Distinguished Senior Fellows

More than five years ago, the government of Iran arrested the seven Iranian Baha'i leaders known as the Yaran (which means "friends" in Persian). The seven prisoners, who committed no crime other than being Baha'is, were charged with espionage, propaganda against the Islamic republic, and the establishment of an illegal administration -- charges that were all denied categorically by the defendants. They were sentenced to 20 years each in prison.