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Akbar-Jahan newspaper accuses Baha'is of conspiring a coup in Uganda

Accusations against the Baha'i Faith or community

10 January 1987

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Programme on Ahl-Beit TV including references to treatment of Baha'i under the Shah's government

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Cars News agency quoting Friday prayer leader of Rafsanjan: People rightly want Baha'is expelled from their city

04 November 2014

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Digarban Website quoting Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi: Baha'is can't be equal to Muslims

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22 June 2010

Dr Mohammad Javad Larijani addressing the UN about the human rights situation of Baha'is in Iran

12 February 2010

Seminar on “Critical evaluation of the perverse Baha’i sect” to be held in Kerman.

22 February 2009

Imam of Semnan demands tough action against Baha'is

20 February 2009

Fars News Agency website: Semnan’s Friday Prayer Imam says Baha’ism is a brainchild of Zionism

16 February 2009

Prosecutor General tells Minister of Intelligence that all Baha'i activities are Illegal and banned

15 February 2009

Farda News website: Methods of promoting Baha’ism in schools

08 February 2009

Ayandeh-e Rowshan website quoting a head of Islamic Propagation: several groups including Baha’is, plan to belittle the appearance of the Hidden Imam

20 January 2009

Protesting against Khorshid newspaper for printing picture of Baha'i temple in India

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20 January 2009

Website of Islamic Propagation Organization: Victory of the Islamic Revolution was the greatest blow to Baha’ism

19 January 2009

Islamic Propagation Organization: 2nd conference on “Baha’ism and Its new administrative and teaching surge”

18 January 2009

Shia News website: Baha’is claim Ideals of great religions as their own

18 January 2009

Shia News Website: Baha’is try to claim great ideas of major religions as their own

13 January 2009

Ayandeh-ye Rowshan website: Introductory course on Baha’ism and deviant sects in Gilan

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An expert view: Fighting Bahaism needs a modern and systematic plan

09 September 2007

Graffiti written of the walls of the homes of the Baha’is in September 2007, Villashahr, Isfahan

09 September 2007

Graffiti written of the walls of the home of the Baha’is in September 2007, Villashahr, Isfahan

11 July 2007

Graffitti in Hamadan: Death to deceitful Baha'is, Death to Baha'i Azarnoush

11 July 2007

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25 June 2007

Ali-Mohammad Rousta’s pension to be reinstated

29 July 2003

Hospital manager warns Baha'i employees that they have been dismissed but can attend a religious training course and return to work afterwards if they repent their faith

19 January 2000

Website of Islamic Propagation Organization: Second seminar on Baha’is - a new administrative and propagation initiatives

19 July 1998

Keyhan newspaper says Western governments' support for Baha'is is a slap in the face of one billion Muslims

08 October 1997

Keyhan: Hasan Shahbaz turned Rahavard magazine into a platform for anti-revolutionary, Zionist and Baha'i agents

24 January 1996

Keyhan Havai says government and religious authorities in Kazakhstan are concerned about increasing Baha'i activities in their country

24 January 1996

Keyhan newspaper article, attacking Encyclopaedia Iranica and Ehsan Yarshater

27 April 1994

Kayhan Havai: Baha'is trying to claim a religious identity for themselves

24 April 1994

Prosecutor General quoted in Salam newspaper: Not one is punished In Iran for expressing their beliefs or being a Baha'i

20 April 1994

Keyhan Havai attacks Turkish Jomhouriat newspaper for describing Baha'is as the largest religious minority in Iran

10 November 1993

Keyhan Havai newspaper quotes the leftwing Fadaian group that Iranian government is planing to convert Baha'i Cemetery in Tehran to a cultural centre

15 September 1993

Converting Baha'i Cemetery into a Cultural Centre

24 August 1993

Keyhan Havai newspaper: Nimrooz magazine revealed its subservience to Baha'is

05 May 1993

Reply to Clinton's claim, who has compared Iran’s treatment of Baha'is with mass killing of Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina

28 April 1993

Keyhan Havai condemns printing of stamps in Western countries to mark the Baha'i Faith

25 April 1993

Kayhan newspaper: Iran’s representative replies to Clinton’s claims about Baha’is

21 April 1993

Keyhan quotes Washington Post: Iran's legitimate approach to Baha'i agents , is one of the excuses that Clinton administration wants to use to put pressure on Iran

08 April 1993

Head of Iranian delegation, Dr Mehrpour, explains Iran's policies at UN's Human Rights Committee

10 February 1993

Keyhan Havai newspaper: Americans use Baha'is as proponents of their system in Iran

06 January 1993

Kayhan newspaper: Second Baha’i world congress held in New York

03 January 1993

result newspaper interview with Asadollah Lajevardi: Whoever spies will be guilty, whether Baha'i, Jew or Muslim

22 January 1992

Kayhan newspaper: Increased Baha’i activities a sign of fears in the West about the growth of Islam

