The latest installment in A Single Arrow Production’s mini-documentary series–”Angels of Iran”–features the story of Mona Mahmudnizhad, told by a childhood friend, Azadeh Rohanian-Perry, who now lives in Durham, North Carolina.

AngelsofIran.com‘s newest mini-documentary covers a Feb. 11 meeting in Washington with U.S. Representative from Florida Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and a group of family members of various Baha’is imprisoned in Iran. During the visit Ros-Lehtinen, chairwoman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, assured the family members that their relatives are, “not alone.”

Three short films released today, featuring interviews with Iranian Baha'is whose families have been persecuted by the Iranian government, mark the launch of a series of mini-documentaries – titled "Angels of Iran" – that focus on the country's human rights record.

Iranian authorities have arrested a number of Baha'is who provided education to children in a region devastated by an earthquake seven years ago.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Human Rights Day by the United Nations in 1950. The annual date chosen for this commemoration was December 10 which honors the adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 - the first ever global enunciation of human rights.

In Madison, Wisconsin, two programs are being offered on Human Rights Day, December 10, as part of the week long interfaith celebration at the State Capitol. The first program is co-sponsored by Azam Niroomand-Rad, a friend of the Baha’i Faith, and Amnesty International.

Human rights activists who were gathered in the Chicago area to honor Baha’is unjustly imprisoned in Iran had a powerful message on Dec. 9: Individual voices speaking truth and reason, if raised in unity, make a real difference in how Iran treats prisoners of conscience.

On December 3, U.S. Senator Sam Brownback introduced a resolution condemning Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of religious minorities and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a statement yesterday, August 12, condemning the recent sentencing of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders each to 20 years in prison.