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To give this some context. Baha'i is a religion originating from Iran in the 1800s. Followers have been suppressed and persecuted on (actual) religious grounds due to tension with Islam (and Christianity). In practice they are usually accused in Iran of being agents of foreign powers and attempting to destabilise Iran - an easy "enemy" to rally against.
Baha'i is a weird religion. Central to their text is promoting love and acceptance, while these tenets are clearly at odds with some of their teachings that are very conservative. Sex is an act reserved between a married man and a married woman (so no pre-marital, extra-marital or homosexuality allowed) - and women are disallowed from holding high religious office.
Doesn’t this break anyone else’s heart?  They locked up a poet.  A person who’s art is writing.  She didn’t sell drugs to schoolkids, she didn’t kill someone, and she’s getting a worse punishment than a lot of people who commit those crimes do.  
And they’ve done it to thousands of other people, torturing, jailing, killing.  The open barbarism in the world right now is just staggering. >

well her crime along with the person she was found guilty with is being of the baha'i faith.  it's a religion that says peace to all and all are welcome.  can't have that. >

Also, like.... If they could stop executing their people for scarves, that would be cool too. >

They said sure, but they heard put her to death. >

Asked to free her body, they freed her soul.