20 August 1991

Newspaper reports expansion of Baha'i activities in the Soviet Union

19 December 1990

Kayhan newspaper: Analysis of Galindo Pol’s report

05 July 1989

Keyhan Havai reports that Iranian delegation prevented Baha'i representatives from attending International Labour conference

26 June 1989

Kayhan newspaper: Maxime Rodinson calls Baha’ism a religion

21 December 1988

Kayhan newspaper: Human rights of Baha’is is a cover to distract attention from crimes of Iraq and the West

18 July 1988

Keyhan newspaper: Iranian delegation in International Labour Conference persuaded representatives of Islamic countries that Baha'is are apostates

28 September 1987

Haydar-Ali Rouhani summoned by Islamic revolutionary prosecutor’s office

05 August 1987

Result Newspaper: Wahhabism has the same role in Arab countries that the hollow, spying Baha'ism has in Iran

30 June 1987

Nasrin and Sousan Hakimi summoned to Islamic revolutionary court in Sari

27 June 1987

Keyhan newspaper: manufacturing deviant ideological groups, sometimes with islamic labels was an essential policy of colonialism

20 June 1987

Dr Mohammad Sadegh Farhangi summoned to Islamic revolutionary court in Sari

26 April 1987

Questions asked during the interrogation of a Baha'i

25 March 1987

Interview with Hojatol-Islam Majid Ansari, Head of Prisons by Keyhan-Havai about the rights of Baha'is

05 March 1987

Ayatollah Rabani Shiraz's animosity with Baha'is as explained by his son in interview with Result newspaper

08 February 1987

Islamic Republic newspaper: Colonialists never stop aggravating ethnic, racial and religious conflicts

05 January 1987

Result newspaper considers Baha'is instrumental in unveiling of women in Iran

10 December 1986

Society of Clerical Teachers protests to Indian Government for the building of the Baha'i Temple in Delhi

26 November 1986

Commentary in Ettelaat newspaper says the Shah and Farah along with the Baha'i Ansari (Finance Minister) sold the nation to Kissinger and Rockefeller

19 November 1986

Keyhan newspaper coverage of Report by Special Rapporteur of UN Human Rights Council on Iran

18 November 1986

Kayhan newspaper: Some school principals in Tehran are members of Hojjatieh

15 November 1986

Resalat newspaper criticises the Pahlavi regime for allowing Christian churches and Baha'is to act freely in Iran

13 November 1986

Ettelaat newspaper: Bahaism is a political organization

11 September 1986

Conditions of parole and release from prison

11 September 1986

Baha'is not included in amnesty of prisoners

11 September 1986

Head of high courts briefing on prisoner amnesty

11 September 1986

Baha'i prisoners excluded from amnesty

11 August 1986

Baha'is not included in amnesty of prisoners for Eid of Sacrifice

11 August 1986

Baha'is not included in amnesty of prisoners for Eid of Sacrifice

11 August 1986

Baha'is not included in amnesty of prisoners for Eid of Sacrifice

11 August 1986

Baha'is not included in amnesty of prisoners for Eid of Sacrifice

05 July 1986

Article argues that international protests against persecution of Baha'is in Iran is welcome, but others suffering similar fate in Iran should be supported too, not just Baha'is

15 June 1986

Etellaat newspaper quoting Chief of revolutionary Committees accuses Baha'is of distributing offensive posters in urban areas

15 May 1986

News of Fedros Shahrokh's execution printed in Kayhan (of London)

11 May 1986

News of Fedros Shahrokh's execution in Keyhan newspaper

05 May 1986

Member of Parliament from Tehran attacks Baha'is and governments critical of Iran for persecution of Baha'is

24 April 1986

Member of Parliament from Isfahan attacks BBC for its report on human rights and execution of Baha'is

22 April 1986

Keyhan newspaper on British Parliament's criticism of Iran’s human rights record and treatment of Baha'is

14 April 1986

Member of Parliament talks about Hojjatieh Society

14 April 1986

Miane MP to Hojjatieh Society: Why don’t you take Baha’is to court, if you are against them?

06 April 1986

Jomhoori Islami newspaper: Baha’is have misinterpreted “Seal of Prophets”

21 January 1986

ٍReference to confiscation of Aminollah Amin and Azam Lashgarloo's assets in press conference by Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor

13 January 1986

Ettelaat newspaper: “Bidar” group acts against Baha’is

06 September 1985

Manshour-e Noor newspaper attacks Kazem Sayah’s article in Iran-e-no newspaper

22 February 1985

Hashemi Rafsanjani: Bahai's have employment in Islamic Republic, no one bothers them, they are no bother for Islamic republic, and are in fact serving the country

26 August 1984

Court order for confiscation of Ardeshir Seisani's assets

01 February 1984

Prime Minister (Mir Hossein Mousavi): anyone not convicted for spying should not be denied their legal and social rights

