A Baha’i International Community representative who participated in a U.S. conference on religious freedom urged delegates to press Iran to stop mistreatment of its Baha’i minority. “What is important is to pressure Iran to abide by its (human rights) commitments,” said Diane Ala’i, Baha'i representative to the United Nations.
Baha'is Press Iran on Religious Freedom
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Diane Ala’i, a Baha’i International Community (BIC) representative to the U.N., speaks at a Washington Newseum event alongside BIC spokesman Farhad Sabetan, center, and Richard Foltin of the Religious Freedom Center, July 26, 2018.
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Dozens of people attend a film screening and panel discussion hosted by the Baha’is of the United States and the Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute at Washington’s Newseum, July 26, 2018.
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The Baha’is of the United States and the Religious Freedom Center hold a panel discussion at Washington’s Newseum, July 26, 2018. Other panelists include "The Cost of Discrimination" filmmaker Arash Azizi, second right, and Baha’i Institute for Higher Education instructor Saman Mobasher, right.