Iran 'orders Bahais to bury dead at mass grave for executed prisoners'
Iranian authorities have ordered members of the minority Bahai religious community to bury their dead in a mass grave for political prisoners executed in 1988, BBC Persian has learned./ Bahai families, as well as relatives of those already buried there, say the instruction was issued last week./ The BBC has seen evidence of at least 10 newly dug graves at the site./ The 350,000 Bahais in Iran are regarded by the Shia Muslim state as members of a heretical sect and face persecution./ Human rights activists say they are routinely harassed, ...
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