Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Los Angeles Times

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/07/new-series-of-attacks-on-members-of-the-bahai-faith-in-iran.html

Iran's Islamic authorities appear to be stepping up repression of a small, long-maligned religious minority, advocates for the group say. 

Members of the Bahai faith in Iran reportedly have been subject to a recent series of attacks on their homes and cemeteries and investigations into their bank accounts.