54 Baha'is arrested in Iran

Bahá'í World News Service: Iranian officials have arrested 54 Baha'is in the city of Shiraz, the Baha'i International Community has learned. It is one of the largest number of Baha'is taken at once since the 1980s. In the 1980s, some 200 Baha'is were killed or executed. Thousands were arrested and hundreds were imprisoned, many for long periods.