HC Deb 21 July 1981 vol 9 c78W
Mr. Kilfedder

asked the Lord Privy Seal what is the latest information available to him on the persecution of members of the Baha'i community in Iran; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Hurd

Some of the 185 people reportedly executed following last month's bomb explosion in Tehran are said to have been Baha'is. I recently met representatives of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is to discuss ways in which the widespread concern which we share at the condition of the Baha'is in Iran could most usefully be expressed.