GENEVA (4 September 2014) – Three United Nations experts on human rights in Iran , freedom of religion, and minority issues have today renewed an appeal to the Government of Iran to stop the destruction of a Bahá’í cemetery in Shiraz by Revolutionary Guards. “We are dismayed by reports that excavation work has resumed at the cemetery, where at least 950 members of the Bahá’í faith were buried,” the experts said.
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 04 September 2014. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
