Up to 200 Iranian government and local agents have sealed off the village of Roshankouh in the Mazandaran province, where a significant number of Baha'is live, and are using heavy earthmoving equipment to destroy their homes in a cruel escalation just two days after previous attacks on Baha'is throughout Iran.

WATCH | Iranian government escalates its persecution of Baha'is with brutal home demolitions and land seizures

A day after Twitter suspended the accounts of several Iranian state media outlets, the social networking service said Saturday it acted after harassment of people linked to the Baha'i faith.

Twitter blocks accounts of Iranian state media outlets

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WATCH | Iranian government escalates its persecution of Baha'is with brutal home demolitions and land seizures

Twitter blocks accounts of Iranian state media outlets