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Farewell To Iran
![Tehran's train station sees dozens of Baha'is leave each week in search of a better life abroad.](https://gdb.rferl.org/9eb05e97-4431-4f91-b99b-2a11d87ea137_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tehran's train station sees dozens of Baha'is leave each week in search of a better life abroad.
![Some Baha'i travelers are carrying all they own and have no plans to return to Iran, where they face persecution.](https://gdb.rferl.org/10412c57-b825-4147-9e06-e3772256ab31_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Some Baha'i travelers are carrying all they own and have no plans to return to Iran, where they face persecution.
![Others make the three-day journey just to visit relatives who emigrated before them, often bringing food or money.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c56fa439-cac1-4f79-a9ed-25c102ee35e7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Others make the three-day journey just to visit relatives who emigrated before them, often bringing food or money.
![The train is bound for Istanbul, but many stop at Kayseri, a city with a growing emigre Baha'i community.](https://gdb.rferl.org/7f7a6fec-46bb-47d6-b1fc-22c1de91ed59_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The train is bound for Istanbul, but many stop at Kayseri, a city with a growing emigre Baha'i community.
![The decision to emigrate divides some families. "Even now all my heart and soul belongs to Iran," says one woman.](https://gdb.rferl.org/a681fdf2-ca2e-42fe-9e3c-1ed74dfcb988_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The decision to emigrate divides some families. "Even now all my heart and soul belongs to Iran," says one woman.