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

in Explore > Themes

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.

Prison Poems Project – #ReleaseBahai7Now

May 26, 2017, in Videos > Short Film, by

The UK Baha’i Office of Public Affairs have produced a short series of videos titled “Prison Poems Project”. The videos aim to raise awareness of the unjust arrest of the seven Baha’i leaders in Iran and seek their immediate release. This is the first video in the series, all of which are based on the poetry of Mahvash Sabet, one of the imprisoned Baha’is. 

To watch the other videos in the series, please check out and subscribe to the YouTube Channel for the UK Baha’i Office of Public Affairs.

For more information about this year’s campaign to raise awareness about this injustice, entitled #NotAnotherYear, and how you can support it, visit the Baha’i International Community’s website.

You can use the hashtag #‎ReleaseBahai7Now‬ for the campaign at any time, and “Like” the campaign Facebook page here.

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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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