In an open letter to the Constituted Authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Deputy Pompeo de Mattos, president of the Human Rights Commission of the Federal Chamber of Deputies, requested the release of the Baha’i prisoners.

“The peace-loving, humanistic principles and practices for which the Baha’is are known in Brazil have earned this community respect and credibility among the country’s human rights supporters,” he said. “There is therefore no reason to doubt the credibility of their claims.”

The letter ends requesting the protection for the life, security and freedom of the Baha´is in Iran.