Iran's religious head honcho Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is making things even worse for followers of the banned Bahai faith, if that's at all possible. They're already severely persecuted for their religious beliefs- they are jailed for no reason, and earlier this year were banned from access to higher education. Now Khameini is telling Iranians to "avoid all dealings" with the Baha'is. Many fear this will lead to more arrests.
Khamenei was said to have called Baha'i adherents "deviant and misleading." Ironic, since Sunnis consider Shiites (of which Khamenei is one) to be "deviant."
Sources: Baha'i Rights, Al Arabiya
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