Eight members of the Bahai’i religious minority are awaiting trial in Iran, after organizing the Baha’i Institute for Education, a place where dismissed professors teach Baha’i youth as volunteers. The Iranian government recognizes the Baha’i community as a political organization, rather than a religious group, and declared the center illegal.

Guest: Mahtab Farid

Produced by: Jen Poyant

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Source: http://www.thetakeaway.org/2011/sep/13/bahai-scholars-await-trial-iran/