Manipur, April 3 -- Human Rights Watch, the pre-eminent human rights organisation, in a groundbreaking published report, has said that the Iranian government's 45-year systematic repression of the Baha'i religious minority amounts to the crime against humanity of persecution under international criminal law.

The new 49-page report, titled "The Boot on My Neck: Iranian Authorities' Crime of Persecution Against Baha'is in Iran," documents in incredible detail the discriminatory laws, policies and practices used by the Iranian government to violate the fundamental human rights of Baha'is in the country. Human Rights Watch said that Baha'is face abuses in almost every aspect of life, from arbitrary arrests and imprisonment by government agen...