Baha’i



Iran arrests members of Baha’i faith on spying charge

  • Iran’s intelligence ministry said that the suspects were linked to the Baha’i center in Israel, where the religious group’s international headquarters are located
  • In 2013, Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged Iranians in a fatwa — a religious decree — to avoid all dealings with members of the banned Baha’i sect
By AP ·