My name is Julie Ward and I'm a member of the European Parliament and I'm a human rights campaigner and I have been very very concerned about a large number of human rights abuses by the Iranian regime particularly of concern to me are human rights abuses against members of the Bahá'í Faith. The seven behind members who have been imprisoned for seven years, this case shows the the cruel and very unfair unjust imprisonment of members of the Bahá'í community and I'm concerned for an 81 year old man Mr. Hanjani who lost his wife his wife died in March 2011 and he was not allowed to attend her funeral many Bahá'í eyes are not given a proper burial so the persecution of Bahá'í people continues even after death. Cemetery have been have been desecrated, mortaries have been fire bombed, headstones have been toppled and graffitied and this kind of this this kind of state sponsored violence against against the faith against against the people in a very cruel way shows the lengths at which the regime will go to undermine the the community and the community is it's a faith of peace, humanity, gender equality, fairness so it's very difficult to understand why the regime would would be so aggressive and so cruel to the largest my the largest minority in the country who are actually a peaceful a very peaceful people.