[PROVISIONAL TRANSLATION FROM PERSIAN]

 

[Translator’s notes appear in square brackets]

[Personal information has been redacted.]

[The excerpt below is from the section of the article that pertains to the Baha’i Faith]

 

[Newspaper:] Ayandegan

[Date:] 23 Farvardin 1358 - [12 April 1979]

[Issue No:] 3331

 

They [should] be present at work

 

I am calling from Mahmoodabad of Amol - About two months ago, three employees of the summer Recreation Centre of the Iranian National Petroleum Company were dismissed from work because they are Baha’is.  These individuals have written a letter of grievance to Ayatollah Taleghani [appealing to him to be allowed] to continue their work.  However, despite this, they have not yet been allowed to return to their jobs.