Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is deeply concerned by reports indicating that seven Iranian Baha'i leaders have each received jail sentences of 20 years…'Given that independent observers were not allowed to attend the trial, and the history of persecution that the Baha'i community has faced in Iran, the outcome will do nothing to encourage faith in the Iranian justice system,' says Carl Soderbergh, MRG's Director of Policy and Communications. 'MRG calls on Iran to quash the convictions and release the defendants immediately,' he added.