[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:] Salam

[Date:] Saturday 2 Mehr 1373 – 17 Rabi 'ath-Thani 1415- 24 September 1994

[Issue No:] 962

[Page:] 2

 

Addressing Clinton, the head of the judiciary said, “Your sympathy to the rights of minorities is for a different objective, whereas you remain silent regarding the crimes of the Monafeghin [anti-Islamists], the terrorists, and the shameless acts of the Serbs”.

Referring to Bill Clinton’s letter to U.S. senators on the rights of religious minorities in Iran, he [the head of judiciary] said, “The officially recognized religions are clearly named in our constitution, and their situation is clear. The rights granted to religious minorities in Iran are matchless in the world.  To this [fact] they themselves [minorities], their liaisons and representatives testify.”