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Cover letter of report on Baha'is presence in Zabol

Accusations against individual Baha'is

31 March 1953

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31 August 1947

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Report from governor of Khorramabad regarding expulsion of three Baha'is

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Report by Minister of Interior to Prime Minister on investigations into Baha'i complaints

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Protest against Baha'is and demanding their expulsion from Boroujen

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Firouzkouh residents request Gendarmery to transfer Baha’i officer to somewhere else

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Ministry of Interior asked to submit a report on its measures in Gorgan

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Hate speech against Baha'is during Ramazanin Ardabil

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Cover letter of report by Army Chiefs on Shahroud events

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16 August 1944

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14 August 1944

Threat of bloodshed against Baha'is in Gorgan

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12 August 1944

Publicity against Islam in Shahroud should be stopped

10 August 1944

Complaint to Prime Minister by a Member of Parliament, accusing the Police of inaction in preventing murder and violence in Shahroud

10 August 1944

Shahroud "scholars committee" asks Ayatollah Mohammad Behbahani to help prevent troubles in Shahroud being portrayed as against Muslims

10 August 1944

Another version of events in Shahroud

10 August 1944

Request to Leader of Muslims to help protect the lives and honour of Muslims in Shahroud from Baha'is

08 August 1944

Complaining about Baha'is in Shahroud

30 July 1944

Demand to expel Baha'is from Shahroud

28 July 1944

Report of unrest in Shahroud

26 July 1944

Report against activities of Baha’is in Shahrood

12 July 1944

Prime Minister instructs Interior Minister to set up a commission to look into Baha'is' complaints

11 July 1944

Complaint to Prime Minister that Baha'is hold important jobs in Zahedan

10 July 1944

Bahai's of Bojnourd appeal to Prime Minister to stop attacks on Bahai's in the city

09 July 1944

Governor of Shahroud to be sacked?

04 July 1944

Police confirming names of some Baha'is in Shiraz and that they hold Baha'i meetings at their homes

28 June 1944

Why Governor of Shahroud has not been sacked yet?

24 June 1944

The cause of unrest in Abadeh is that the governor's office manager is a Baha'i

22 June 1944

Prime Minister asks Police to investigate how his confidential instructions to Ministers have been leaked to Baha'is

21 June 1944

Defence Minister supports Colonel Amanpour's measures to quell unrest in Abadeh

19 June 1944

Instruction to investigate Baha'i teaching activities in Shiraz

13 June 1944

Ministry of Interior reports to Prime Minster that anti-Bahai sentiments and religious tensions have intensified throughout the country

08 June 1944

Colonel Atefi asked not to go to Taleqan

04 June 1944

Group petition to Shah to complain about Baha'is in Qom

03 June 1944

Leaders of religious protests in Abadeh complain against the military commander charged with settling the unrest

01 June 1944

Flyers distributed in Qom demanding expulsion of Baha'is

30 May 1944

Complaint against Colonel Amanpour, military governor of Abadeh

20 May 1944

Government officials agree to transfer Baha'i residents of Qom to other cities

20 May 1944

Shah's Office instructs Prime Minister to investigate allegations against the Manager of Bank Meli in Nahavand and his deputy, accused of favouring Baha'is

13 May 1944

Complaint against Colonel Atefi and accusing him of Baha'i activity in Taleqan

13 May 1944

Baha’is of Abadeh complain about stirrings of Sheykh Ali Ahkbar against them

10 May 1944

Complaint to Shah against Hedayatollah Mavaddat, the Manager of Bank Meli in Nahavan, accused of favouring Baha'is

25 April 1944

Report of religious agitation against Baha'is in Qom

23 April 1944

Leaflet circulated in streets of Qom, calling on people to rise against Baha'is

23 April 1944

Governor of Abadeh reports attacks on Baha'is

19 April 1944

Complaint of Baha'i living in Qom to Interior Minister about intense harassment by religious fanatics

19 April 1944

Warning to a Qom resident to declare publicly he is not a Baha'i or leave the city

16 April 1944

Police in Zabol have prevented Baha'is teaching their faith, but they can't be prosecuted, because they are not doing anything illegal, unless parliament passes a new law

15 April 1944

Qom police chief asks governor what to do about presence of Baha'is in the city

08 April 1944

Qom police chief is concerned that arrival of several Baha'is in Qom may cause trouble, and asks governor what to do

01 April 1944

Disturbance in Qorveh

19 March 1944

Religious dispute in Shrivan

17 March 1944

Zabol Police reports that it has prevented clashes in the city

12 March 1944

Complaint about Baha'i activities in norther cities - Babol, Amol, Mahmoudabad and Babolsar

09 March 1944

Golpayegan is a highly conservative city, and can't afford religious tensions, so Baha'is who come here to promote their faith will have to be expelled

08 March 1944

Baha'is are promoting their faith in Culture Department of Khomein

07 March 1944

Prime Minster instructs Minister of interior to look into complaints by Nourollah Hadipour from Abadeh

01 March 1944

Nourollah Hadipour complains about attack on Baha'is in Abadeh

26 February 1944

Cause of attack on Baha'is in Abadeh?

