The systematic oppression of the Baha'i is continuing and it is accelerating, and this resolution puts Congress for the twentieth time since 1982 on record deploring the persecution of Iran's Baha'i community and other religious minorities.
Engel addresses the ongoing persecution of the Baha'i community in Iran.
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