February 6, 2008
Source: Baha'i World News Service
http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/602
Accusations by the Iranian government that 54 Baha'is were engaged in anti-regime "propaganda" when they were arrested almost two years ago are patently false, the Baha'i International Community said today.
In November, three of that group were re-arrested and imprisoned for four years. The others have reportedly been given suspended one-year sentences.
"Far from working against the government, the Baha'is who were arrested in May 2006 were engaged in a humanitarian project aimed at helping underprivileged young people in the city of Shiraz," said Diane Ala'i, the Baha'i International Community's representative to the United Nations in Geneva.