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Thursday, 13 May 2021, 3:56 pm Dr Khatereh Eghdamian counts herself fortunate to call New Zealand home. The Iranian-born advisor on human rights, Associate at Oxford House Research and Associate at the Centre for Religion and Global Affairs, was granted refuge here after escaping a regime intent on persecuting Baha is, the largest non-Muslim religious minority in the country. Eghdamian believes the recent intensification of persecution signals the implementation of a larger plan by the Iranian government to increase pressure on the community. The current campaign includes raids on Baha’i homes and baseless arrests of Baha’is. “So far, dozens of Baha i homes have been raided by authorities in Baharestan,

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