Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt receiving an open letter from UK interfaith leaders calling for the release of seven Baha’i leaders who are in prison in Iran, 14 May 2013. Front row: Ms Fidelma Meehan, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United Kingdom, Acharya Modgala Duguid, Amida London Buddhist Centre; His Grace Bishop Angaelos, The Coptic Orthodox Church Centre; Alistair Burt MP, Minister for the Middle East and North Africa; Naomi Long MP; Mr Swaminathan Vaidyanathan, Acting Secretary-General, Hindu Forum of Britain; Lord Avebury, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Friends of the Bahá’ís Group; Second row: Mr Vivian Wineman, President, Board of Deputies of British Jews; Dr Don Horrocks, Head of Public Affairs, Evangelical Alliance; Dr Charles Reed, Foreign Policy Advisor, The Church of England; Lord Singh of Wimbledon CBE, Network of Sikh Organisations; Imam Mufti Dr Abduljalil Sajid, Chairman Muslim Council for Religious and Racial Harmony UK.