20 September 1983

Baha’i community of Iran replies to accusation in Ettelaat newspaper

29 August 1983

Chief Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor: we do not imprison or execute anyone for being a Baha'i

08 August 1983

Sobh Azadegan newspaper: What lies behind recent posturing of the anti Baha'i HojJatieh Society

22 February 1983

Sharia Judge of Shiraz in interview with "Khabar Jonoub" (News of the South) newspaper: I warn Baha'is to embrace Islam

19 December 1982

Bakhtaran Islamic Revolutionary Judge: If Baha'is conspire against the Islamic Republic, they will be treated as anti-revolutionaries

02 December 1982

Khalkhali: Hojjatieh had an intellectual battle against Baha’is

25 November 1982

Ettelaat newspaper: execution of a Bahai in Shiraz

23 November 1982

Khabar newspaper report on execution of Ziaollah Ahrari

23 November 1982

Keyhan newspaper quoting revolutionary prosecutor of Shiraz and Bandar Abbas: Baha'is who are arrested are agents of Zionism

23 November 1982

New Islamic Prosecutor of Shiraz says Bahai's who get arrested, are those who are active in Baha’i institutions and are linked to international Zionism.

20 November 1982

Khabar-e Jonoub newspaper reports Ziaollah Ahrari's execution in Shiraz

16 November 1982

Khabar Jonoub (News of the South) newspaper report on execution of Habibollah Owji

30 October 1982

Sobh-e Azadegan newspaper attacks Amnesty International

26 October 1982

Etelaat newspaper interview with Deputy Prime Minister about purges in government departments

13 October 1982

member of Parliament asks Tabriz Revolutionary Court to reconsider the case of Mr Maboudi

02 October 1982

Movahdi Savoji in Parliament: Hojattieh network who were set up to oppose Baha'is and avoid fighting against the Shah's regime, and even occasionally collaborate with it, are a deviant and illegitimate group

18 September 1982

Azadegan morning newspaper report on the anti-Baha'i Hojjatieh Society

12 August 1982

Keyhan newspaper quoting Hojatol-Islam Rafsanjani: all religious minorities enjoy equal rights in Iran, except baha'is who are not considered a religious minoroty

04 August 1982

Keyhan newspaper quoting Head of ETKA's Political/Ideological Department: There was a Baha'i network inside ETKA that we managed to clear them out

24 July 1982

Iran's representative at UN Human Rights Commission: If Bahai's are executed for their belief, why aren't all the rest of Bahai's

24 July 1982

Islamic newspaper quoting Iran's representative at UN Human Rights Commission: If Bahai's are executed for their belief, why aren't all the rest of Bahai's

07 June 1982

Jomhoori Islami newspaper: Main shareholder of United Press is a Baha’i

09 May 1982

Rooz newspaper commentary: Ayatollah Sheikh Fazlollah Nouri turned people away from the Majlis, which was dominated by Freemasons and Baha'is

03 May 1982

Keyhan newspaper report on execution of one Baha'i and ten members of the Mujahedin Khalgh Organisation

21 April 1982

Azadegan newspaper commentary: it was a colonialist plot that Bahai's suddenly appeared in Iran, Wahabies in Arabia and Qadianis in India, trying to make trouble

03 March 1982

General Prosecutor: Baha’is are executed for espionage

06 February 1982

Ayatollah Khalkhali in interview with Keyhan: purging the Baha'i spying machine was one of the successes of the revolution

05 February 1982

Iran Times quoting Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati: Bahai's who were executed had conspired in plot to overthrow the government

04 February 1982

European Parliament condemns persecution of Baha'is

30 January 1982

Islamic Republic newspaper quoting Prayer Leader of Shiraz: We got rid of Baha’is in government departments, in order to close down Israel’s spying operation

27 January 1982

Etelaat newspaper quoting government spokesman: In line with our beliefs and our constitution, we do not kill Baha'is for being Baha'is

25 January 1982

Press office of Islamic Republic embassy in London: Bahai's are not executed for their religion

20 January 1982

Comments on execution of members of the Baha'i National Assembly in press conference by Sharia Judge and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Tehran

18 January 1982

Keyhan Newspaper: Inform the City Council about any streets named after Baha’is

12 January 1982

Etelaat newspaper comment on the purpose of "The Week of Unity": Baha'is are too ineffective for Imperialists to exploit them for undermining Iran

07 January 1982

Etelaat Newspaper: a group of Mujahedin together with Bahai’s attacked Friday prayer, held by students of Concordia University in Montreal

07 January 1982

Sobh-e Azadegan newspaper quoting Head of the Supreme Court of Justice: In the Islamic Republic of Iran no one is persecuted solely for their belief and religion

21 November 1981

Ayatollah Atta Ashrafi-Isfahani's asked to advise how Baha'is should be treated

22 October 1981

Keyhan newspaper claims a Baha'i hiding house and documents of Baha'i links with the palace have been discovered

