USCIRF Calls for Strong International Condemnation of Arrest of Baha’i Leaders

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today called for strong international condemnation of the arrest of Baha’i leaders in Iran.

“The arrests of six Baha’i leaders yesterday, following the arrest of another leader in March, is the latest sign of the rapidly deteriorating status of religious freedom and other human rights in Iran,” said Michael Cromartie, the Commission Chair. “This development signals a return to the darkest days of repression in Iran in the 1980s when Baha’is were routinely arrested, imprisoned, and executed.”

You can read the full USCIRF statement here