Discussion about Iran is vitally important for those concerned about human rights, freedom of religion and a just world, journalist John Cleary said at a reception after a Human Rights Day service at the Baha’i Temple in Sydney on 4 December 2016.

Australian Baha’is are outraged and deeply saddened at the murder of Farhang Amiri, a much-loved and widely admired resident of Yazd in Iran, spokesperson Natalie Mobini said today.

Three members of the Youth Parliament of World Religions steering team outlined the aims and outcomes of that gathering when they spoke at a reception following a special service at the Baha’i Temple in Sydney on 18 September 2016.

Economic apartheid in Iran is a gross violation of human rights that risks serious damage to the country’s economic recovery, and should come to an end, an Australian Baha’i spokesperson, Natalie Mobini, said today.

Last year’s event won national attention after it was recorded and later broadcast by ABC Radio National.

Community leaders presented readings from the sacred scriptures of the world’s major religions at a service held in the Baha’i Temple in Sydney on 29 May to mark National Reconciliation Week.

A demand by 26 prominent Australian lawyers this week for the release of seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned in Iran was complemented by a similar call from the Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, and members of the leaders’ families.

An open letter signed by 26 prominent Australian lawyers calling for the immediate release of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran will be launched at the NSW Parliament House in Sydney at 5.30 pm today, 11 May 2016.

In an election without nominations or campaigning, delegates from Baha’i communities throughout Australia today chose the Faith’s national governing body, the National Spiritual Assembly.

The Sea Wall will become alive on Wednesday 13 January with a beautiful image that promotes the right to education and freedom of expression as part of the international “#notacrime” campaign.