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Baha'i community makes persecution known

Published September 25, 2007 at midnight

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Colorado's 1,000-member Ba-ha'i community is joining a national Baha'i outcry over the appearance today of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the United Nations.

"(We) want Denver to know that the government of Iran is systematically persecuting its largest religious minority despite the fact that Iran proclaims that it supports human rights and religious freedom," said Duane K. Troxel, chairman of the The Baha'i Assembly of Denver.

Troxel said persecution is escalating in Iran, with evidence that ranges from the mass expulsion of Baha'i students from Iran's universities to the desecration of cemeteries.

In 30 years, the faith has declined to less than 500,000 in Iran, because, Troxel said, "Many had to flee when the Ayatollah Kho-meini created a Muslim (state)."

Rocky staff

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