27 July 1981

Ettelaat newspaper: Two Baha’is executed in Kashmar

27 July 1981

Kayhan newspaper: two Baha’is executed in Kashmar

24 July 1981

Iran's response to concerns at UN Human Rights Committee about violations of the rights of Baha'is in Iran

09 July 1981

Accusations by Hamedan's Islamic Judge against the 7 Baha'is executed in Hamedan

24 June 1981

Etela'at Newspaper reports execution of Badiollah Farid, Yadollah Poustchi, Masih Farhangi and Varqa Tebyanian

17 June 1981

Crimes of the seven Baha'is executed in Hamedan, according to the Islamic judge of Hamedan

23 May 1981

Article with multiple accusations against Baha'is in Azadegan newspaper

02 May 1981

Keyhan Newspaper says Anti-revolutionaries are still active and have links with Baha'is too

13 March 1981

Statement of Baha’i community of Iran on Baha’i institutions

02 December 1980

Karaj Member of Parliament criticises Provisional Government for positive response to Baha'is

02 December 1980

Attack in Parliament on Head of Prime Minister's Office for wishing the Baha'i community well in his letter to them

09 October 1980

Etela'at newspaper quoting Sheikh Mustafa Rahnama, chief of Palestine Aid Society: Baha'i leaders were great help to Zionism

09 October 1980

Hojatol-Islam Mostafa Rahnama in interview with Etela'at newspaper: Baha'i leaders have given great help to International Zionism

09 October 1980

Hojatol-Islam Sheikh Mustafa Rahnama: Baha'i leaders have given massive help to international Zionism

22 September 1980

Yazd Bazar supports decision to execute of seven Baha'is

22 September 1980

Sharia Judge of Yazd says US and Israel had sent five hundred thousand dollars to Baha'is and the seven Baha'is in Yazd were executed for spying, not their religion

18 September 1980

Kayhan Newspaper report: Baha'i "safe house" discovered

13 September 1980

Article in Etelaat newspaper: Mirza Kochak khan refused to give in to powerful Baha'i pressure to become subservient to Ehsanollah Khan

09 September 1980

Seven Baha'is executed in Yazd

28 August 1980

Jomhouri Islami newspaper quoting Hojatol-Islam Khamenei: you would often hear that the religious studies teacher at a school is a Baha'i or a communist or an infidel who doesn't care about faith

27 August 1980

Keyhan newspaper says evidence of extensive spying has been uncovered, which shows among other things that Baha'i leaders receive regular instructions from Mossad spying network

25 August 1980

Member of Parliament from Fouman: most senior managers of the National Oil Company are Baha'is

25 August 1980

Islamic Republic newspaper, quoting Revolutionary Guards, accuses Anglican Church in Iran of distributing dollars among Baha'i leaders, army personnel, and counter-revolutionaries

24 August 1980

Etela'at newspaper, quoting Revolutionary Guards, accuses Anglican Church in Iran of distributing dollars among Baha'i leaders, army personnel, and counter-revolutionaries

17 August 1980

Seminar of Revolutionary Courts: Baha'is are foreign agents and have taken millions of dollars out of the country to Israel

13 August 1980

Etelaat Newspaper article: "Babi" or constitutionalist?

09 August 1980

Ali Shariati: Baha’is must be prevented from teaching their faith

09 August 1980

Baha'is must not be employed in sensitive roles, and should be retired as quickly as possible

20 July 1980

During the operation to occupy the Haziratu’l-Quds, only ten names related to the Baha’is have been discovered.

17 July 1980

ِEtelaat newspaper: Archbishop of Canterbury, and Protestant churches support Baha'is

22 April 1980

Keyhan newspaper, quoting Revolutionary Guards, accuses Anglican Church in Iran of distributing dollars among Baha'i leaders, army personnel, and counter-revolutionaries

01 December 1979

Ayatollah Shariatmadari in interview with Dutch TV: Baha'is have the rights of an Iranian citizen but are not allowed to assemble and promote their faith

27 November 1979

Kayhan newspaper: One Baha’i sentenced to death and three to 30 years of imprisonment

26 November 1979

Accusations of collusion between Baha'is, the US nd Zionism, in a publication called "Efshagary" (Expose')

24 November 1979

Minister of National Guidance quotes SAVAK documents that the Shah appointed Baha'is and Jews to sensitive roles and they kept his secrets safe to the end

07 November 1979

Iran's Charge de Affair in London: Those gathering under Bakhtiar's umbrella are opponents of the revolution, corrupt fugitives, Baha'is, Zionists, those damaged by the revolution, and friends of the Shah

04 November 1979

Letter to Prime Minister by Baha’i Community of Iran

31 October 1979

Hojjatol-Islam Nouri in interview with Keyhan: Baha'is have demonstrated against Islamic revolution in a city in Italy

31 October 1979

Letter of Baha’i community of Iran to Ayatollah Ghoddusi: Iranian ambassador in London falsely accuses Baha’is of opposition to government

