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U.S. Senator Defends Baha’is of Iran

February 14, 2011

On September 29th, 2010 Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy called attention to the Imprisonment of the Seven Bahá’í leaders in Iran and to the long-term persecution there of the Iranian Baha’i Community. The full text of […]

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U.S. Senator Defends Baha’is of Iran

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