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[The excerpt below is from the section of the article that pertains to the Baha’i Faith]
[Newspaper:]Keyhan Havaei
[Date:] Wednesday 10-09-1372 –1 December 1993
[Number:] 1059
Page: 9
Ayatollah Yazdi in the Friday Prayer sermon in Tehran
… With regard to accusations of infringing upon the rights of religious minorities in Iran, the head of the Judiciary stated: According to the Constitution, religious minorities in Iran are respected befittingly; however, this does not mean that any [group], with no Prophet or Messenger of God, can claim to be a religious minority and seek to be active in Iran.…