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Mon Aug 1, 2022, 02:32 PM Aug 2022

Iran arrested Baha'i citizens, accuses them of Israel links -state media

Source: Reuters

Iran arrested Baha'i citizens, accuses them of Israel links -state media

Mon, August 1, 2022 at 10:51 AM·2 min read

(Reuters) - Iran’s intelligence ministry said on Monday it had arrested a number of adherents of the banned Baha’i faith for links to a centre in Israel, and for proselytising in schools and kindergartens.

The ministry statement, carried by state media, did not say how many people were arrested or when the arrests were made.

The Baha'i International Community - which represents the faith worldwide, and operates, according to its website, under a governing council based in Israel - tweeted on Sunday that “a significant number of Bahais,” including three of its former leaders, had been arrested in Iran.

It said the arrests were part of the “government’s escalating persecution of Iran’s Baha’i community.”

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/iran-arrested-bahai-citizens-accuses-145147940.html

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