Sadly, the persecution is ongoing and escalating. As I explained briefly in my presentation, recently there have been about 50 arrests of Baha'i in various provinces in Iran. Many Baha'i shops have been burnt down and ransacked. Baha'i children are being terrorized in school by their teachers. Just as there is an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy by leading public figures and dissidents, the hard-liners are panicking and trying to really dramatically increase the pressure on the Baha'i community.
This group I mentioned in the province of Golestan that was recently arrested was a group of about 20 or 30 youth. They were subject to severe beatings and torture. It's a very serious issue, and there's a danger that, if the hard-liners feel that they are losing their grip on power, we will even resume once again the executions of the Baha'i, which occurred in the early days of the revolution.