US House of Representatives condemns Iran’s persecution of Baha’is
by Baha'i News UK
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The United States House of Representatives voted yesterday, 22 October, to condemn the Iranian government’s
persecution of the Baha’i minority and its continued violation of its international human rights
obligations.
According to this story on the US Baha’i community’s website, this is the eleventh congressional
resolution since 1982 about the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran.
Commenting on the passage of the resolution by 407 votes to 2, Kit Bigelow, director of external affairs
for the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the US, said, “Given current human rights
violations against the Iranian citizens, we welcome Congress speaking out again against the persecution
of Iran’s largest religious minority”.
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