One of the things that have stunned me about the Bahá'ís I've met from Iran who have suffered imprisonment or torture or confiscations is the complete lack of resentment in their hearts. The manner in which they've responded to their oppressors has been quite atypical from what we would expect from our society. I think they've shown an incredible resourcefulness.
When their universities were closed down and after they couldn't persuade the government to let them put their students in university, the professors who were fired started their own little underground basement university and started educating the youth. They noticed that there are literacy issues in disadvantaged children, so they're out trying to help by doing literacy in neighbourhoods, not mentioning their faith, simply as a service to the community.
I would say their spirit is far from extinguished, but that doesn't change the agony in their hearts. I'm thinking a lot about the 12-year-old and the 14-year-old children whose parents have been in Evin prison since May 14, and what that is like for them every day when they get up in the morning and don't know where mom and dad are.
So there is human agony, but in terms of response, there is no question the spirit has not been broken and that the Bahá'ís of Iran turn to the people in their community and try to be of service and be good citizens.