On December 1, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent a resolution condemning the state-sponsored persecution of Baha'is in Iran, the country's largest religious minority. Human rights violations against the Iranian Baha'i community have increased since 2005, including the incarceration of Baha'i leaders in Evin prison eighteen months ago.

S.Res.71 is a concurrent resolution to H.Res.175—the eleventh congressional resolution since 1982 to address the religious oppression of the Baha'is in Iran—which passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on October 22, 2009.

For additional information, please visit http://iran.bahai.us.