Iranian American actor Anthony Azizi says the continuing Middle East conflict has sparked rising persecution of Iran ’s Baha’i minority, including its members being jailed and tortured under the threat of execution. “This a war on human rights and humanity and people who have no rights,” Azizi, a veteran series regular on U.S. dramas like CSI, Tehran and Gaumont TV’s The Deal, tells The Hollywood Reporter. He stars in  Cast Aside the Clouds , an Iran-set romance thriller about a young Baháʼí woman, played by Parmiss Sehat, who navigates her faith and systemic persecution. The indie from co-directors Mary Darling, Bre Vader and Felicia Sobhani will have a U.S. premiere on May 18 at Cinema Village in New York City, followed by a Los Angeles premiere from June 4 at Lumiere Music Hall. There’s additional theatrical dates set in Chicago and northern Virginia in June.…