Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The viciousness of the Iranian regime toward Iranians of the Baha’i faith was ...

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Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. This week marks a landmark in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s crimes against that ...

A description of Bahá'í worship, in which they try to know and love God. Bahá'ís see themselves as a people with a mission to bring harmony and unity in the world, and this is reflected in their ...

The process of converting to the Bahá'í religion, known by Bahá'ís as "declaring one's faith". Membership of the Bahá'í faith is open to all those who believe that Bahá'u'lláh is the latest ...

On July 15, Mohammad Nourizad, a former hard-line conservative columnist turned dissident, kissed the feet of a 4-year-old Baha'i boy named Artin. Nourizad posted a photo of the scene on his blog ...

Prayer is a vital part of Bahá'í spiritual life. Bahá'ís believe that prayer is more than making requests to God; it's more like a conversation with God in contrast to meditation, which is like a ...

The sun had already set when the woman with long gray hair descended the steps to the same prison gate she had passed through all those years ago. Mahvash Sabet had been behind bars for an eternal ...

Bahá'ís see themselves as a people with a mission to bring harmony and unity in the world, and this is reflected in their spiritual practice. The main purpose of life for Bahá'ís is to know and love ...