Iran: Persecution of Baha’is

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Baha’i cemeteries have been desecrated or destroyed in several cities and towns. These tombstones in the Baha'i cemetery near Najafabad were left in a heap when the entire burial ground was bulldozed. © Private Iranian authorities’ decades-long systematic repression of Baha’is simply because they belong to a faith group amounts to the crime against humanity of persecution. Government agencies arrest and imprison Baha’is arbitrarily, confiscate their property, restrict their school and job opportunities, and even deny them dignified burials. UN member states should support…

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