On Wednesday night,  March 31, Roxana Saberi was interviewed on The Daily Show, with John Stewart. Ms Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist, was arrested in Iran, taken to Evin prison & held there for three months. During her interview, she mentions that some of her prison mates were Baha'is who were charged with the crime of "promoting corruption ( Read more... )

This is one of those time that we wish we were a powerful person, with some major political pull. We just don't know what we can do, outside of praying, a lot.  The following is from http://www.stoppersecutionnow.org/

"The death-penalty trial of seven Baha'i leaders imprisoned in Iran for their religious beliefs has been set for October 18th. They ( Read more... )

Dear friends,

Attached and linked is an article from last Saturday's New York Times about the situation of the Baha's in Iran.

Subject: New York Times Article

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/us/27religion.html?_r=2

When is the nonsense going to stop? We got this article from the online newsletter called Baha'i Views. Apparently it is now illegal for Iranian Baha'is to even pray. As a Baha'i and a law-abiding person, it's really hard for me not to want to go to Iran and open fire on a couple of people. HOW DO WE STOP THIS?!?! It feels like there is nothing ( Read more... )