President Donald Trump’s envoy for international religious freedom commended Iran and Yemen’s Houthi rebels for releasing some Baha’i political prisoners in a bid to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading throughout densely populated prisons.
“In Yemen, I was very pleased about the Baha’i release that took place,” Ambassador Sam Brownback told reporters Thursday. “We continue to have concerns about how Baha’i are treated there and in, unfortunately, a number of different countries around the world, and most particularly Iran. Although Iran did release a number of Baha’i from prison — and I was very pleased that they were willing to do that — but they’ve had a lot of heavy persecution against Baha’i in unfortunately a number of different countries around the world.”
