Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The Baha’i have long been under attack in Iran, as I have discussed on this blog.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The viciousness of the Iranian regime toward Iranians of the Baha’i faith was ...

Aleda Nelson’s interest in the Baha’i Faith began when she spotted a billboard at the corner of Maryland Parkway and Flamingo Road. “It said, ‘One Planet. One people. Please,’ ” she recalled. “I had ...

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A law’s vague prescriptions against dissent can be turned against religious minorities the government has deemed enemies.

Seven Iranian Baha'i leaders incarcerated since 2008 are scheduled to appear in court on June 12, the Baha'i International Community representative to the United Nations in Geneva has told RFE/RL's ...

Bahá’ís of Colorado Springs don’t hesitate to explain their faith, but they do so delicately. “We talk about the oneness of people,” Richard Stamats says here at the small, brick, unassuming Bahá’í ...

A description of Bahá'í worship, in which they try to know and love God. Bahá'ís see themselves as a people with a mission to bring harmony and unity in the world, and this is reflected in their ...

The process of converting to the Bahá'í religion, known by Bahá'ís as "declaring one's faith". Membership of the Bahá'í faith is open to all those who believe that Bahá'u'lláh is the latest ...

A Baha'i international community official says the 20-year prison sentences given to seven leaders of Iran's Baha'i community are "completely unjust" and based on fabricated charges, RFE/RL's Radio ...

The history of Bahá'í explained in its historical, geographic and religious context. The Bahá'í faith began to take its present form in 1844 in Iran. It grew out of the Shi'ite branch of the Muslim ...