Iran has sentenced three members of the Bahai faith to four years in jail for security offences and 51 others to suspended prison terms.
They were convicted for propaganda against the system in the southern city of Shiraz, a judiciary spokesman said, without giving details.
Bahaism is viewed as heresy by Iran's religious authorities.
The spokesman said the 51 suspended sentences were conditional on attending courses by state propaganda officials.
The defendants were arrested early last year, according to officials.
The authorities said they were proselytising in the southern city of Shiraz under the cover of helping the poor.
Speaking at his regular news conference, spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi said the 51 had already been freed.
Iran's constitution recognises only Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism as legitimate religions.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7215043.stm
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