On What Comes Next: Will the arrested Baha’is be tortured?

Just what will happen next to the Baha’i leaders arrested in Iran is a concern to a son of one of those arrested. The safety of the Baha’is is an expressed concern of the American Jewish Conference. -gw

The Canadian-based son of one of six Baha’i leaders jailed without charges in Iran this week said Friday he fears the group may face torture.

Iran intelligence officials arrested the four men and two women early Wednesday in raids officials of the internationalist faith say match the deadly sweeps of the 1980s.

“I’m very worried about his health and safety,” Naeim Tavakkoli, 30, of Ottawa, said of his father, Dehrouz, 57.

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