30 October 1979

Iran's Charge de Affair in London: Those gathering under Bakhtiar's umbrella are opponents of the revolution, corrupt fugitives, Baha'is, Zionists, those damaged by the revolution, and friends of the Shah

07 October 1979

Keyhan newspaper: Suspects in Saadi Township killings summoned to court

12 September 1979

Ommat newspaper: Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Kasravi, Bahaism

05 September 1979

During the Constitutional Revolution, Muslim fanatics were against the Parliament and thought it's only strengthening the Babi's and non-believers

03 September 1979

Bamdad newspaper explains that it printed Houshang Mahmoudi's letter to highlight freedom of press in Iran, otherwise it believes the advent of Babi and Baha'i faiths was a colonialist conspiracy

31 August 1979

Former SAVAK agent, defending himself in court, refers to his anti-Bahai activities as evidence

28 August 1979

Hojjatol-Islam Nouri quoted by Bamdad newspaper: Baha'is have demonstrated against Islamic revolution in Perugia, in Italy

28 August 1979

Hojjatol-Islam Nouri quoted by Islamic Republic newspaper: Baha'is have demonstrated against Islamic revolution in Perugia, in Italy

28 August 1979

Baha'is, Shapour Bakhtiar, Jamshid Amouzegar, and Shaban Jafari are involved in anti-revolutionary activity in Europe

14 August 1979

"Message of Iran and Palestine" newspaper quoting the Iranian Society for Cooperation with Palestine: The Shah, helped by Baha'i leaders, destroyed our economy and agriculture

14 August 1979

"Payam Shahid" newspaper: Great leaders of thought in Islam were often accused by enemies of Islam of being Babi, Baha'i, Marxist, Wahabi, etc

09 August 1979

Article in Bamdad newspaper about Babis

07 August 1979

Expressing hope that there will be no new sects claiming to be followers of the hidden Imam, until the true Imam appears

06 August 1979

Story of closing down a Baha'i school in the early years after the Constitutional period

03 August 1979

Reply to Sepid-o-Siah magazine: Hoveida is not a Baha’i

August 1979

Statement against Baha'is and Hojjatieh Society, by a group calling itself "Gorouh Tohidi Kholous" (Oneness and Purity Group)

30 July 1979

Keyhan newspaper report: The Iranian Society for Cooperation with Palestine bring charges against the Shah, including for collusion with Baha'i leaders

29 July 1979

Mansour Shidanshidi expelled from Rural Cooperatives Organization of Sirjan

27 July 1979

History article in Isteqlal newspaper on bombing of Imam Reza's shrine in Mashhad says talebol-Haq used to speak in mosques, warning people that Babies have destroyed our religion

24 July 1979

Rouidad newspaper quotes from an interview with Sheikh Mohammad Montazeri: Abbas Amirentezam was named after the Baha'i leader Abbas Efendi

14 July 1979

Rouydad newspaper: Baha’is demand to be considered in the Constitution

07 July 1979

Shahab newspaper: Freemasons, backed by Baha'is are responsible for 150 years of treason against Iran

08 June 1979

Article in Bamdad newspaper: When Shia clerics become oppressors

31 May 1979

Poem with social content in Freedom Front newspaper

31 May 1979

Farman newspaper's accusations about ownership of Baha'i cemetery in Tehran

26 May 1979

"Nabard Mellat" newspaper reprints a comment from 1955 about the attack on Baha'i Centre in Tehran

16 May 1979

Yasuj Revolutionary Committee in reply to Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani: Armed Muslims could have cut out the roots of Baha'is in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer Ahmad, but they have been told not to bother them

07 May 1979

Nabard-e Mellat newspaper: Ominous alliance of Communism and Baha’i

30 April 1979

Article in Ferdowsi magazine, denouncing the Bahai' faith

30 April 1979

Javanan (Youth) newspaper: the Baha'i "Beit-ol Ghods" building seized in Tehran

30 April 1979

Publication of anti-Baha’i book, “The Baha'is"

28 April 1979

Nabard Mellat newspaper blames "evil CIA, remnants of the Shah's regime, SAVAK, Communists, Baha'is, etc" for deteriorating conditions

21 April 1979

Publicity in Etelaat for a book, newly published: The Baha’is, by Seyyed Mohammad-Bagher Najafi

18 April 1979

Keyhan quotes a SAVAK chief speaking in court that SAVAK had nothing to do with the events in Shiraz which resulted in Baha'i and Muslim killings

17 April 1979

Keyhan quotes Ayatollah Khoei that he warned the Shah to expel Baha'is and Zionists but he didn't listen

16 April 1979

Satirical piece in Ahangar newspaper:... who says only Communists, Baha'is, SAVAK agents and left overs from Shah's regime are the only critics of the government

12 April 1979

Sepid o Siah newspaper: Kasravi was against Baha’is

11 April 1979

Jebhe Azadi newspaper article on Amir Abbas Hodeida and his Baha'i background

11 April 1979

Article in Tudeh party's newspaper, Marcom, on the role of social democracy in Iran's Constitutional Revolution

17 March 1979

Nabard Mellat newspaper:...The dervishes in Sangesar should not be seen in the same light as the followers of the deviant Baha'i sect...

