Dr Sina Hakiman: arrested for his Baha’i faith

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Dr Sina Hakiman was imprisoned three times by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, accused of heresy. In total he spent more than seven years in jail in the years after the return of Ayatollah Khomeini to Tehran. He now lives in exile in the UK. Sina explains his belief that all religions are valid and that Baha’u’llah is the latest prophet of God following Moses, Muhammad and Jesus. Sustained by a philosophy of ‘constructive resilience’ he worked inside the prison as a doctor, while his wife Sholeh continued her husband’s fight for his human rights by setting up a medical clinic. Recording of Behzad Khoshmashrab chanting “Aye Jan Feshan” used by kind permission from the Baha’i Blog http://bahaiblog.net/site/ Image: Sina and Sholeh Hakiman, Credit: BBC