The seven Bahai leaders--Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli, Vahid Tizfahm Mahvash Sabet--have been under imprisonment. Some have been in prison for over nine years now.
The Bahai's are a religious minority in Iran.
"On May 28, more than six hundred children, youth and adults and around 5,000 visitors witnessed the release of thousands of balloons into the air as a symbolic act heralding freedom, justice and peaceful co-existence," a statement from the Baha'i Office of Public Affairs said.
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