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Human Rights Despite promises by Iran to improve human rights, violations against Bahá’ís continue UNITED NATIONS — In his third appearance before the United Nations General Assembly last September, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced that “... Read more	The Arts Jazz singer Tierney Sutton takes a spiritual look at "Desire" LOS ANGELES - Tierney Sutton is hardly alone among jazz vocalists in trying to bring a spiritual dimension to her music. Some trace jazz back to... Read more	Perpective A statement to COP21: Shared Vision, Shared Volition — Choosing Our Global Future Together The following is a statement of the Bahá’í International Community to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, France.... Read more
Community In Chile, a new House of Worship breaks architectural boundaries — and stirs a new sense of community SANTIAGO — From an architectural point of view, the recently completed Bahá’í House of Worship here is a stunning achievement, pushing both the... Read more	Human Rights Trial of seven Baha'i leaders in Iran begins; international condemnation follows GENEVA - After several postponements last year, the trial of seven Iranian Bahá'í leaders began in January 2010 - an event that was immediately... Read more	Perspective Perspective: Identity and the search for a common human purpose At the heart of human experience lies an essential yearning for self-definition and self-understanding. Developing a conception of who we are, for... Read more
Process If the post-2015 breakfast meetings have been useful, it’s partly because of the process NEW YORK — Participants in the breakfast meetings held on Agenda 2030 over the last three and a half years at the offices of the Bahá’í International... Read more	Human Rights Three high-level UN human rights experts condemn the destruction of a historic Bahá’í cemetery in Iran GENEVA — One month after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards resumed demolition of an historic Bahá’í cemetery in Shiraz, three high-level United Nations... Read more	Community Development Historic series of conferences aims at stirring the grassroots UVIRA, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Located on the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika in the war-torn province of Sud-Kivu, this small and... Read more

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