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"Hope and optimism" for unified action

World leaders seeking to promote sustainable development should embrace the principle "that each one of us enters the world as a trust of the...

Factory closures highlight economic strangulation of Iran's Baha'is

A recent intensification of attacks on Baha'i-owned businesses in Iran further demonstrates the Iranian authorities' determination to suffocate...

Robert Hayden – poet and Baha'i – honored on postage stamp

Robert Hayden, the first African-American to be appointed United States Poet Laureate, has been honored on a postage stamp issued by the U.S....

Sustainable development focus for Rio conference

In 1992, the Rio Earth Summit was one of the largest events ever organized by the United Nations. Now, world leaders are preparing to return...

Calls for Iran to uphold right to education intensify

The Baha'i International Community has joined with 16 other non-governmental organizations to call upon the government of Iran to urgently address...

Report reveals "grim picture" of human rights in Iran

Iran's human rights record continued to display "many negative trends" last year, according to a US government spokesman. Assistant Secretary...

On anniversary of arrests, Canadian MPs highlight Iran’s human rights violations

In a wide-ranging debate that took place on the fourth anniversary of the arrest of imprisoned Iranian Baha'i leaders, members of the Canadian...

Persecution intensifies as former Baha'i leaders mark anniversary behind bars

Iran's former Baha'i leaders begin their fifth year in prison today amid an intensification of the persecution of their co-religionists. The...

Fifty years on, European Baha'i communities recall landmark elections

Tributes have been paid to the Baha'i Faith on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Norwegian National Spiritual Assembly. In Oslo,...

Guam joins global condemnation of Iran's human rights abuses

The Senate of the western Pacific island territory of Guam has called upon the United States of America to keep up its pressure on Iran over...