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Even At War, Iran Targets Religious Minority (S01E43)
Friday, April 3, 2026, Istanbul
While Iran is combatting US and Israeli forces in the skies and seas, it continues a crackdown on dissidents, many of whom have been jailed or summoned for questioning.
But one particular target of its ire is baffling. Iran’s Baha’i minority has never been a component of the Iranian regime and in fact takes a quetist approach politics.
Baha’i community spokeswoman Padideh Sabeti joins me for a detailed update about what is happening to her co-religionists in Iran, where they have faced “cradle-to-grave” discrimination.
(Photo: Baha’i temple in Wilmette…
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