Arash Arjomandi, 39, talks about his Baha’i beliefs more easily than he talks about fleeing Iran at the age of 8 with his family. He wants the world to know the beliefs that in his native country cause the clergy to persecute the Baha’is to the death. The Baha’i Faith, for example, defends the principle (revolutionary!) that “women should have the same opportunities as men …”