Complex sentence: Starting about the 1950s and broadening into the 1960s there was wider recognition of the Bahá'ís themselves as well as noting their persecution in Morocco and then Iran as well as local concerts and fairs with their participation.
Split into simpler sentences: Starting about the 1950s and broadening into the 1960s there was wider recognition of the Bahá'ís themselves. Sometimes this took the form of noting their persecution in Morocco and then Iran and other times noting local concerts and fairs with their participation.