11 March 1979

Etellaat newpaper report on seizure of the Baha'i Centre in Sangesar

10 March 1979

Farman newspaper quoting a young Police officer: In the Police ranks, one comes across people, who are there only to serve as an agent for Baha'is

10 March 1979

Blurb for a new book, "Clergy and Governance", in the newspaper of the National Front of Iran

06 March 1979

Baha'is used the Constitutional Revolution to publicise their faith, and Freemasons took over the leadership of the revolution itself

06 March 1979

Ettelaat newspaper: Baha’i espionage centers in Mashhad uncovered

06 March 1979

Ayatollahs Shirazi and Tabataba’i talk about Baha'is

06 March 1979

Khorasan newspaper reports deliberations of Ayatollahs Shirazi and Qomi about Baha'is

05 March 1979

Anti-Baha'i comment in "Letters" page of Atash newspaper

05 March 1979

Khorasan newspaper trails its report on deliberations of Ayatollahs Shirazi and Qomi about Baha'is

05 March 1979

Ayatollahs Qomi and Shirazi approve seizure of Baha'i centres

05 March 1979

Aftab Shargh newspaper repots deliberations of Ayatollahs Shirazi and Qomi about Baha'is

04 March 1979

Khorasan Newspaper: Two Baha’i Propaganda Centres discovered in Mashhad

03 March 1979

Ettela’at newspaper: 2 Baha’i centres and 25 subsidiaries seized in Mashhad

03 March 1979

Ettelaat Newspaper: Two Baha’i Propaganda Centres discovered in Mashhad

03 March 1979

Ayandegan newspaper quoting statement from Vali-e Asr party: some agents of the Shah and Baha'is are pretending to be communists

03 March 1979

Aftab-i Shargh Newspaper: Two Baha’i Propaganda Centres discovered in Mashhad

03 March 1979

Star of Islam (Setareh Islam) newspaper claims it has had threatening calls from Baha'is

03 March 1979

Racial and religious segregation is against anti-imperialist struggles

02 March 1979

Statement by clerics in Khorasan against Baha'is

20 February 1979

Kayhan newspaper: “The Baha'is” first comprehensive book on Baha'is, coming out soon

18 February 1979

Star of islam newspaper: Baha'i influence has pushed the country to precipice

09 February 1979

Tehran Mosavar newspaper: The future of religious minorities remains undecided in the future Islamic Republic

07 February 1979

Kayhan newspaper: Statement of staff at the Ministry of Culture about a former Baha’i colleague

30 January 1979

Shahab Newspaper: Abbas Effendi's statement has fallen into our hands after 80 Years - Baha’ism is not a religion.

29 January 1979

Ayandegan newspaper quotes an Egyptian magazine that a large group of Army and SAVAK officers, including many Baha'is have taken asylum in Israel

24 January 1979

Khorasan newspaper on statement of allegiance by Khavari tribe of Khorasan to the army against anti-Islam elements, particularly Baha'is

21 January 1979

Ettelaat Newspaper quotes Ayatollah Khomeini that the Shah surpassed Muslims in order to promote Bahai's and Jews

17 January 1979

Ayatollah Dastgheib in interview with Keyhan: Baha'i army officers were responsible for the terrible killings in Saadie township

16 January 1979

Statement of Shiraz University students: attack on Baha'is and burning and looting their houses is a plot by the regime to besmirch the Islamic revolution

06 January 1979

Ahang Siyasi newspaper: BBC corespondent in Tehran, Andrew Whitley joined the Baha'i faith

03 January 1979

Neda-ye Haq newspaper: Discussion with a Baha'i preacher, Abbas Alavi

03 January 1979

Charlatan Baha'i preachers are deceiving unsuspecting people and pulling them into their evil trap

1979

Etelaat newspaper featuring Parliamentary candidate, Ali-Akbar Pour-Octad, talks about his anti-Bahai background

27 December 1978

Mehr Iran newspaper: The bankrupt and disgraced Britain is causing havoc with a transmitter and a few rude, obsessive Baha'is with terrible voices

October 1978

Ayatollah Khoei attacks the Shah's government, among other things, for appointing Baha'is and Jews in key government positions

04 July 1972

Etela'at Newspaper justifies printing a letter with anti-Baha'i lines

01 July 1972

Letter of protest by Baha'i National Assembly to Ettelaat, Keyhan, Keyhan International, and Ayandegan newspapers about a report they had published

13 August 1967

Flag of Islam newspaper: Anti-Baha'i book authored by Haj Mirza Yousef Shaor and written by Jafar Shoar to be published soon

