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General Ban Ki-moon, U.N. Secretary expressed concerns about possible human rights abuses in Iran and is urging the country to take strict measures to prevent discrimination against women and minorities and their beliefs. The secretary commended Tehran for efforts made in urgent needs like education and health services provisions. Ban is deeply troubled by latest reports on human rights violations in Iran where a number of places and areas need more improvement on treating the people. For one, he expressed concern about the Baha’is minority
group. A brief history of the community reveals that the Baha’is regard their faith’s modern founder as the latest prophet in line with the likes of Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Jesus and Mohammad. Iran’s Shi’ite on the other hand considers their religion as a heresy. A breakaway concept of the teachings of Islam. Baha’is reported that hundreds of their believers have been incarcerated andothers were executedsince the Islamic Revolution in 1979. There are currently 5 million believers of the Baha’is faith in the entire globe.