our their YouTube Channel.

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Sonjel Vreeland

In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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