11 October 1956

Venues in possession of the Baha’is in the name of the Assembly be vacated

23 January 1956

Azhang newspaper article: Do Baha'is love Iran and believe in its glory

23 January 1956

Ayatollah Kashani tried to seize Haziratu’l-Quds in Tehran

16 January 1956

Azhang newspaper article on Tahereh Ghoratolein

10 October 1955

Zelzeleh newspaper: Pepsi is an alcoholic drink

10 October 1955

Zelzeleh newspaper: Pepsi is a gift from Akka

03 October 1955

Zelzeleh newspaper: Pepsi is poisonous and owned by Baha’is

06 September 1955

Publicity in Sahar newspaper for an anti-Baha'i book, Claims to be the Mahdi (the messiah) from the advent of Islam to present

07 August 1955

Shadegan newspaper: Government orders Baha’is to be dismissed in all ministries

07 August 1955

Seven Baha’is killed in Hormozak

28 June 1955

Sahar newspaper: Our fight against Bahaism made it global

21 June 1955

Sahar newspaper accused of collusion with Baha'is

04 May 1955

A talk by Hujjat al-Islam Falsafi inciting the persecution of Baha'is

19 April 1955

According to "Ashofteh" newspaper Hujjat al-Islam Falsifi's activities have been restricted

17 April 1955

Arzhang Newspaper: How Baha’is interpreted the halt to Falsafi’s talks

16 April 1955

Sepid va Siah newspaper: Falsafi’s talks stopped due to domestic and international incidents

19 February 1955

Azhang newspaper: Farhang Nakhaei ready to debate with Baha’is

1955

Ashofteh newspaper: New information on anti-Baha’i activities

21 May 1951

Newspapers publishing articles in support of Baha’i suspended

08 April 1951

Dad newspaper: 15 arrested for murdering a woman and 4 children

06 November 1947

Khooshe newspaper: Fighting Bahai's was a major government policy three years ago, how come that it has become a crime now?

25 September 1947

Nedaye Hagh newspaper: One cent goes to Baha’i funds from the sale of each can of Pepsi

06 September 1947

Donyaye Islam newspaper: Dr Keyvanfar does not treat Muslim patients adequately

15 August 1947

Newspaper comment on religious tensions in provincial cities

15 August 1947

Residents of Shahi: Expel Baha’i teachers

14 August 1947

Flag of islam newspaper: People in Behshahr have asked that the government closes down shops that sell soft drinks in Behshahr, and are unhappy about Baha’i women teaching their children in kindergarten and primary school

14 August 1947

Parcham newspaper: We have saved the youth from Baha’is

13 August 1947

Nazari family were falsely labelled Baha’is so that their properties can be seized

09 August 1947

Request in the name of people of Shahi for Baha'i school teachers to be dismissed

09 August 1947

Donyaye Islam newspaper: Beware of Baha’i school teachers

02 August 1947

Prime Minister's office referring the request of Alaie and Foroutan to ministry of education for action

19 July 1947

Complaint to the "World of Islam" newspaper that in a high school for girls in Isfahan, girls are taught immoral and loose behaviour by Christian and Baha'i teachers

14 July 1947

Complaint to Prime Minister that increasing number of books and articles are published in Iran, spreading hatred and lies against Baha'is

09 July 1947

Tabarestan newspaper: The Bab and Bahaullah are liars

23 June 1947

Complaint that Baha'is and some officials are harassing Muslims in Shahzand Arak.

12 February 1947

Report of complaint from Ferdous about government officials supporting the Baha'is

11 October 1946

Article in "Ayeen Islam" (Muslim Faith): Future leader of the world - The Promised One

16 September 1946

Jahan-e Pak newspaper: Baha’is are not in the same league as Kasravi

13 September 1946

letter published in "Ayeen Islam" newspaper protesting that Zoroastrians, Jews and Baha'is are allowed to be employed as school teachers

17 August 1946

Nameh-Azad newspaper: Killing Bahais is an obligation

11 August 1946

Report in "Peikar Rooz" newspaper titled trial of Muslims and Bahai's in Semnan

28 July 1946

Peykar-e Rooz newspaper: Mr Kheiltash does not employ Baha’is

24 July 1946

Dalv newspaper report: There have been conspiracies to cause unrest in a number of cities in Khorasan

01 July 1946

Estakhr newspaper: publication of two anti-Baha’i books

19 June 1946

Keyhan newspaper: Fighting, looting and killing between Muslims and Baha'is

31 May 1946

Reply to Aeen-e Islam newspaper

24 April 1946

Sepidroud newspaper: Mohammad Hasan Bahari pretends to be a Baha’i

04 December 1945

Fighters for freedom and justice were labeled Baha’is so that they can be crushed

05 July 1945

Abolghasem and Talaat Ferdowsi attacked for Baha'i activities in Aran

27 June 1945

Petition to Governor of Kashan to remove Abolghasem and Talaat Ferdowsi from Aran

