5 more Baha'i detained !

Regime authorities detained five more members of the Baha'i minority, a hardline newspaper reported on Sunday.
The daily Javan newspaper, which has ties to the elite Revolutionary Guards, reported that the five included Niki Khanjani, who is the daughter of Jamaloddin Khanjani, one of seven Baha'i leaders jailed since 2008 on charges of harming national security.
The report did not describe the current charges, but said many Baha'is have escaped to neighboring countries and the remote border areas of Iran after allegedly fomenting postelection unrest…
In January, the Tehran prosecutor said several followers of the Baha'i faith were detained in December protests for 'organizing the riots and sending pictures of the protest abroad'…
Previously there had been reports that as many as 48 Baha'is were imprisoned in Iran solely on the basis of their religious beliefs. (AP – Feb. 14, 2010)

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