--UPDATE -- Feb. 22, 2010: The third court session for seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned in Iran is scheduled for Saturday, April 10, a day earlier than originally announced.

On February 16, “Faith Complex,” a program of the Washington Post and Georgetown University, published an interview with  Baha’i author Sovaida Ma’ani Ewing of Washington, D.C.

Baha'i communities across the United States and the globe are demonstrating their concern and support for seven Iranian Baha’i leaders who are scheduled to appear before an Islamic Republic Revolutionary Court on February 7, 2010.

Iranian authorities have notified the lawyers of seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders that the next session of their trial will be held on February 7, 2010, the Baha'i International Community announced today.

Hundreds of Baha'i communities throughout the United States observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day by helping to organize public events to commemorate the great, slain civil rights leader.

The following is an update from the Baha’i World News Service regarding the trial of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran, which is now underway.

A recent state-sponsored media campaign falsely accusing Baha'is in Iran of inciting the latest wave of protests in that country has raised grave concern about the fate of seven Baha'i leaders who are expected to go on trial next Tuesday, January 12.

On December 1, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent a resolution condemning the state-sponsored persecution of Baha'is in Iran, the country's largest religious minority.

The following 75 Representatives have cosponsored H.Res.175. To learn whether your U.S. Representative voted for H.Res.175, which passed on October 22, 2009, please visit: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll808.xml.  For more information about this resolution, please visit http://iran.bahai.us/hres175-on-the-bahai-in-iran/.

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 407-2, a resolution condemning the government of Iran for “state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.”