16 June 1945

Vazifeh newspaper article attacks people attending funeral of Mirza Yousef Sobhani

21 January 1945

Report of religious agitation against Baha'is in Abadeh

01 October 1944

Baha'is advised to leave Gorgan to avoid unrest

27 September 1944

Interior Minister asked to send as soon as possible the report of investigation into Shahroud events and any measures taken to the Prime Minister

03 September 1944

ٍPrime Minister asks Interior Minster to send him quickly the report by special investigators on Shahroud events

01 September 1944

Baha'is have written to the Shah about events in Shahroud which has resulted in three deaths

20 August 1944

Report by Interior Minister on investigations and security measures in Shahroud

14 August 1944

Prime Minister's instructions have not been used to attack anyone for religious reasons in Azerbaijan

14 August 1944

Report on tensions in Shahroud

29 July 1944

Publicity against Islam in Shahroud must stop

24 June 1944

Parliament asks Interior Ministry to explain what has it done to curb Baha'is in Qom

18 June 1944

Abadeh is peaceful again

13 June 1944

Two junior clerics and their supporters stirring up religious trouble in Abadeh

08 June 1944

Complaining to the Shah about Baha'is in Qom

04 June 1944

Report of religious unrest in Abadeh

31 May 1944

Telegram to the Shah from Qom, complaining about Baha'is

30 May 1944

Some officials in Abadeh are not helping military authorities to calm the situation

28 May 1944

Incident in Abadeh and arrest of several Muslims and Baha'is

22 May 1944

Complaining about Baha'is in Shahreza

17 May 1944

Telegram to Society for Promotion of Islam that Baha'is in Abadeh have trampled on Islam and are endangering it

13 May 1944

Baha'is to be expelled from Qom to pacify the residents

07 May 1944

Confidential telegram about Baha'is to Qom, Qazvin and Abadeh

06 April 1944

Kashan MP complains that Sheikh Mohammad Khalesi-zadeh is stirring religious bigotry in the city

04 April 1944

Campaign to expel Baha'is from Qom

March 1944

Religious acticists call on people of Qom to push Baha'is out of their city

03 October 1943

Letter by Iranian Ambassador in Baghdad to Foreign Ministry of Iraq about expulsion of Iranian Baha'is from Iraq

19 August 1943

Report from Najafabad by visiting Police representative

1943

Statement by defence lawyer for the accused Muslims in the case of complaint by Baha’is of Sangsar and Shahrood (part 1)

1943

Statement by defence lawyer for the accused Muslims in the case of complaint by Baha’is of Sangsar and Shahrood (part 2)

25 May 1941

Prime Minister reports to the Shah that officials in 6th Province are engaged in Bahai propaganda

08 May 1940

Fighters for freedom and justice were labeled Baha’is so that they can be crushed

Baha'is accused of being unpatriotic

Warning to Bahai's from "The brave Muslim youth of the holy city of Baharestan": we are determined to rid our city of the shame of you Baha’is

Anti Baha'i video

Fariborz Sanai’s interrogation

Blunt warning to Baha’is of Iran from Ayyatollah Sadoughi

Akhbar Iran newspaper, Paris: resorting to religious bigotry and portraying Babis as enemies in order to stir trouble

Attacks by Isfahan Member of Parliament on Baha'is

Anti-Baha'i flyer distributed in Qom

Friday prayer with anti-Baha'i posters and banners

Ayatollah Boroujerdi's letter to Hojaol-Islam Falsafi on fighting against Baha'is

Ayatollah Khoei critical of "appointing Baha'is, Jews, and other foreign agents to key government positions"

Iranian embassy in UK: House of the Bab destroyed because Baha’is are spying for Israel

Ayatollah Khomeini urges the clergy to speak against the Shah's regime during Muharram mournings

If you don't kick out this Baha'i by the end of the week, the company will be burned

Commentary in Ettelaat newspaper says Farokhroo Parsa, the Baha'i Education Minister opposed Hijab in schools and tried to stop it

Family gatherings of Baha'is in each other’s homes should be stopped

Warning by "the Youth of the Hezbollah of Shiraz"

Keyhan newspaper: Seven Baha’is executed in Hamedan

Keyhan newspaper: warning about expansion of Baha'i publicity in Kazakhstan

Rejection of the claim in Keyhan newspaper that the accused murderer of Mohammad Shirvani in Yazd was a Baha’i

Newspaper editorial: political sects and "human rights" as a tool

Baser Magazine: Baha’ism, Sinister off-spring of New Imperialism

HOMA (Iran Airlines) magazine: ...they may still be in charge

Azamatollah Fahandej writes to Chief Prosecutor to say he is innocent and asks him to review his case

Iranian official in meeting with UN representative: In our view, the accusation that we execute Baha’is because of their religion is a conspiracy against Islamic revolution

Ayatollah Makarem Shiraz: Baha'is are infidels, and must be avoided. Dealing or marrying with them is not permitted

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