20 February 1944

Governor of Qom asks for authorisation to return the newly arrived families in Mahallat back to their home cities

15 February 1944

Petition signed by 28 residents of Maraghe against a number of people sent to the police

15 February 1944

Demanding expulsion of Baha'i school teachers

14 February 1944

Kashan governor concerned about Baha'i activities in Natanz

03 February 1944

Risk of religious tension in Golpayegan, Khomeini and Khonsar

27 January 1944

Police in Zabol have prevented Baha'is teaching their faith, but they can't be prosecuted, because they are not doing anything illegal

23 January 1944

The information about Baha'i activities in Khomeini were based on rumours

30 December 1943

A group of Mahallat residents have staged a sit-in, to protest against the presence of a few newly arrived families in the city

21 December 1943

Report by Iranian Ambassador on reasons for expulsion of Iranian Baha'is from Iraq

04 December 1943

Another report by Iranian Embassy in Baghdad about expulsion of Iranian Baha'is from Iraq

01 December 1943

Iranian Foreign Ministry's note and instructions about the expulsion of Iranian Baha'is from Iraq

24 November 1943

Report of investigation into various allegations and tensions in Ahvaz and Masjed Soleiman

18 November 1943

Governor of Qom reports that a few families, thought to be Baha'is, have arrived in Mahallat

31 October 1943

Residents of Mahallat are suspicious of a few families, who have recently arrived in the city, and are thought to be Baha'is

30 October 1943

Report by Iran's Embassy in Baghdad about expulsion of Iranian Baha'is from Iraq

23 October 1943

Governor of Qom's Instructions on the newly arrived families in Mahallat

14 October 1943

Report by Iran's Ambassador in Baghdad about expulsion of Iranian Baha'is from Iraq

02 October 1943

According to Zabol Governor Bahai's are not doing anything to warrant prosecution

18 September 1943

Residents of Zabol simply resent Baha'is being in the city, otherwise they (Baha'is) are not doing anything public

06 September 1943

Following up on situation of Heads of Masjed-Soleiman Post and Ahvaz Post and Telegraph

26 August 1943

Baha'is must not promote their faith in Najafabad

18 August 1943

Complaint to the Parliament about Baha'is by a group of Zabol residents

07 August 1943

Chief of Police reporting Baha'i activities in Babol

19 July 1943

Cover letter from the Parliament to the Interior Minister, enclosing complaint about Baha'is in Zabol

03 July 1943

Complaint by a group of residents of Sisatn province about Baha'is' activities and influence

02 June 1943

Order by Interior Minister to stop Baha'i gatherings in Zabol

23 April 1943

ٍReligious activists warn authorities that if they don't expel Baha'is from Qom, people will force them out

10 April 1943

Minister of Interior orders Governor to prevent trouble in Zabol

05 April 1943

Cover letter to forward report by a staff member of Food Ministry in Kermanshah to Prime Minister's office

10 February 1943

Violence against Bahai's in Zabol

30 January 1943

Anonymous complaint alleging Baha'i influence in Department of Agriculture in Kermanshah

14 January 1943

Report by Governor of Faridan on tensions in the area

20 June 1941

Dispute between a Baha'i landlord and his Muslim tenants results in religious tension and restrictions against the Baha'i

25 May 1941

Baha'is in Ahvaz and Khorramabad, and the unease among Muslim activists about their influence

17 May 1941

Copy of amendment to the order to prevent demonstrations in Abadeh

14 May 1941

Correction of order to prevent demonstrations in Ardestan

13 May 1941

Order to prevent demonstrations in Ardestan

23 April 1941

Baha'is have been holding meetings again

Complaint by a number of Afghani refugees about Baha'i activities in Zabol

Newspaper claims that engineers in Teharn cloth factory abuse their position to dismiss Muslim workers in order to make space for hiring Baha'is

Letter to Governor demanding action against agitators in Shahi factories

Fereidoun Faridani's defence in court (later executed in Yazd)

Anti-Baha'i article attacking the Shah's government, published as a supplement of "Vazifeh" (Duty) newspaper

Statement by a junior cleric in Yazd defending himself and attacking Baha'is

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

Report on the day of Sacrifice Feast in Yazd

Request for the transfer of a Baha'i from Shazand factory

Prime Minister instructs Bank Meli to investigate allegations against Manager of the bank in Nahavand and his deputy, accused of favouring Baha'is h

Four Baha'is sentenced to imprisonment by Islamic Revolutionary court in Isfahan

Muslim clerics warn Governor of Qom to crack down on Baha'is

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