{UAH} 70-Year-Old Baha’i Sent to Prison

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A 70-year-old Baha'i shopkeeper in Iran has been sent to prison for one year - just for answering questions about the Baha'i faith.

"Even answering such questions was tantamount to proselytizing and, consequently, was a crime."

#Bahai #humanrights #provinces #Kurdistan

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70-Year-Old Baha'i Sent to Prison

On Wednesday October 31, Zabihollah Raoufi, a 70-year-old Baha'i shopkeeper from Sanandaj, the capital of Iran's Kurdistan province, packed his bag, said goodbye to his friends and family and set out for the city's prison to start serving a one-year sentence. On July 22, Branch 4 of the Kurdis...

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